I’m just now catching up on Google Reader items, so if you’ve already heard, I apologize. But Google Maps are now Flash compatible! OK, I have to be honest: I guess I didn’t realize Google Maps weren’t Flash compatible, although I should have. (Yahoo Maps is Flash-based while Google is JavaScript-based, and I knew that.) [...]

Check out the Florida Times-Union’s Sex Symbol Showdown. No. 1 seeds are Marilyn Monroe, Halle Berry, Robert Redford and Elvis Presley. The first round of voting (“32 studs and 32 starlets” facing off against each other) has closed, but the next round starts Sunday. Until then, build your own Sexy Beast — male or female. [...]

Deadline graphics are generally jpg versions of the print graphic. XML/SWF Charts, a free application, can change that, giving you Flash-based graphics fairly quickly. Warning, though, it’s a little more code-based than most graphic designers might be used to. Graphics are built from XML files, which are pretty simple to write (and easy to debug [...]

“When you care enough to hit send” — hilarious cards for nearly any situation. A wizard that creates a Google Map from a Google spreadsheet. Yay! Salary vs. performance for major league baseball. No surprise that the Royals are at the bottom of the list performance-wise; I was kinda surprised by their salary, though. Created [...]

Newspapers must create networks, not “destinations”: The kind of network I’m referring to is a web of interconnections — links between content and between people. In essence, I’m arguing that on the Web, news organizations — perhaps, all media — should focus on building themselves “into the clickstream.” The goal: make your Web site a [...]