Here are some of the best, newest things from over on my linkblog:
When do we become the roadblock? — Steve Yelvington on the resistance to change that journalists may feel as more of the business moves online.
The Great Media Industry Schism — Scott Karp nails it (again) regarding content creation and distribution.
Turn Gmail Into Your [...]
Tags: Digital
The panel schedule for the South by Southwest Interactive Conference is now available online.
The pages give hour-by-hour listings of the panels for the five-day event, along with brief biographies of each speaker.
While I’m on the subject, I’ll throw in a plug for the panel that I’m appearing on: “Designing for Convergent Devices“, which is [...]
Tags: Digital · General · User Experience
Writing in New York magazine, Kurt Andersen illustrates how newspapers have taken to producing their own video content, and much of it could compete with local TV news outlets. In addition to bringing a new slant on the print content of the paper, it provides newspapers with another outlet for ad dollars.
Austin American-Statesman editor Rich Oppel was one of three newspaper editors to attend the We Media conference this month, and Oppel wrote about his experience there in his Sunday editorial.
“The media are an unsettled lot today,” Oppel writes, “with new media drawing audiences but rarely making money. Some rather ceremoniously swear off the almighty dollar.
“But [...]
The Austin Chronicle launched a new version of their website today and the results are impressive. Among the first-impression highlights:
Clean page layout with intuitive navigation. I like how the sections are clearly delineated on the home page and the calendar — one of the key tools on the site — is in a prime position.
Areas [...]
In addition to being Valentine’s Day, today is the birthday of two of my favorite people. My grandfather, Troy Jackson Kelley, turns 90 years old today, and my niece, Sofia Shane Gage, turns 1 year old.
Last weekend, we had a joint birthday bash for the two of them at my parents’ house in Dallas. It [...]
Tags: General
Alamo Drafthouse founder Tim League dropped by the site over the weekend and left a comment announcing that a major facelift of the Alamo’s website is approaching. The new site will include a new design as well as a new ticket service that has reserved seating options.
I can’t wait to see the new site (the [...]
Tags: Digital
The University of Texas is offering to sell debris from the ongoing reconstruction project at the football stadium for $125 a pop.
Offering “a limited edition of 1,000 bricks from the recently demolished north end of Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium”, the chunks of concrete are available for sale at the stadium store or online. Originally [...]
Tags: General
Steve Outing talked to people about where media and news habits are heading for his column in Editor & Publisher.
Among the key quotes:
“Start viewing themselves more as a community service and forget about 20-percent profit margins. And start speaking truth to power.” — Craig Newmark, founder, Craigslist
“Offer and aggregate hyper-local and niche news, [...]
Tags: Media
The Mashup Man: At the age of 25, Adrian Holovaty already has become one of the leading figures in online journalism, fusing “imagery and databases to present information in exciting new ways.” (American Journalism Review)
New York Times to post user-generated content: “The New York Times, the gray lady of establishment journalism, plans to begin posting [...]
