Holly’s Corner
Many blogs, like this one, have posted the full W-list with links. Is that really a good thing?
Lately there’s been a meme going around called the “W list” — a lengthy list of links to high-quality blogs published by women.
As far as I’ve traced it back, the kernel of this movement began with [...]
Jakob Nielsen
2007 eyetracking research from Jakob Nielsen shows that people really don’t look at banner ads.
New research reinforces ‘banner blindness’ : Small Initiatives - Sensible Internet Design by Jay Small
“Nielsen’s latest work isn’t good news for content-oriented Web brands that make money from display advertising. When people deliberately avoid even looking at a message, that [...]
Check it out: The SEJ2007 unofficial conference blog.
I’ve been working hard lately to get the unofficial conference blog up and running for the 2007 conference of the Society of Environmental Journalists. This blog will be authored by a team of volunteer bloggers — SEJ members and others attending the conference.
Whenever I do one of these [...]
D’Arcy Norman, via Flickr (CC license)
Learning to program:
Boo scary?
Why (some) journalists should learn (some) code | mattwaite.com
“When a journalist with data wants to get that data onto the web, a little programming can go a long way. And, the beautiful part is, once you get this working once, you can reuse it over and over [...]
Internet Archive
At one time, Zipingo apparently offered a fair amount of content. (Click image to enlarge) Now it’s gone.
This morning, I learned via the Ajax blog that yet another site that relied on content contributed by its user community has shut down. On Aug. 23, Zipingo, a small business review site launched in 2002 by [...]
Politifact.com
Politifact: A new site covering the 2008 presidential race based on Adrian Holovaty’s vision of journalism based on structured information.
Silicon Alley Insider: CONFIRMED: Web Users Ignore Ads (But Newspaper Users Don’t?)
“Eye-tracking studies for newspapers: What’s the use if a user’s eye never settles on a section, let alone the page or area of the page? [...]
ej.msu.edu
MSU prof Dave Poulson wants to lead his students into the murky waters of online media.
(NOTE: I’m cross-posting this from Poynter’s E-Media Tidbits, since I thought Contentious readers might find it interesting as well.)
Today I received an intriguing query from my colleague Dave Poulson, associate director of the Knight Center for Environmental Journalism at Michigan [...]
Cafescribe.com
Scratch-n-sniff e-books? Get real.
Full-Text RSS | EchoDitto Labs
“A little script that creates full-text RSS feeds from partial feeds. Just enter the URL of a partial feed in the box below and hit submit. You’ll be directed to a URL that will (hopefully) provide a full-text version of the feed you specified.” (tags: feeds tools)
The Last [...]
CNN.com
Craig Stoltz likes CNN.com’s story highlights.
CNN: Leading the pack in. . .newswriting? « Web 2.Oh. . .really?
“CNN’s news summaries: Language is sometimes dull, the details poorly selected, insights heroically resisted. But the summaries exist, high up, bulleted and readable. This alone gives most Web news readers–skimmers and dippers–a better experience.” (tags: news readability usability good+example)
Dear [...]
Me relaxing at Blue Lake, Indian Peaks Wilderness, Colorado. Hiked up there today - 3 miles each way, well above treeline. Good way to start another year.
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