So, when we’re asked to use our programming skills to add a new commenting system, redesign an overall site, it’s not what I’m looking for.  No one makes you choose between being a reporter and a writer — you use the writing as a way to express your reporting.  Why is that not more commonly acceptable for those of us who code?

Brainloop offers an online platform that helps companies such as Twitter but also clients like BMW and Nokia protect confidential documents and automatically apply the necessary security policies to files that they’d like to shield from outsiders.

BuzzData allows you to share data either publicly or within a closed network.
Indeed, a data reporter from Telegraph.co.uk has requested access to see if BuzzData could work for the newspaper as a data-publishing platform, according to a member of BuzzData’s team.