Monthly Archives: March 2010
Eye-Tracking Tablets And The Promise of Text 2.0 [Wired]
From Wired.com: “For example: What if those written words were watching you reading them and making adjustments accordingly? Eye-tracking technology and processor-packed tablets promise to react, based on how you’re looking at text – where you pause, how you stare, … Continue reading
Automated Sports Reporters Coming This Summer [ReadWriteWeb]
From ReadWriteWeb: “Make room on the bleachers, the robot reporter wants to sit down and watch the game. Sports statistics company StatSheet says it will have technology ready this Summer to turn statistics for hundreds of small college basketball games … https://journalistopia.com/old-woman-and-young-guy/
Update Facebook On Weekends, Twitter In Mornings [OMNT]
From Old Media, New Tricks: “In a recent blog post, Dan Zarrella published results from an ongoing analysis of Facebook data points. One interesting statistic stood out: Facebook users share anywhere from 20 to 50 percent more stories on weekends … Continue reading
Poll: Many News Site Readers Are Likely Early Adopters [Newsosaur]
From Alan Mutter: “Far from being fuddy-duddy Luddites, newspaper website visitors actually appear to be early and passionate technology adopters. The surprisingly high interest in high tech among online news consumers is revealed in a ground-breaking poll by Greg Harmon … Continue reading
How To Increase Conversions On Any Website In 45 Minutes [Six Revisions]
“Redesigning a website, or even a single page, can be a tedious and time-consuming process. Re-opening a project that you so happily completed can take major mental willpower. However, improving a website doesn’t need to take weeks, or even days. … Continue reading
Any Social Media Coordinators Out There?
Are you passionate about engaging with audiences online? Are you a fanatic about trying the latest social media apps? Do you have the skills to create greate online content? Well, we’re looking for you! Courant.com and CTnow.com (home of FOX … Continue reading
Online News Readers Use 5 Sites or Fewer, Study Says [NYTimes]
From the NY Times: “Only 35 percent of the people who go online for news have a favorite site, and just 21 percent are more or less ‘monogamous,’ relying primarily on a single Internet news source, according to a survey … Continue reading
Facebook Users Prefer Broadcast Sites, Hitwise Analyst Says
Facebook users tend to prefer broadcast to newspaper media sites, according to Hitwise analyst Heather Hopkins. Check out her post containing plenty of metrics trends charts. [via Editor’s Weblog]
Survey: How Twitter Has Influenced Political Journalists’ Coverage
Australian professor Julie Posetti has a fascinating post on how Twitter has shaped the thinking and workflow of political journos. From her post: “Twitter is becoming a vehicle for participatory democracy in Australia thanks to its ability to create unmediated … Continue reading
How To Sell Ads On Low-Traffic Sites [Smashing Magazine]
“But though it may feel like putting the cart before the horse, there are many good reasons and ways to sell ad space on low-traffic websites. What you need to always keep in mind is that, while advertisers are drawn … Continue reading
Pew Study Says Internet Overtakes Newspapers For News
“The internet is now the third most-popular news platform, behind local and national television news and ahead of national print newspapers, local print newspapers and radio. Getting news online fits into a broad pattern of news consumption by Americans; six … Continue reading
The Future of User Interfaces [Six Revisions]
“In this article are than a dozen potential future user interfaces that we’ll be seeing over the next few years (and some further into the future).” Read more…