Most recent journal entries
Journalism in the modern age
Posted 14 April 2008
A worrying/challenging/exciting time depending on how you look at it.Making money from online news
Posted 29 January 2008
Paul Bradshaw's excellent series on the 21st century newsroom concluded with a round-up of how money can be made in the current online news climate.Understanding RSS in plain English
Posted 28 January 2008
The Commoncraft team have put together some great visual walk-throughs of webby terms and online services and tools.
BBC goes 2.0 beta-style
Posted 25 January 2008
The new beta BBC homepage ticks all the customisation and functionality boxes with its new design and widget-driven layout.Netvibes going ginger
Posted 25 January 2008
My start page of choice netvibes.com is about to upgrade to its ginger stage
Web editor: Tips and tools
Posted 22 November 2007
The following sites and applications have made my life easier producing and managing web content:
Above or beyond the fold
Posted 12 October 2007
I try not to worry about where the fold will fall, and what might lurk beneath too much, as common practice, in recent newspaper website design in particular shows there's plenty of room below the fold for content.
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.