Okay, admittedly I’m stirring the pot here, but I was just thinking: why do we care so much […]
I s RSS a bad idea?
interested
Whither magazines? “I think that general-interest magazines may well be fated to fade away. General-interest anything is probably […]
hybrid
BuzzFeed: the new Digg? “While you were away eating turkey, the tech geniuses behind Eyebeam and the Huffington […]
wall breaker
A Tale of Three Communities “Magazines, on the other hand, still have very high walls between their writers […]
Amelie is One
IMG_1519 Originally uploaded by philippesar. And she gets to pick out her own cake
What makes a magazine?
During the B&A redesign contest, we struggled mightily with the question “What makes a publication scream ‘magazine’ rather […]
Keep those cards and letters coming!
Thanks for the comments.. sometimes one gets so close to something, you hardly know what to say. PublicSquare […]
Some things we did the same
One thing we tried to do as often as possible was not reinvent the wheel. Lars took the […]
ha-ha
love this comment “I too have had the sense that much of the discussion in the IA/Design community […]
Some stuff we did differently
So: let me show you some decisions we made that were different form CMS’s and Blogs and all […]
PublicSquare is
When I describe it, I say “PublicSquare is a collaborative publishing platform.” But of course that is a […]
This explains a lot about PS
8020 Publishing Magazines need to open their doors to their readers. Instead of thinking of writers and readers […]
You Are My Thinkature
Hello blog readers. I’ve noticed there are a bit more of you lately since I’ve been baring my […]
why I love the web #2956
Usability Man
More on Anger, More on Change, More on growth that comes after the rain
It’s an amusing and little known fact that I cannot post a comment on my own blog. I […]
Why am I so angry?
Last week I set a personal record: started flamewars on four mailing lists. It would have been six […]
Let bylaws be bylaws
from paidContent.org.org: The Economics of Content “Morgan Stanley Investment Management is ratcheting up the pressure on the Sulzberger […]
PublicSquare bumps B&A traffic up.. why?
According to Alexa, moving B&A to the PublicSquare platform bumped up it’s traffic significantly and it has maintained […]
Truth: a slippery concept
from The New Yorker: The Talk of the Town “On Kean’s page there has been a long-running take-it–out-put-it-back-in […]
take your camera
AIGA Polling Place Photo Project – Home With citizens’ images and the information that accompanies them, the Project […]
career fatigue
Plateauing: Redefining Success at Work – Knowledge@Wharton What may be happening, suggest McGrath and others, is that people […]
grr!
2006 World Digital Publishing Conference notes – CyberJournalist.net – Online News Association – Future of Media “Let’s stop […]
The Blog Unnomenon
Okay, it has been a bit of time since weblogs inc was snatched up by AOL, turning Jason […]
Who’s the Fool?
Lost Remote TV Blog “YouTube has been thriving with Comedy Central content — probably the most widespread TV […]
Google translates all your sins
“He is transparent, thus will be able to observe easily your sins.” Who says machines don’t have a […]
Ain’t that a kick in the pants?
Once upon a time, publishing (especially newspapers) had a really nifty model. They could serve the public interest […]
You say you want a revolution
I’m surprised how often I see the word “versus” in email. Photoshop vs. illustrator, personas vs. ethnography, email […]
Fun with API’s
Google Co-op – Custom Search Engine thanks Peter!
Burgandy House
IMGP7471 Originally uploaded by Box and Arrow. We stayed in Yountville this visit, at the charmign and rustic […]
Deja Tube
Dot-Com Boom Echoed in Deal to Buy YouTube – New York Times A profitless Web site started by […]