November 13th, 2013
Visuals Signal the Change in Publishing
The Wall Street Journal offers a relatively simple but very powerful photographic feature looking at “Before and After Typhoon Haiyan” in the Philippines.
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December 22nd, 2012
Read & Watch the Future of Publishing at the New York Times
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 23rd, 2011
EPUB 3 Changes the Game
I’m in New York at the sold out IDPF 2011 Digital Book conference run by the International Digital Publishing Forum. What a day it has been! The big news of course is the “release” ((It’s actually the “Proposed Specification for final member and public review” — it’s been approved by the 100-member working committee, but…
May 19th, 2011
Business Letters and Web Site Design
I’ve been trying to find a simple explanation of effective user interface design for web sites. I think this captures the tone: You put your left foot in / You put your left foot out
April 25th, 2011
Hated the Book. Loved the Kindle
From the “You Can’t Please all of the People all of the Time” department: The book in question is the Booker Award-winning The Sea, by John Banville. Most of the 142 customer reviews on Amazon are positive, but those who dislike the book are vocal. Among the negative headlines: Dull as toothpaste This won an…