Most recent journal entries

To twitter or not to twitter

Posted 21 April 2008

Twitter works for some people, others don't get it or feel the need to document their life, which is why not everyone in the world keeps a written diary.

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Searching a website, the NYT way

Posted 11 October 2007

You can simply search within the New York Times' content by double-clicking on a word. No need to find and type in a box, open an article and just try it.

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Writing (upside down) for the web

Posted 9 October 2007

Print journalism has its own established method of drawing readers into stories with cunning, witty headlines, leading to longer in-depth articles and reports, but online the method is turned on its head.

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What if the reader prints the paper

Posted 9 August 2007

I've often thought one day readers would select subjects/content channels they were interested in via computer or terminals in retailers shops, and then print THEIR own version of the paper with just articles they are more likely to read, obviously alongside related advertising content.

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Multimedia news content tips

Posted 1 April 2007

Steve Outing discusses ways to use news content online, but not just on originating sites. We have to move away from thinking of a newspapers output as a two-dimensional nailed down format, particularly in terms of multimedia content.

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The great newspaper giveaway

Posted 13 February 2007

Call me old-fashioned but at the end of all that unwrapping, I actually want to read some insightful, visually appealing content.

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The Guardian's digital future

Posted 2 March 2006

Big changes are ahead for all newspapers, and many are going to find it hard technically and emotionally to move with the times.

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