Articles and notes
To twitter or not to twitter
Posted Monday April 21, 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.Journalism in the modern age
Posted Monday April 14, 2008
A worrying/challenging/exciting time depending on how you look at it.Making money from online news
Posted Tuesday January 29, 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 Monday January 28, 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 Friday January 25, 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 Friday January 25, 2008
My start page of choice netvibes.com is about to upgrade to its ginger stage
Web editor: Tips and tools
Posted Thursday November 22, 2007
The following sites and applications have made my life easier producing and managing web content:
Above or beyond the fold
Posted Friday October 12, 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 Thursday October 11, 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.
Writing (upside down) for the web
Posted Tuesday October 9, 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.