We took a long look at the features U.S. newspapers include on their websites a few weeks back. In doing the research, we spent more time than is healthy looking at these things. So we figured we’d use this new found expertise for good and offer the newspaper industry some unsolicited advice on how to improve their websites....
Continue ReadingI didn't like Lost in Translation. I was supposed to. Other people I know did and it got great reviews and had fantastic buzz. I wanted to like it. But when I finally got around to seeing it I was just sort of bored. I just didn't get it. So, inspired by Lost in Translation,...
Continue ReadingAccording to a Reuters article, the 1,753 residents of the farming village of Hansdehar have chosen to connect to the world via the Internet, in hopes that the Indian government might take notice of the poor condition of their infrastructure. From a link on smartvillages.com, Internet users can see pictures of the village,...
Continue ReadingKids everywhere are going to hate me for saying this. But, with the summer winding down, the smell of school is in the air. That's right, the back-to-school shopping season is almost upon us. And for kids heading off for their freshman year of college, back to school shopping is getting more and more complicated every year....
Continue ReadingAs a complement to our study on the use of Web 2.0 tactics by the top 100 U.S. newspaper, we took a look at how the twenty largest Japanese newspapers are using the Internet. Overall, we found that Japanese papers are not taking aggressive Web strategies (except when it comes to cell phones),...
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