JR: The Media and Their CMS Apps - https://medium.com/@jotham.sederstrom/regarding-shaun-king-and-the-daily-news-e458523367ce I think this says more about the poorly-designed workflow systems in some media orgs, and how the media loves to whine and make excuses for their foul-ups.... more>> 26 min read
- Apr 22, 2016 - #media #writing #cms #design #gtd

JR: Webpage test results - fri, apr 15, 2016 - From: Dulles, VA - Chrome - Cable 4/15/2016, 6:48:06 PM Time: 0.813s Requests: 2 Bytes In: 5 KB Cost: $ For the media sites below, all were first view fully loaded results. And were $$$$$ for the cost. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/w... more>>
- Apr 15, 2016 - #web #media #design #moronism

JR: Webpagetest.org results thu, apr 14, 2016 - #web #design #media #moronism www.politico.com/story/2016/04/bernie-gets-his-chance-to-shake-up-the-race-221929 From: Dulles, VA - Chrome - Cable 4/14/2016, 9:31:23 AM First View Fully Loaded time: 35.055s requests: 338 bytes in: 3,627 KB cost... more>>
- Apr 14, 2016 - #web #design #media #moronism

JR: The return of Web 1.0 - Or maybe it never went away completely. October 2014 Gizmodo story titled The Great Web 1.0 Revival "We're tired of being told what to do, what to see, and how to interact online by platforms that resemble rat mazes more than sandboxes." Paul... more>> 4 min read
- Apr 11, 2016 - #web #history #design #quote

JR: Links to read - April 2016 - https://developmentseed.org/blog/2012/07/27/build-cms-free-websites/ https://developmentseed.org/blog/building-accessible-static-sites/ https://developmentseed.org/projects/healthcare-gov/ Flat-file CMS apps: https://getkirby.com https://statam... more>>
- Apr 05, 2016 - #blogging #cms #design #clojure #programming #jekyll #markdown

JR: Design by Writing - Links to external sources of inspiration, along with a few links to my own thoughts. https://marco.org/2013/03/02/type-engine Content Good Writing and Editing Is Part of Great Design Content is the hero Content as Medium Words Reminder: Des... more>> 9 min read
- Apr 03, 2016 - #design #writing #reading #web #blog_jr

JR: Video ads within Facebook's Instant Articles - March 31, 2016 I'm pointing out the inadequate writing, contained within this WSJ article. The social network said it will also allow publishers to place one additional ad unit at the bottom of every Instant Article, which it estimated could inc... more>> 3 min read
- Mar 31, 2016 - #ia #advertising #mobile #web #media #design #moronism

JR: March 2016 mainstream media article design layouts - #media #design #web
- Mar 12, 2016

JR: Radical changes at the Dallas Morning News - march 2016 story #media #design
- Mar 11, 2016

JR: Tt post about web page bloat - mar 7, 2016 - "BTW - some of the sites most laden with pop-up, banner, Flash, and stealth ads are newspaper sites. Even the New York Times and the Washington Post are so full of slow-loading commercial bloat that they are almost worthless to visit." Oh man, I cou... more>> 5 min read
- Mar 09, 2016 - #media #design #moronism

JR: Tt post mar 8 2016 - more about media website bloat - "I watched Spotlight last week. It won the award for best film, and detailed how the Boston Globe investigative team uncovered the pedophile priest scandal in the Boston archdiocese." And that reporting occurred or began in 2002. January 6, 2002 -... more>> 7 min read
- Mar 09, 2016 - #media #design #moronism

JR: Newspapers are executing a war on the web - my notes/thoughts from this stream ... ... have been copied here: "Forget Spotlight: There's a war against journalism" - - #media #moronism #humor #entertainment - a lot of whining from a media person about the entertainer Trump. it's not politi... more>> 3 min read
- Mar 01, 2016 - #media #moronism #humor #entertainment #speed #design #web

JR: Twitter's Complexity - Twitter's Missing Manual - (eev.ee) related HN thread It takes thousands of words to explain how to use a service that permits only 140 characters. This is a space that is ripe for disruption. Someone or something could create a much simpler "disc... more>> 4 min read
- Feb 27, 2016 - #socialmedia #forums #design #humor #moronism #blog_jr

JR: Stories to Read - Feb 2, 2016 - and read again: SELLING INTELLIGENCE: A NEW BUSINESS MODEL FOR NEWSPAPERS FALLACIES OF STOP SURVEYS AN INFORMAL LOOK AT COLUMNIST READERSHIP MARKETING THREATS AND OPPORTUNITIES: PUBLISHERS' AND CEOS' PERSPECTIVES ON THE NEWSPAPER INDUSTRY ... more>>
- Feb 02, 2016 - #media #business #design

JR: Blogosphere v2.0? - "Blogosphere", that's a rarely used word from the past, as in 10 to 15 years ago. Dave Winer's Jan 26, 2016 blog post titled Booting up a fresh blogosphere My recent piece, Anywhere But Medium, has gotten a fair amount of play. The Indieweb gro... more>> 5 min read
- Jan 26, 2016 - #blogging #programming #design #writing