I have been interviewed by Josh Benton from Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University. He wanted me to talk about the iPad from a newspaper / iphone app designer perspective.
I found Josh’s question about the NYT demo particulary tough. It is great to see what they are doing – and exciting to see something [...]
I think it’s worth posting some ongoing musings on the web app design process as compared to the print design process.
Designing for the web has quite a different set of requirements. I like that you have to constantly think about the structure – where the user goes, how they get there, what they find when they are there and how they get back.
The iPhone was finally released into the wilds of London today. I went into the Regent Street store with Bobbie (also from the Guardian) to listen to Steve Jobs speak to a fairly small audience. His media handlers seemed a little tense, but to be fair, there was quite a crush of journalists wanting access [...]
London is getting sick of the enormous amount of litter generated by the 2 newest free newspapers available every day on our streets, according to MediaGuardian. I don’t travel by tube train myself, but have heard from friends how they find themselves wading through a dirty carpet of newprint . . ironic though, that in [...]
With so many people able to access a page, and stumble upon it with little less than a search which tangentially connects to that page, the possibility or likelihood of receiving a huge amount of unfiltered nonsense, from many alienated people around the world is very high.
This is the “democracy of the web” at [...]