What’s a “href?”

I love, love, love this. From 10 reasons why newspapers won’t reinvent news:

Hey news executives! Try this newsroom pop quiz: Give each staff member a pencil and tell everyone to stop what they’re doing and write out the tag that creates a hypertext link. If most can’t, you’re not spending enough on training. If anyone in your management team can’t, you’ve got a crisis.

[via Kottke]

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Comments

  1. dan says:

    Thanks for the link.

  2. Thrill says:

    I can't begin to explain how far this guy has his head shoved up his own ass.

    Almost every point betrays a ridiculous bias.

    You, Dan, work in RADIO. R-A-D-I-O for Pete's sake. Surely you're not drinking this guy's Kool-Aid?

    Note to new media whores: not everyone on the planet owns a laptop!!!!!!

    "All meaningful political discourse"? Get over yourself.

    …geez…

  3. dmisener says:

    @Thrill — agreed, most of his points are overly harsh. I still love the hypertext litmus test, though.

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