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How major publishers are using social media to drive traffic - Part 1
How major publishers are using social media to drive traffic
An article based on my presentation at May's International Social Media Summit.
London IA Mini Conference review - Part 1
On Monday night The Guardian hosted the first London IA Mini Conference, and yesterday I published an extended version of my presentation on the night: "Introducing Information Architecture at The Guardian" Photo by Nizam Here is the first part of my notes from the rest of the evening after I'd spoken. "Agile UX" - Cennydd Bowles Cennydd was ambitiously trying to pull off what looked like a 45 minute presentation in 10 minutes, and managed it impressively. He was looking...
"Introducing Information Architecture at The Guardian"
"Introducing Information Architecture at The Guardian"
My presentation at the recent London IA Mini Conference explains my role as Information Architect at guardian.co.uk
How the Ian Tomlinson G20 video spread The Guardian brand across the media
It isn't in the too dim and distant past that if you wanted to get some newsworthy video footage published in the UK, you only had a choice of taking it to the BBC, ITN, or Sky. Now the majority of serious newspaper websites have the ability to embed video on the web, and some, like The Guardian, Telegraph and The Sun have made multimedia studios an essential part of their newsroom set-up. Last week one of the biggest news...
Press silence on Alfie Patten DNA test result broken by Google News
Yesterday, The Mirror was reporting a further development in the story of the 13 year old boy named as a father. The initial coverage of this story was a significant factor in boosting The Sun from #5 to #1 in the UK newspaper online charts. Today, The Mirror has pulled the story from their site. It is an interesting test case of whether legal deletions should also cover SEO-orientated keyword stuffed URLs. They might have pulled the story, but I...
London's abandoned Underground Stations on Google Street View
Abandoned Tube Stations on Street View
Peek at the disused bits of London's Underground that you can see overground using Google Street View
Currybet's law - 5 reasons why Doctor Who always crops up in BBC meetings
Currybet's Law
The more BBC staff you put in a meeting room - the more inevitable it becomes that one of them will mention Doctor Who.
Is 'internet news being free at the point of delivery' even still negotiable?
After Cale Cowan's withering response to the last time I joined in a trans-Atlantic debate about how newspapers can survive and thrive in a new media world, I suspect I may qualify as one of the "self-serving bloggers" mentioned in a David Lazarus piece in the LA Times last week. David was making the suggestion that newspapers should group together and offer bundled-up electronic subscriptions. In another variation on the iTunes-for-news theme he argues that "iTunes proves newspapers can and...
'Delivering Digital Britain' still too much about 'delivery'
I was lucky enough to get a seat yesterday morning when Lord Carter presented the next steps for his Digital Britain report at NESTA. The event was heavily over-subscribed and the busiest I've seen at NESTA HQ. The release of the report was heavily criticised in many quarters, some of which was captured by a move to put it into a more malleable format than the PDF document that was initially published. I wondered whether Lord Carter would address any...
What would you put in corporate Twitter usage guidelines?
What would you put in corporate Twitter usage guidelines?
It is surely only a matter of time before companies start drawing them up. Here are my five initial suggestions - what needs to be added?
How accurate was Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" about the future? p>
The BBC's "Points Of View" online culture clash - Part 1 p>
Reports of 'the death of the sub-editor' may not be exaggerated p>
Why the PCC is broken - a case study in trying to complain p>
Let's have a PCC for the 21st century p>
Ban this sick Nazi paedo filth! p>
The BBC colossus stumbles again over DEC appeal p>
"The Tottenham Outrage" centenary p>
Police try to stop Walthamstow blogger taking pictures of a bus crash p>
6 other things newspapers could stop doing for a day to prove their "unique" value... p>
The BBC stole my money, and now I'm battling to get a TV Licence refund p>
Mumbai terrorist attacks show that search engines still can't get breaking news right p>
Protecting the identity of Baby P's killers: The courts vs the people vs the Internet p>
Day #2 at Guardian Hack Day p>
The BBC News linking policy is simply clumsy, not 'greedy' p>
BBC fails the online Brand damage limitation test p>
"The Former Scottish Constituency of Northumbria" p>
Social media and www.bbc.co.uk p>
Take-away facts and quotes from the 2008 Euro IA Summit in Amsterdam - Part 1 p>
Measuring UK newspaper success with social media p>
More on the Daily Mail and my comments about their 'suicidal five year olds' article p>
A brief history of Olympic dissent: London 2012 p>
A brief history of Olympic dissent: Athens 1896 p>
A lifetime of lost playlists: Part 12 - Pretending to see the future p>
A lifetime of lost playlists: Part 1 - Pump up the volume p>
"People, Places, Subjects" - BBC Topic and Guardian keyword pages: Part 1 p>
Being an extra on John Fogerty's Live at the Albert Hall DVD p>
Last night's TechCrunch / BBC debate on a 'Common Platform' p>
"You're wired!" - 7 things The Apprentice can teach you about new media projects p>
There is the BBC's new media overspend...and then there is Google p>
"Can you trust a media blogger?" p>
60% of Editors Blog comments hate the BBC News redesign p>
Google hijacks traffic from newspaper site search p>
The Buffy guide to the Internet - 1997 style p>
10 tips for integrating your del.icio.us links into your blog p>
Blogging at the BBC: Part 1 - My introduction to blogging p>
ACAP - flawed and broken from the start? p>
Busting the BBC's 600 Linux users myth p>
"The Tardis and Multiplatform" - Julie Gardner talks about Doctor Who's multi-media incarnations p>
The meerkat photograph hoax review - which UK newspapers admitted online to being duped? p>
Reckless Records RIP - Part 1: An End Has A Start p>
BBC iPlayer launch: The first 14 days p>
Why my Doctor Who blog failed: Part 1 - The Greatest Show In The Galaxy p>
Free the BBC from the same old tired DRM debate p>
Madeleine McCann and Alex Meschisvili - a culture contrast p>
Newspapers 2.0: How Web 2.0 are British newspaper web sites? p>
It was twenty years ago today...The Beatles CD reissues from 1987 p>
The ten things most likely to be on The Daily Express front page p>
My 'biased' view of the Biased BBC blog p>
Using Bloglines to snoop on people's private Gmail p>
The software used to access the BBC homepage p>
Haunted Walthamstow and Chingford p>
A day in the life of BBCi Search - part 1 p>
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