Ryan Sholin

Category: Technology

  • “The whole industry is in play”

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    Mark Potts has this observation on the troubles Knight Ridder faced, the Tribune Company is facing, and the New York Times has on the horizon: “Ultimately, this is about much more than The New York Times Co., or Tribune, or Knight Ridder. The whole industry is in play. Where does it end? Gannett doesn’t have…

  • Unexpected browser/resolution combinations

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    I’ve been tweaking the design of this site, doing less and less testing in IE6, but yesterday I saw something I hadn’t thought of. Wish I had a picture, but you’ll have to imagine it for now: Some editors and page designers keep their monitors oriented vertically, instead of horizontally. Combine that with IE6, and…

  • The Baltimore Sun paints a rosy picture of college newspaper advertising

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    Student media has it all: A local focus, a microcosmic environment, and a captive audience. Advertisers have noticed, says the Baltimore Sun: “The health of campus papers is due also, in part, to the explosive growth of the Internet and of Web-based advertising, much of it aimed at the young. About 600 campus papers publish…

  • How to juggle multimedia and Digg interactivity

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    In two back-channel online news discussions this week, folks have been debating how newspapers should be gathering video and how they should handle comment moderation. The video discussion among Howard Owens, Mindy McAdams, and others, is notable because the question is no longer IF newspapers should be running video online (Yes) or HOW they should…

  • Google Reader > NewsGator

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    Switching aggregators again. I always feel compelled to explain myself when I do this, as if all the people I talk to about RSS are looking over my shoulder while I read my feeds. NewsGator Online has been slow on and off, well, forever, and a couple weeks ago, when I saw them testing AdSense…

  • I am employed

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    Wow. It’s not the job I’ve been talking about for a month, for those of you that have been subject to my ramblings, but it’s the same sort of work, much closer to home. I’ll say more after I get settled in, but I’m pretty excited about it so far. Note to J-School students: Knowing…

  • Facebook is open to everyone, but still dead to me

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    You no longer need to be a student with a .edu e-mail address to register for Facebook, a social networking site generally viewed as #2 in the U.S. behind MySpace. But there are a few buts. First of all, if I want to identify myself as a student from the start, they still insist on…

  • Ten WordPress plugins that make this look easy

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    In honor of Daniel’s Blogger break-up, here are 10 WordPress plugins I use and recommend: Ultimate Tag Warrior: Does a lot more than build that ugly/hot/buzzwordy tag cloud over on the right, it gives search engines a leg up on knowing what you’re writing about, which makes it easier for people to find you. Then,…

  • Ten reasons I’m buying a MacBook as soon as I can afford one

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    I’ve been using Microsoft OS-based PCs since Mom and Dad upgraded from an electronic typewriter. The first program I remember using way back in the DOS days was The Print Shop. I made banners. It was the ’80s. Times have changed. Here’s ten reasons I’m switching to Apple when I buy my next machine: Spotlight:…

  • Web hosting help

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    Dear readers — both of you — I’ve got a simple question. Which web hosting company do you use, and which do you avoid? I’m working on a design project for a friend/client (!), and this is the first time I’m striking out on my own and paying for server space somewhere with someone else’s…