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Archive for November, 2004

Museum of Media History: 2014

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2004

A serious "what-if" from Poynter showing the threat to journalism posed when e-commerce, personalization, Internet technologies and cheap consumer electronics converge. For those of us in new media, watching this Flash movie is well worth its 8 minutes duration.
Museum of Media History: 2014 [letitblog.com]

Internet Activity Index October 2004 Data

Thursday, November 18th, 2004

A press release from the Online Publishers Association ranks commerce, communications, content and search as percentages of time spent online.
Internet Activity Index October 2004 Data: Content Leads All Activities in Share of Time Online [ONA]

Teams Take a Stab at Attracting Young Audience

Monday, November 15th, 2004

ONA conference article by Jeff Nachtigal of the University of California-Berkeley, plus reaction from industry pundit Steve Yelvington of Morris Digital about the ONA team competition.
Teams Take a Stab at Attracting Young Audience [ONA]
Yelvington: Beware of Editing a Product for Yourself [yelvington.com]
What's Really At Risk for Online News [Stanton/Metromemetics.com]

ONA Conference Real-Time Blog

Friday, November 12th, 2004

Attendees share observations and links from the Online News Association conference in Hollywood, Calif.
ONA Conference Real-Time Blog [ONA]

The Elements of Digital Storytelling

Friday, November 12th, 2004

This animation gives a great overview of new media from the University of Minnesota School of Journalism and Mass Communication's Institute for New Media Studies and New Directions for News. It is older than this posting date, but I only recently stumbled upon it.
The Elements of Digital Storytelling [University of Minnesota]

These Traffic Numbers Are Real

Thursday, November 11th, 2004

Adam Penenberg of Wired touches on how bad online traffic auditing can be.
These Traffic Numbers Are Real [Wired.com]
Web Industry Still Flies Blind [Wired.com]

Dayparting Implimentation

Monday, November 8th, 2004

Mike Coleman from azcentral.com talked in Prague about successes he has had reacting to Rusty Coats' findings on Web audience interests changing throughout a daily cycle. Last year I told Mike I thought he was going too extreme, but it would be a great experiement to watch from afar. Now I'm kicking myself. Meh.
Dayparting Implimentation […]