links for 2007-05-16

Cory Doctorow: “If you want to fight trolling, don’t make up a bunch of a priori assumptions about what will or won’t discourage trolls. Instead, seek out the troll whisperer and study their techniques.”

“[The] discussions about the new homepage indicate two distinct sets of users. There are those who expect the website to behave and feel like the newspaper … Others view print and online Guardian products as mutually exclusive, at least in terms of pres

“LG.Philips LCD on Sunday took the wraps off the world’s first A4-sized color ‘e-paper’ display, following up on its black and white display of the same size a year ago.”

Jo Glanville: “More than 50 years since Anthony Eden invaded Egypt, there are still documents which Whitehall refuses to release.”

“The Iraqi government said it decided last weekend to keep photographers and camera crews away from blast sites to prevent them from damaging forensic evidence.”

Amy Gahran: “I’m growing tired of the lecture format and of the fairly stiff divide between speakers and audience. Too often at these events, people are mainly talking at each other, rather than brainstorming and collaborating.”