I’ve read articles lately about how readerships of ipad magazines has dropped off to a low level. This does not surprise me, because although there have been some impressive examples to “ooh and ahh” at, not much has made me want to come back the following months, weeks or days. Many of the apps I [...]
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.
With Guardian Weekly settling in to it’s third issue, the best cover image so far . . I thought it time to write something about it. Guardian Weekly . . an internationally oriented weekly newspaper, carrying articles from the Guardian, plus Le Monde the Washington Post and the (London) Observer. It’s not so welll read [...]
It has been a day of firsts for me, both coming together in East London . . After a crazy few hours participation in the final pages of the first edition of the redesigned half-Berliner format Guardian Weekly, I jumped in a taxi with Will, Jenny and Natalie for a slow dash to Stratford and [...]
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 [...]