Hubert Burda announced “Print is back” at the Annual Conference of the Association of German Magazine Publishers.

A simple chart of job loss and job creation in the US during presidential terms.. It looks pretty, but is it accurate?

Seems to me Google Buzz is now destined to become a mashup of user suggestions watching the flip-flopping of Google over the past days with their Buzz launch.. privacy issues aside, this seems very non-Google.

An interesting post from David at 37signals regarding the inherent risk in considering estimates as promises for completed software development. It’s not a promise, it’s a guess

An interesting slideshow from Paul Borgermans on the direction being taken for extensions in eZ Publish over the coming months, an interesting read

Well here is something certainly worth reading, a PHP just-in-time compiler with an 80% speed increase… I want that!

Stephen Conroy is still pushing ACMA to continue with it’s blacklist despite the unpopular sentiment from both the public and Reporters without Borders. If the list is private – how would you know in advance you were in breach of the linking rule? … Banned hyperlinks could cost you $11,000 a day

Mike Speiser delivers an interesting article on the Microeconomics of the Consumer Web. I would argue that this certainly applies to publishers and those delivering non-tangible benefits in an ad-supported model, but has little relevance to eCommerce-related tangible products.

Following on from the continued adoption of Twitter since events like the attacks in India we again find Twitter providing the best rapid-fire news on the escalating situation in Iran… Twitter Emerges as Best Rapid-Fire News Source in Post-Election Iran Media Vacuum

Social media experts, the latest snakeoil salesmen of 2009 are discussed and better defined at Broadstuff in… What is a Social Media Expert these days?

Recordings from the Webstock ‘09 conference in New Zealand during February this year are now available for viewing/downloading.

Tom Watson delivers a measured, accurate response to the continued elevation of Twitter as a tool for revolution… The Revolution Will Not Be Twittered

Opera releases a lab preview of Opera Unite, a new extension of the browser.

I think I am working backwards, sideways and every which way most of the time, but it is certainly still a good suggestion… Move Forward by Working Backward

This is not a surprising move, what is surprising is it has taken this long to implement… Here Comes Google’s Twitter Search