Clippings of Note...
The following news and ideas were compiled for reference by new media design educators and professionals from spring 2001 to fall 2005.
Monday, December 22, 2003 #
Monday, January 5, 2004 #
Jakob Nielsen opines on "better prioritization, fewer interruptions, and concentrated information" to protect productivity. Although he seems to be speaking to intranet developers, he touches on points of value to all Web site designers.
Cleaning Up Information Pollution [Alertbox]
Monday, March 1, 2004 #
Doc Searls and David Weinberger list 10 observations about the Internet to avoid repeating mistakes using the medium.
What the Internet Is and How to Stop Mistaking It for Something Else [WorldOfEnds.com]
Monday, March 8, 2004 #
Blogger Stephen VanDyke illustrates a path from an original blog or site posting, to news aggregators and the blogosphere, into traditional big online sites, and finally into offline mass media.
How News Travels on the Internet [hammeroftruth.com]
Thursday, March 18, 2004 #
An annual report by Columbia Univeristy's Project for Excellence in Journalism; compares industry trends in print, broadcast, and online media. Includes link to PDF exec summary.
The State of the New Media 2004 [Journalism.org]
Monday, March 29, 2004 #
A report by the Online Publishers Association/comScore Networks focusing on 18-34 audience habits.
Tuesday, April 6, 2004 #
The idea that non-professionals at large can recognize and spread serious journalism does have a certain egalitarian charm to it, but as Jay Small illustrates in this series of blog posts, that idea is a load of crap.
The problem with "Citizen Journalism" [Jay Small]
Thursday, April 15, 2004 #
Adrian Holovaty champions the automated news aggregator, subject of much controversy as a potential EPpy award winner. (Editors Note: At the E&P Interactive Media awards presentation, Google News was openly booed by some in the crowd, and the ceremony's keynote speaker harshly ridiculed the judges for even considering it. Google News did not win the EPpy.)
Google News Deserves Finalist Status in Journalism Awards [holovaty.com]
Related coverage - UPDATE 3/10/2005:
Google News Your Way [internetnews.com]
Customized News FAQ [Google]
Friday, April 30, 2004 #
Friday, May 7, 2004 #
From the summary at A List Apart: "Designers, programmers, and other specialists create essential elements of the whole. But the art director ties these parts together for maximum effect and results."
Art Direction and the Web [A List Apart ]
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