Ask.com is trying out a new design and functionality for search results, with greater integration of information and media types. The three elements of the design are: Left: A search control panel that stays with you, complete with Zoom Related Search and Search Suggestions that update as you type. Middle: Results front and center to… Continue reading Evolution of Search and Media
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Fundamentally Changing Publishing
A recent New York Times article discusses the radical changes going on in the marketing world around branding: “…the branding game has changed radically, largely because of the myriad choices the Internet provides consumers and because of the economic influence of widespread Web pontificating, known as the blogosphere, which barely existed as a popular force… Continue reading Fundamentally Changing Publishing
It is a Fascinating Time to be a Journalist!
Chris Anderson takes an in depth look at what it would mean to create a transparent magazine. In part 1, he looks at what has changed since Wired magazine’s website originally launched. My favorite: THEN: Media as Lecture: we create content, you read it. NOW: Media as Conversation: a total blur between traditional journalism, blogging… Continue reading It is a Fascinating Time to be a Journalist!
The Year of User-Generated Content & Web 2.0
In case anyone missed the past year, the reflections are starting to pour in. Read/Write Web has a great overview on the state of the online world, covering topics such as: Social networks RSS Web 2.0 Google VC money Localization Widgets Online video Blogs …and so much more. I was surprised the word “aggregation” didn’t… Continue reading The Year of User-Generated Content & Web 2.0
The Year of User-Generated Content & Web 2.0
In case anyone missed the past year, the reflections are starting to pour in. Read/Write Web has a great overview on the state of the online world, covering topics such as: Social networks RSS Web 2.0 Google VC money Localization Widgets Online video Blogs …and so much more. I was surprised the word “aggregation” didn’t… Continue reading The Year of User-Generated Content & Web 2.0
Are Media Companies Leaders, or Followers?
Week after week, I link to articles that profile the massive changes going on within media and journalism. Each illustrates companies and people who are coping with a change in their industry that they are forced to endure. Perhaps these changes are discussed as “opportunities” in some articles; in others, but in many, they are… Continue reading Are Media Companies Leaders, or Followers?
Inspiration
If I think of things that interest me, a long list of items quickly fills my head: LEGOS, tube-driven audio equipment, having a sandwich in the park with my wife, and surfing YouTube for videos of kittens chasing lasers, just to name a few. But there is one element that cuts through all of this,… Continue reading Inspiration
Innovation in Journalism
Jay Rosen and John McQuaid explore some timely issues in journalism. On citizen journalism: “With connectivity anywhere and everywhere, journalists tapping into networks can have eyes on the ground in a lot of places simultaneously. That has all kinds of potential — for assembling a broad picture of what’s going on nationally, for individual tips… Continue reading Innovation in Journalism
Innovation or Common Sense?
The Wall Street Journal has an interesting debate between Dave Winer and Robert Scoble on the value of Microsoft. The word innovation was used 18 times in the article. Some of the topics now being referred to as “innovation” are just stretching the word too far. If I work at a restaurant and stack the… Continue reading Innovation or Common Sense?
Widgets to Explode RSS Adoption?
Steve Rubel explores what “widgets” are and how “they will drive the adoption of RSS without the user needing to know what the heck a feed is.”