Written by amedeo on June 3rd, 2008
Problem
Often, the who-what-where-when-why-how (and “what’s next”) get blended together in a way that is aesthetically pleasing (in terms of logic, musicality and pacing), but fail to offer easy scannability that Web reading behavior calls for.
As a reader, I have to run my eyes up and down a story to find facts that interest me [...]
Written by amedeo on May 21st, 2008
Purpose of this post:
To demonstrate the way distribution works on the Web.
Though it’s nothing new, to show how embeddability of content can greatly increase its reach.
To raise questions about how to monetize content as it moves across the Web:
Make the tripod (and other objects) in the video linkable (I wrote about Ooyala doing this). Clicking [...]
Written by amedeo on May 6th, 2008
Most recent Alertbox column from Jakob Nielsen, the “King of Usability”:
On the average Web page, users have time to read at most 28% of the words during an average visit; 20% is more likely.
Why I’m interested:
There is still a lot of room for the evolution of how text is presented on a news site, [...]
Written by amedeo on April 17th, 2008
Xoost.com connects you with people searching for the same thing you are (via eHub).
It’s not necessarily creating communities, but creating the awareness of the possibility of a community.
The same principle can be applied to almost any activity. For example, if you have a database of users on your news site, each story can list who [...]
Written by amedeo on November 7th, 2007
You’ll need the Microsoft Silverlight plug-in to get Tafiti to work, but it’s worth the effort.
Tafiti presents news search results with a headline and layout that makes them look like a custom newspaper. It hammers home the point that the Web is your Web site, and search is your navigation. The feed search impresses, too.
Tafiti [...]
Written by amedeo on November 6th, 2007
Watch the gorilla on influx insights or click on “read the rest of this entry” at the bottom of this post.
Ah-ha:
1. Your content will be remixed whether you like it or not. Do you want to be involved or not?
2. Enabling remixing (for example, by providing software tools, supplying raw footage and data, teaching media [...]
Written by amedeo on October 23rd, 2007
My hopes for hyper-focused news and information sites took a beating when I read the lament of an independent filmmaker on The Long Tail. Here’s a quote:
I create and produce “paddlesports” content. Canoes and kayaks. … My reality as a content creator and producer is that it is basically not possible for anyone in [...]
Written by amedeo on October 14th, 2007
1. Everything is fragmenting
The work
On the Web, a story is always evolving. It can be reported, edited and reassembled an infinite number of times as long as the work is of benefit to somebody. The labor will spread across organizations, individuals and time to whoever has the most interest, capability or availability. See “The coming [...]
