Month: February 2009
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Clay Shirky on micropayments for online news
I am very specifically not enjoying the current wave of handwringing over whether or not some version of micropayments, online subscription, or paywalls could work for typical U.S. news organizations. But here’s Clay Shirky: “The essential thing to understand about small payments is that users don’t like being nickel-and-dimed. We have the phrase ‘nickel-and-dimed’ because…
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Taking a ride with carousels – OJR
Another eyetracking study, this time looking into best practices for “carousel” style featured story slots on news site home pages. I’m a bit of a hater when it comes to these, but I’m glad to see there appears to be a right way to do it. Taking a ride with carousels – OJR
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Ecamm Network: Call Recorder for Skype – Automatically Record Skype Calls On Your Mac
Does what it says, and well. Thanks to @kthread for the tip. Ecamm Network: Call Recorder for Skype – Automatically Record Skype Calls On Your Mac
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Wiki what? Wiki who? Wiki why?
Carlos Virgen rounds up some thoughts on wiki use by news organizations, but I always get the feeling that most reporters and editors stop reading at the word “wikitorial,” freak out, and hide under the desks. Still here? Good. Carlos has a great idea about using a wiki as a “contextual archive” for related stories.…