The Future Of Publishing Blog by Thad McIlroy
August 11th, 2024
Generative AI does amazing things with text, but it shines most brightly with images, both 2D and in video. Sometimes it’s short videos that showcase what AI is capable of. There have also been some very funny videos posted that poke fun at AI and its uncertain progress, amidst great hype. I want to share…
May 19th, 2014
Here’s BBC’s version of tonight’s news story about Google’s proposed $1 billion acquisition of Twitch; you can find many more stories of equally pricey deals during the last few years. (Amazon ended up buying Twitch in August 2014 for $970 million). There’s no point in pontificating about a new Internet bubble. The maneuvering of high…
December 22nd, 2012
I feel like I’m coming in from the Web wilderness as I start viewing John Branch’s, Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek on the New York Times site. Snow blows across a mountain peak as the saga of an deadly avalanche begins to spill down the page: “Avalanche! Elyse!” 650 words later and the reader has…
May 9th, 2011
Please Uncle Sam…Can we watch your TV shows & videos online?
January 24th, 2011
1. Read the article in today’s New York Times. It’s about a remarkable new structure in Miami’s South Beach. 2. Go to the new building’s web site, and click on this graphic: 3. After the well-designed flash images flash by, take time to interact with every graphic you can click on. Unlike so many sites that feature…