There is a fantastic article on the state of the OSX Finder at Ars Technica today; John Siracusa takes Apple to task for the bastardization of the original Finder into its current incarnation (which he argues is not even a finder at all, making good the point that the Finder is the computer.) He outlines a number of good points about the way things work, why they do not follow the original model (and break most of the fundamental principles of the Interface Guidelines) and offers suggestions as to how they could be better. For anyone who works with interfaces and UX models, this is good juicy readin’.

Also via Slashdot, an article about a photographer who was fired from the LA Times for digitally altering a photo which ran on the front page. This isn’t the first time, but it raises serious questions about ethics and the art and science of journalism.