As more organizations focus on database journalism, the ability to make complex information visually pleasing yet easy to understand is going to become more important.
If you haven’t already, check out Infosthetics, one of the coolest collections of online infographics I’ve seen yet.
Categories: Data + Graphics
Not only that but they work better than offline TV ads — with and the added benefit that online TV viewers are more engaged in the shows themselves. Diego Vasquez at MediaLife has the details.
Report of the Simmons research study follows a Financial Times article that says the big 4 TV networks are poised to [...]
Categories: Making Money
Late Thursday night, Facebook finally caved and said they’d turn Beacon into an opt-in rather than opt-out program, though you have to opt-in on a site-by-site basis.
Despite the change, one concern raised by many remains: Beacon still appears to collect your information and send it to Facebook, even if you don’t opt in.
The question then, [...]
Categories: Social Media
As more media organizations plot strategies to overwhelm their markets, tech teams are probably getting swamped.
Matt Kinsman at Folio has some good advice for those trying to manage their “must do” lists:
Prioritize online projects according to the return, not what’s become someone’s pet project. Dave Newcorn, vice president of e-media at Summit Publishing, uses three [...]
Categories: Tips & Tools
If you enjoyed last night’s CNN/YouTube Republican candidates’ debate but feel you didn’t get the answers you were looking for, you might want to tune in to the Dems’ debate in Iowa on Dec. 4.
NPR is asking the public to ask questions ahead of the Democratic showdown.
Many news anchors and GOP participants raved about how [...]
Categories: Social Media
Adam Pash at Lifehacker has excellent instructions on how to pair your iPhone to your MacBook, iBook or even Dell Inspiron.
Other cell phone hacks are available elsewhere, but note that with AT&T you have two choices. The cheap way, which may violate your terms of service, or the authorized way, which involves paying for tethering.
Categories: Tips & Tools
If you’re like most people you probably don’t think much about the security of your laptop. Sure, maybe you’ve got a Kensington lock. Maybe you’ve got virus protection and a spyware scanner. Maybe you’ve put a password on your screensaver and logout when you’re not at your desk.
But the data sitting on your hard drive [...]
Categories: Tips & Tools
UGen takes a hit. Internet TV provider Brightcove will cease to accept uploaded video Dec. 18.
It seems there’s more money to be made through big media partnerships. At least that’s the sense you get from CEO Jeremy Allaire’s explanation.
My question — and this may have been answered in the email sent to users — what [...]
Categories: Social Media
Dev.mobi offers free downloadable chapters of graphic designer Cameron Moll’s new book, Mobile Web Design.
If you’re developing a mobile strategy, this might be worth checking out.
Curious about Cameron’s work? Read his four-part series on mobile web design from 2005.
Categories: Mobile
The Guardian observes that RPGs have become deadly predictable.
Perhaps in pursuit of creating MMP games that people can grasp quickly (which also translates into rapid profit), companies like Sony have squeezed the life out of what makes games fun: challenge and discovery.
The article goes on to describe games that retain elements of the unexpected in [...]
Categories: Games