Great article from iA about a newspaper redesign pitch they lost. The best part is their thinking behind the blue highlighted text: Scannability and print link: Make the articles scannable by using key words in blue. If you speak German you can actually read the front page in 20 seconds by flying over the blue [...]
Via the NYT Today: Once ESPN establishes itself in local markets, it plans to move deeper into local sports — down to the high school level and perhaps beyond — by using social networking and other technology to inform its journalism. Sounds familiar (Steven Johnson, Old Growth Media And The Future Of News): Measured by [...]
I saw this demoed at Adobe Max and was blown away. The experience they’re creating in AIR makes you want to read the newspaper. After seeing the demo I wanted to run out and subscribe. But some time has passed and the newness/hotness/gotta-have-it-ness of the application has worn off a bit and I’m left wondering, [...]
The NYT launched an archive viewer they’re calling the Times Machine.