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Wired Magazine's Story Behind the Story

Wired Magazine’s Story Behind the Story

Wired.com has posted the final entry of its Storyboard blog, which followed the magazine’s design and edit staff …  Read more.

Twitter Stars on TV News

Twitter Stars on TV News

The microblogging tool Twitter now has its own television show, sort of. CNN’s wired anchor guy Rick Sanchez …  Read more.

Playing with Twitter at the Stanford Pub Course

Playing with Twitter at the Stanford Pub Course

For the next 10 days or so, we’ll have the privilege and the pleasure of teaching at the …  Read more.

See You at a Summer Publishing Conference

$1,500 Discount to Stanford Course We’ll be teaching again this July at the the Stanford Professional Publishing Course, …  Read more.

How to Write Text Links (Think Display Copy)

If your site uses a conventional, easily recognized visual scheme for text links—and it should—the words making up …  Read more.

Video Explains “Automated Content Creation”

A few weeks ago we wrote about Philip Parker’s computer-assisted creation of 200,000 different books in highly esoteric …  Read more.

Podcasting Explained, in Plain English

Need to explain podcasting to your mother? Or maybe just get a better grip on the concept yourself? …  Read more.

Computer-Generated Books, First in a Long Line of “Pub Apps”

Here’s an intriguing (bizarre? scary?) new twist in publishing: books created by computer algorithm. Entrepreneur and management science …  Read more.

Observer's Politicker.com: An Online Extension Into 50 States

Observer’s Politicker.com: An Online Extension Into 50 States

Here’s an ambitious online extension of a print operation: Observer Media Group, parent company of the New York …  Read more.

Nine Steps to a Successful Website Redesign

1. Read the tea leaves | 2. Set goals | 3. Get the big buy-in | 4. Spin …  Read more.