Notable Links: May 16, 2010
iPad usability: First findings from user testing: iPad apps commit some of the same errors as early Web … Read more.
The CJR Study and the Case for Hiring a Web Editor
In the conclusion of Columbia Journalism Review’s recent study, “Magazines and Their Web Sites,” the authors ask: “What … Read more.
Notable Links: March 27, 2010
Scrolling behavior and users’ attention: Research from the Nielsen Norman group shows that, although users do scroll, they … Read more.
Notable Links: March 20, 2010
ABC Redefines Digital Magazine: Planning for the move from print to digital e-reading devices, the Audit Bureau of … Read more.
Tablets and the Shovelware Problem
When it comes to magazines’ companion websites, most thoughtful publishers have successfully solved the “shovelware” problem–they no longer … Read more.
Does Farmed Content Threaten “Wild-Caught” Journalism?
My Smithsonian pal Beth Py-Lieberman hipped me to a piece from Time magazine about Demand Media, which is … Read more.
10 Tips for Launching Almost Anything
Recently I spoke to a meeting of the Left Coast Writers at the Book Passage in Corte Madera, … Read more.
Notable Links: March 13, 2010
Five Basic Things Authors Should Do Online: Good advice to help writers (and others!) get started in social … Read more.
Readers Like Digital Mags More Than Web Sites
This is good news for magazine publishers who are contemplating digital editions: According to a study by Smarter … Read more.
Getting Writers Arrested: That’s Our Department
One of the regular departments we created for Afar magazine is “Spin the Globe.” The idea is literally … Read more.
