Tool Tabletop Tarbell Jekyll Sheetsee CMS Ultralight CMSes Head to Head

• By Katie Zhu
• David Eads, Katie Zhu

Ultralight CMSes are, in many ways, the product of hacking or infecting the CMS. Here’s a breakdown of a few popular ones, complete with setup instructions, pro/cons, and newsroom case studies.

Tool security DeadDrop sources Strongbox Strongbox Reactions, Part II

• By Jacob Harris, Erin Kissane, Jonathan Stray, Mike Tigas
• Jacob Harris, Jonathan Stray, Mike Tigas

We asked for your thoughts on Strongbox, the New Yorker’s new implementation of DeadDrop. Our first wave of responses includes the New York Times’ Jacob Harris, the Overview Project’s Jonathan Stray, and Mike Tigas, OpenNews Fellow at ProPublica.

Project bill tracking statewide open states api Google Docs Tabletop JavaScript Launching the Minnesota Legislative Bill Tracker

• By Beth Hawkins, Kaeti Hinck, Tom Nehil, James Nord, Erika Owens, Alan Palazzolo
• Beth Hawkins, Kaeti Hinck, Tom Nehil, James Nord, Alan Palazzolo
• MinnPost

This week, MinnPost launched an effort to track legislation in Minnesota throughout the 2013 session.

Roundup events Event Roundup, Feb 11

• By Erika Owens

Hacks/Hackers meet this week in Milano and Birmingham. Plus, two news-related iconathons this month.

Project second screen chat socket.io Tabletop Instagram Heroku Twitter sports Fast Hacks: GameDay Live

• By Ivar Vong
• The Daily Emerald

The Daily Emerald’s Ivar Vong breaks down a homepage takeover experiment.