An open letter (wish-list) for Sourcefabric
Just a couple of days ago, I found out about Sourcefabric and its future release of a free, open source, editorial system, the Superdesk. Like I always do with all the amazing digital tools I find online, I got in touch with Sourcefabric and let them know that I was looking forward for their product. … Read more
Interview with Phillip R. Tiongson
Some weeks ago the iPad world was taken by surprise with a very impressing application. Biblion is the New York Public Library first application and was developed by Phillip R. Tiongson and his team from Potion Design. I’ve reviewed the Biblion application for the Talking New Media website and, since I was so blown away … Read more
Digital storytelling made easy!
On my last article I’ve written about interactive infographics on tablets and the problem facing newsrooms around the world. Where previously newsrooms where able to produce such graphics for their online publications using Adobe’s Flash, for the iPad that knowledge was no longer useful. On the same article I mentioned a new software, named Hype, … Read more
It’s time to show, not to tell!
Show, don’t tell is one of Innovation’s Media Consulting mantras and one I’m very happy to share (disclaimer, I work as a consultant for Innovation). The idea is that infographics or visual journalism present a great, engaging way for publishers to share their stories with their readers. Not only visual journalism is one engaging way … Read more
Interview with Joe Zeff
Joe Zeff needs no introduction and neither does his work. I’ve been a huge fan of Joe’s work for some time now and it has been with great interest that I’ve been following Joe Zeff Studio work designing and publishing iPad apps. In the last weeks Joe’s studio launched two new applications that are getting … Read more
Where are all the interactive journalists?
In the beginning there was the Internet. And that’s how journalism turned digital. Newsrooms where formed to ‘feed’ this new beast. Later on, these new team where integrated with the print team (or should have been). Thus appeared the online journalist. Nowadays, with the push mobile has given publishers around the world, a new challenge … Read more
Sharing content with a value
Just a couple of days ago I was reading Cameron Koczon great article Orbital Content. I really enjoy his view of users/readers being in the center of orbital content and the idea of applications (whatever form and platform) being the gravitational force to drive that flowing content onto the user/reader. I was then even more … Read more
Interview with Douglas Hebbard
Douglas Hebbard has been publishing Talking New Media since 2009. On his site, Douglas not only writes about new digital platforms but he also tests news media applications from across the world. I am a huge fan of Talking New Media and I follow it on a daily basis. There is really no better way … Read more
The future of the web is mobile
I’ve recently read this amazing post James Gardner wrote for Smashing Magazine. On the article Designing For The Future Web, James explains in great detail why in the future we must design having in mind that our readers will connect to our website on various places, with various devices of different screen sizes. This is … Read more
New Digital World
At this time, when everyone focus only on tablets, we should realize what is really happening because of these new devices. In September of last year, Chris Anderson of the U.S. magazine Wired, wrote that the web had died. With his unique wit and his ability to hit certain fringes of society, Chris Anderson may … Read more
