JR: Local media project ideas - As usual, I think about copying large scale projects for use at local level. For paid subscribers: localized version of Wikipedia with all content from the same media outlet such as toledo blade which has a vast treasure of content. vox.com - desi... more>>
- Aug 01, 2014 - #media #local #design #mobile #app

JR: Circa's mobile app versus the web and RSS - #todo finish editing Jul 23, 2014 - Scripting News - Where's Circa's RSS feed? For more than a year, I've been accessing Circa news stories via their Twitter page at https://twitter.com/CircaNews . But since I finally got with the times and acqui... more>> 10 min read
- Jul 23, 2014 - #todo #media #mobile #app #rss #design #blog_jr

JR: Cell phone noise-oholics - December 2002 - Hah! This observation is from a December 2002 blog post that I made: A person using a cell phone talks louder than anyone else around them and louder than he or she would normally. Is the person on the other end of the line always loading baggage... more>>
- Jul 18, 2014 - #technology #mobile #humor

JR: Digital media and web services unbundling their products - A trend has emerged in the past year where some publishers and web services have separated their products into smaller offerings or verticals. ".. the digital unbundling is an extension of the decline of general interest content in print form lik... more>> 1 min read
- Jun 04, 2014 - #media #design #app #mobile #web #blog_jr

JR: Highlights from the 2014 Mary Meeker Internet Trends Report - "Mobile advertising is still underperforming vs. time spent on mobile devices, whereas print is still significantly overperforming." May 28, 2014: Internet trends report qz.com Poynter.org Niemanlab.org NY Times Highlights Internet user grow... more>> 1 min read
- Jun 01, 2014 - #internet #technology #media #sports #mobile #advertising #blog_jr

JR: The web as a platform - Lengthy but interesting post ... ... written by Michael Bleigh, the CEO/Cofounder of static web hosting platform-as-a-service Divshot. "The web as a platform is easier to learn and lets developers do more faster than any other platform" Some exce... more>> 4 min read
- May 27, 2014 - #web #programming #html #javascript #mobile #quote #framework #blog_jr

JR: Mobile Stats - Early 2014 - "Highlights of the Pew Internet Projects research related to mobile technology." As of January 2014: 90% of American adults have a cell phone 58% of American adults have a smartphone 32% of American adults own an e-reader 42% of American adul... more>>
- May 27, 2014 - #mobile #blog_jr

JR: LA Times new website design - May 2014 - Beyond responsive: three mobile website design tricks becoming trends Trendy but not always favorable in my book. infinite scrolling - (meh, whatever) cards - (I like this) pre-written Tweets (??) Increasingly, I view websites with JavaScript d... more>> 2 min read
- May 27, 2014 - #media #responsive #design #mobile #web #blog_jr

JR: Slide-in menus versus navigation bars - https://news.layervault.com/stories/23434-why-and-how-to-avoid-hamburger-menus #design - #menu - #mobile
- May 16, 2014

JR: Land line phone usage - Apr 14, 2014 - ToledoTalk.com - Do you have a 'home' phone It seems that most responders do not have a land line phone at home, which is not a surprise. We still have a land line. It does not make long distant calls. It can receive long distant ca... more>> 1 min read
- Apr 15, 2014 - #home #technology #mobile #blog_jr

JR: Decline of the Mobile Web - April 2014 - Some current and older stories: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7548530 I know it's not declining for me. I build my own web-based tools that function well on mobile devices: flip phone with Opera Mini browser iPhone Samsung S4 HP ta... more>>
- Apr 10, 2014 - #mobile #web #app #design #blog_jr

JR: Mark Zuckerberg's and Facebook's views on modern computing - One year ago today, Apr 4, 2013, Facebook announced Home, which was an interesting and attractive redesign of its News Feed that seemed to lose acceptance within the company or among users. But this post is more about Mark Zuckerberg's views on the f... more>> 3 min read
- Apr 04, 2014 - #internet #web #socialmedia #collaboration #mobile #blog_jr

JR: Comparing Messaging Apps - April 2014 - Apr 2, 2014 - qz.com - Comparing messaging apps is an exercise in pointlessness Despite the hype surrounding messaging apps over the past few months, the fact is that different apps do different things for different people. WhatsApp is like its... more>>
- Apr 02, 2014 - #messaging #mobile #app #blog_jr

JR: Pothole reporting system - A wacky idea that I may still pursue, although it's a bit late for this season. It might be a fun and educational programmer exercise though. Jan 2014 ToledoTalk.com thread about potholes. Surely, a pothole reporting/searching mobile app exists. It... more>> 3 min read
- Mar 19, 2014 - #toledo #politics #mobile #app #311system #todo #blog_jr #geolocation

JR: Have tablets jumped the shark? - Feb 6, 2014 re/code story titled Our Love Affair With the Tablet Is Over Is it a link bait story or valid perspective? The tablet couldnt possibly shoulder all the expectations people had for it. Not a replacement for your laptop or phone but ki... more>> 8 min read
- Mar 19, 2014 - #mobile #laptop #phone #tablet #design #phablet #blog_jr