metromemetics

Archive for June, 2004

New Media's Age of Anxiety

Wednesday, June 30th, 2004

"Many of Blair's subjects simply shrugged off his mistakes, believing they amounted to the usual sloppy, over-hyped style of reporting America had become known for. In essence, they didn't complain because this is what they expected. And sadly, the hits to journalistic integrity just keep on coming."
New Media's Age of Anxiety [Wired.com]

Audience Knowledge: Hits or Misses

Monday, June 21st, 2004

From Christian Science Monitor: "The challenge: How can you charge for ads when it's nearly impossible to tell advertisers how many people will see them?"
Audience Knowledge: Hits or Misses [csmonitor.com]

If newspaper Web sites aren't like blogs, at least they're not like Fox News

Monday, June 14th, 2004

Barry Parr: "Fox News Web site looks like a porn site without the tits."
If newspaper Web sites aren't like blogs, at least they're not like Fox News [MediaSavvy.com]

How Websites Learn

Saturday, June 12th, 2004

"A look at how Stuart Brand's classic work of social and architectural criticism, How Buildings Learn, applies to web design and development."
How Websites Learn [Acts of Volition]

Embracing Best Practice

Friday, June 11th, 2004

Simon Willison: "Web standards are a small but vital part of a larger solution, something I like to think of as web development best practice. Let's face it: web standards are boring! Focusing discussions on them is like taking cooking lessons from a chef who only ever talks about food safety; sure they're important, but […]

Dawn of open TV?

Wednesday, June 9th, 2004

"Many elements are coming together that will mean the barrier to entry to TV is dropped to the ground. Anybody can produce TV. Anybody can distribute TV. And TV will thus be able to serve any interest. Just as you no longer need a printing press to publish, you no longer need a tower (or […]

For 18 to 34 Year-Olds with Broadband, Content is King

Sunday, June 6th, 2004

A report by the Online Publishers Association/comScore Networks shows the obvious: better online connections yield more use. Jump to the last slide: "Music Videos and Movie Clips Most Popular, followed by News." Younger demographics want to consume news products, and online is the preferred medium.
For 18 to 34 Year-Olds with Broadband, Content is King (PDF) […]

101 ways to improve your news site

Friday, June 4th, 2004

Jonathan Dube highlights a list of great ideas to leverage the power of the online media beyond simply offering "the newspaper on the Web."
101 ways to improve your news site [CyberJournalist.net]