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I’d totally forgotten about this old blogging platform. My old blog from the early 2000s was on it. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Greymatter is a free and open source blogging software, originally created by Noah Grey in November 2000. It was “the original opensource weblogging software.”[1] Noah Grey stopped maintaining it around 2002. Since then, it has been maintained by the community of users. It is one of the first software packages created for blogging, and had a large cadre of users (and indeed, there are still are many out there). With the creation of WordPress and Google’s Blogspot, its users have declined since 2005, but it is still in use. Greymatter requires no database; its only requirement is Perl support on a webserver. ... Continue reading →

I'd totally forgotten about this old blogging platform. My old blog from the early 2000s was on it. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Greymatter is a free and open source blogging software, originally created by Noah Grey in November 2000. It was "the original opensource weblogging software."[1] Noah Grey stopped maintaining it around 2002. Since then, it has been maintained by the community of users. It is one of the first software packages created for blogging, and had a large cadre of users (and indeed, there are still are many out there). With the creation of WordPress and Google's Blogspot, its users have declined since 2005, but it is still in use. Greymatter requires no database; its only requirement is Perl support on a webserver. ... Continue reading →

Nearly 1 in 4 U.S. Teens Has Diabetes or PrediabetesIn less than a decade, the proportion of kids ages 12 to 19 with diabetes or prediabetes has jumped from 9% in 1999-2000 to 23% in 2007-2008. ballyscanlon / Digital Vision / Getty ImagesNearly 1 in 4 U.S. teens is on the fast track to diabetes, if they don’t already have the disease, according to research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that was published Monday in Pediatrics. In less than a decade, the proportion of kids ages 12 to 19 with diabetes or prediabetes has jumped from 9% in 1999-2000 to 23% in 2007-2008. The statistic is concerning on its own, but considering that the American Heart Association tags diabetes as one ... Continue reading →

Our dramatic newsroom transformation began nearly two years ago. To start, we changed roles and responsibilities for nearly everyone. Next, we added producer and audience development teams. After that, we inserted a layer of real-time data analytics into nearly everything we do. We even took the heretical step of moving a representative from the Digital Ad Products group into the heart of The News Newsroom. In our latest move, we once and for all put an end to the journalistic caste system by deploying a piece of community software. Now, the morning news meeting never really starts or ends because it’s ongoing. Nearly staffer can dive in at will with ideas and thoughts at any time. We’ve even started to put the newsroom software in ... Continue reading →