The NYTPicker looks like a fair, thoughtful critique blog focused solely on the New York Times
december 2009 by jimray
Unlike the multitude of mouthfrothing right wingers or woe-is-me media-is-dying types, these people clearly want the Times to be the best it can be.
tumbl
media
nytimes
newspapers
december 2009 by jimray
Gabriel Dance - Presenting Data on the Web on Vimeo
october 2009 by jimray
Gabe talks at CUNY.
work
media
nytimes
october 2009 by jimray
Knight Foundation will fund a plug-and-play Everyblock
october 2009 by jimray
Trying to figure out what to do with open source projects once they get bought.
media
october 2009 by jimray
Magazine publishers want to build a Hulu for print
october 2009 by jimray
Unlike music and video, though, most of the problems of delivering text and ads have already been figured out -- via the browser. Unless they're planning on shrouding their content in magical DRM that they expect to also be completely interoperable, in which case, best of luck with that.
magazines
print
media
tumbl
october 2009 by jimray
Google's working on micropayments
september 2009 by jimray
Will work as an extension to Google Checkout, a distant second also-ran to the near ubiquitous PayPal.
google
micropayments
media
tumbl
september 2009 by jimray
The Hacker Journalists
august 2009 by jimray
I stood onstage with Mediashift's Mark Glaser a couple weeks ago and talked about what I do at my day job. This is a great rundown of what we talked about.
work
vanity
tumbl
media
august 2009 by jimray
Probably Bad News
august 2009 by jimray
News fails, because journalism isn't dying fast enough
media
fail
tumbl
funny
august 2009 by jimray
The 10 most hated online ad formats
june 2009 by jimray
No huge surprises here. Also, I wonder if BusinessInsider ran a usability test on dumping content in a lame slideshow format to gin up pageviews?
advertising
design
media
tumbl
june 2009 by jimray
Your Publication Can Suck As Badly As TechCrunch
june 2009 by jimray
Make money and destroy your credibility in four easy steps
techcrunch
media
punditry
tumbl
june 2009 by jimray
Hulu desktop looks pretty badass
may 2009 by jimray
Also helps explain the whole Boxee unpleasantness.
hulu
media
tv
entertainment
tumbl
may 2009 by jimray
Lens, the New York Times' visual journalism blog, looks nice
may 2009 by jimray
Clean design that highlights the photos well. I like the forward/backward hinting and the full screen mode in particular.
photography
weblogs
nytimes
media
tumbl
may 2009 by jimray
Holy crap, Google's news timeline was built by Andy Hertzfeld
april 2009 by jimray
Yeah, *that* Andy Hertzfeld. Pretty slick news visualization.
google
design
media
tumbl
visualization
april 2009 by jimray
Mike D has a great post on the end of the Seattle P-I
march 2009 by jimray
A thoughtful, respectful but realistic look at the news business. Dispenses with easy snark and instead focuses on the future of media.
newspapers
business
media
economy
tumbl
march 2009 by jimray
"Techcrunch are full of shit"
february 2009 by jimray
Grammatically, I prefer "is full of shit" but that's just one of those delightful Britishisms. The sentiment is still the same as it ever was.
music
techcrunch
dumb
media
awesome
tumbl
february 2009 by jimray
Right wing blog network Pajamas Media shuts down their ad network
february 2009 by jimray
Lost money from day one, they are instead focusing on their TV efforts. With such compelling content as Joe the Plumber reports from Gaza, best of luck with that one.
advertising
idiots
conservatives
awesome
media
tumbl
february 2009 by jimray
An elegy for us
december 2008 by jimray
Julia Klein writes an obit for newspapers in Obit magazine. "Don’t be fooled. Those newspapers will someday be as historic as the headlines."
newspapers
media
death
tumbl
december 2008 by jimray
Pulitzer expands to web-only outlets
december 2008 by jimray
But you still have to print it out to submit! It's good to see that they've finally caught up to 1997. However, "printed magazines and broadcast media, and their respective Web sites, are not eligible" - so, then again, maybe not.
media
awards
tumbl
december 2008 by jimray
Liberal rag 'The Economist' endorses Obama for president
october 2008 by jimray
Laments, as I'm sure does he by now, the Palin pick and wonders what could have been if only the real McCain had been running.
media
politics
election2008
tumbl
october 2008 by jimray
10 reasons why newspapers won't reinvent news
october 2008 by jimray
Quite well written, pulls no punches look at the problem with newspapers, in particular newspaper culture. Sad but sobering.
newspapers
media
via:magnebox
tumbl
october 2008 by jimray
The New York Times is shutting down the IHT website
october 2008 by jimray
Once one of the most innovative news sites going, it's languished for years. The Times is hoping to roll up more international users into its main site and brand.
media
newspapers
nyt
tumbl
october 2008 by jimray
Ask a (video) journalist
september 2008 by jimray
My pal Chrys Wu is having a virtual sit down with USA Today video journalist Garrett Hubbard on Thursday.
video
media
bloggers
tumbl
september 2008 by jimray
PublicMarkup.org
september 2008 by jimray
Sunlight Foundation project to increase transparency of how a bill becomes a law
legal
politics
media
awesome
democracy
opengovernment
tumbl
september 2008 by jimray
Our new hurricane tracker is pretty awesome
august 2008 by jimray
Built by Stamen Design
media
weather
tumbl
august 2008 by jimray
Adrian Holovaty and Everyblock get featured in the Chicago Tribune
august 2008 by jimray
Nice article and some well deserved praise for Adrian and crew.
holovaty
media
everyblock
chicago
august 2008 by jimray
Kottke proposes a new method for dealing with idiots: stop giving them attention
july 2008 by jimray
If this actually takes hold, Gawker media might have to shut down, along with half the blogs in New York, LA and silicon valley. Which is to say, I'm all for it. Curiously timed around the release of NonSociety (couldn't resist).
awesome
media
weblogs
bloggers
tumbl
july 2008 by jimray
New York Times launches a social network of sorts
june 2008 by jimray
Pretty interesting idea, actually - it works as a Firefox plug-in that behind-the-scenes connects you to other users who share similar interests.
nytimes
socialnetworking
media
tumbl
june 2008 by jimray
Media Bistro talks to new LA Times editor in chief Russ Stanton
june 2008 by jimray
Some thoughtful, straightforward answers, I'm optimistic that the Times will do well under Russ.
latimes
media
newspapers
tumbl
june 2008 by jimray
Turner forms online ad network
june 2008 by jimray
Ending third party ad relationships, the new network will serve all of Turner's online properties, including CNN.com
media
cnn
advertising
june 2008 by jimray
The last six editors of the LA Times talk to Los Angeles magazine
may 2008 by jimray
Not much love for the mother Tribune but some good, candid responses
newspapers
media
via:macdiva
tumbl
business
latimes
tribune
may 2008 by jimray
Adobe's open screen project is going to open up the SWF format
may 2008 by jimray
Removes all of the licensing restrictions and publishes full APIs
flash
actionscript
adobe
webdev
mobile
multimedia
media
may 2008 by jimray
Airbag and The Nation redesign
april 2008 by jimray
Jiminy, that's a good looking site.
media
design
magazines
tumbl
april 2008 by jimray
Why Pentagon talking heads piece in New York Times had no legs
april 2008 by jimray
"the biggest hurdle for the story's impact may have been one journalists have trouble seeing. Many Americans confronted with stories of media manipulation by government officials aren't, at this point, shocked and awed. Instead they've come to expect it."
media
newspapers
government
april 2008 by jimray
CNN Shirt puts CNN headlines on a t-shirt
april 2008 by jimray
Where's the inevitable WTFCNN mashup? (Joke stolen from my officemate Ben)
cnn
tshirts
media
tumbl
april 2008 by jimray
LA Times apologies, retracts Tupac story
march 2008 by jimray
Said the Smoking Gun, who broke the story: "We greatly respect your paper and Chuck and Chuck’s work. But I think what happened here is that this guy Sabatino is a master con man, and they got caught up with him.”
latimes
media
hoaxes
tumbl
march 2008 by jimray
Did the LA Times get hoaxed in their story that Diddy was behind a brutal 1994 attack on Tupac?
march 2008 by jimray
Apparently, the "FBI documents" they were relying on for their story were forged by an imprisoned con man.
latimes
media
hoaxes
tumbl
march 2008 by jimray
Bush's war
march 2008 by jimray
Four-hour Frontline documentary that will be broadcast online and on air with impressive web supplements as well
pbs
awesome
war
iraq
media
video
march 2008 by jimray
Hot dog, the new NYMag homepage is sharp
march 2008 by jimray
Very nice magazine feel, which is hard to pull off in a website and still keep functional.
design
media
tumbl
march 2008 by jimray
The tragedy of Britney Spears
february 2008 by jimray
Rolling Stone's takedown on the monstrosity it helped to create
celebrity
culture
media
tumbl
2read
february 2008 by jimray
Getty sold to a private equity firm
february 2008 by jimray
San Francisco based Hellman and Friedman has offered $2.1B plus will be assuming $300M in debt to acquire the Seattle stock photo agency.
photography
media
business
tumbl
february 2008 by jimray
Some interesting thoughts on the "local" food movement and how it's reported in American media
february 2008 by jimray
Local isn't necessarily better nor is it necessarily more efficient, just assumed to be.
food
media
tumbl
february 2008 by jimray
AdSense for video now in beta
february 2008 by jimray
Contextual, overlay ads, will also apparently work on non-Google video networks like Revver.
advertising
google
video
media
tumbl
february 2008 by jimray
Marshall Kirkpatrick argues that "social" news sites fail on breaking world news
february 2008 by jimray
Compared coverage of Castro stepping down across several social news sites, decides that mainstream news is still the best bet for breaking coverage. Curious that there was no talk of Newsvine.
media
social
work
tumbl
february 2008 by jimray
About our maps
february 2008 by jimray
Paul Smith, Everyblock dev, talks about one of the most-asked questions: why they decided to roll their own map platform instead of use a third party like Microsoft, Yahoo or Google
maps
via:colin
media
local
webdev
tumbl
february 2008 by jimray
AngryJournalist.com - Why are you angry today?
february 2008 by jimray
Anonymously share what makes you mad as hell and why you're not going to take it any more. If this site didn't exist, David Simon would have to create it after The Wire finishes.
via:buzzfeed
media
tumbl
february 2008 by jimray
New York Times won't unite digital and newspaper staffs for Newspaper Guild
february 2008 by jimray
Digital staff to be treated differently until at least 2011 if this holds true
newspapers
nytimes
media
tumbl
february 2008 by jimray
Interesting New York Observer article on the future of the LA Times
february 2008 by jimray
Still worth a read even thought the LA Times just announced Russ Stanton, former innovation editor, as the new editor in chief. I met and talked with Russ once, he's a smart guy who will serve the paper well.
newspapers
latimes
media
tumbl
february 2008 by jimray
Reuters releases an incredibly cool looking tagging and topics creator
february 2008 by jimray
Open Calais will ingest unstructured documents and extract relative keywords. Available as an open API. I want this for about twenty projects right now.
media
search
taxonomy
tagging
tumbl
february 2008 by jimray
In memory of chicagocrime.org
february 2008 by jimray
Adrian is shutting down chicagocrime as it's been replaced by Everyblock. A definite milestone, chicagocrime was one of the first sites to dare folks to dream big dreams with Google Maps.
chicago
google
maps
media
tumbl
february 2008 by jimray
Waxy discovers that The Times (UK) is spamming just about every social network out there
january 2008 by jimray
The SEO consultant they've used is astroturfing sites like Maholo, Digg and del.icio.us to post timesonlin.co.uk articles with no transparency. Fear not, Encyclopedia Baio is on the case!
awesome
media
newspapers
spam
tumbl
january 2008 by jimray
The Wall Street Journal may not be going but The Atlantic just dropped their pay wall
january 2008 by jimray
Sadly, no the entire archive, which you need to be a subscriber for, but every web article published since 1995 is up
magazines
media
via:waxy
tumbl
january 2008 by jimray
Last.fm will stream full tracks and albums
january 2008 by jimray
Agreement with the big four labels includes an ad revenue model that will share with artists based on how often a track gets played
via:daringfireball
music
web
radio
media
tumbl
january 2008 by jimray
New York Times is among group investing $30M in WordPress
january 2008 by jimray
Will hold a minority stake in the company, allowing them to expand past blogging
nytimes
media
blogging
tumbl
january 2008 by jimray
Poynter interview Adrian Holovaty about launching Everyblock
january 2008 by jimray
Looks great, launches this afternoon
media
local
webdev
django
tumbl
january 2008 by jimray
LA Times editor in chief Jim O'Shea fired
january 2008 by jimray
Reportedly over refusing to carry out $4M in budget cuts, which would have most certainly led to some layoffs. I worked with Jim in Chicago and almost again in LA, he's a top notch journalist and editor. This is certainly a loss for the Times.
latimes
newspapers
media
tumbl
january 2008 by jimray
Josh Williams on the Las Vegas Sun redesign
january 2008 by jimray
Josh is my kind of media nerd
media
newspapers
tumbl
january 2008 by jimray
I really wish Choire Sicha's response to Daniel Schorr wasn't so goddamn predictable
january 2008 by jimray
Schorr, a veteran journalist who, at the very least deserves a modicum of respect, makes some salient points about the inevitable friction between bloggers and journalism. Sicha responds with a boring, unfunny dolop of snark.
media
dumb
bloggers
tumbl
january 2008 by jimray
Las Vegas Sun relaunches
january 2008 by jimray
Congratulations to Josh and crew
media
design
newspapers
january 2008 by jimray
The cnnbreaking twitter account is pretty great disinformation
january 2008 by jimray
For when the real world is just a little to depressing
news
media
satire
twitter
fake
funny
via:magnetbox
tumbl
january 2008 by jimray
Why ringtones are more valuable than mp3s
january 2008 by jimray
Some sharp thoughts by Nick Martens on the intangible values of music
music
technology
mp3
tumbl
media
smart
january 2008 by jimray
Turns out reading on the web isn't any better for the earth than reading print
january 2008 by jimray
Which is why I read everything on a 30" LCD and *then* print on non-recycled paper
environment
media
recycling
tumbl
january 2008 by jimray
Top 10 most pirated movies and television shows of 2007
january 2008 by jimray
See? Even people who understand bittorrent have bad taste!
media
bittorrent
piracy
television
movies
tumbl
january 2008 by jimray
Rex published his best blogs of '07
december 2007 by jimray
Much like how I was TIME's person of the year last year, I'm pretty sure I got the number one spot since I've got a Twitter *and* a Tumblr.
weblogs
friends
media
tumbl
december 2007 by jimray
John Moe is leaving Seattle for St. Paul
december 2007 by jimray
Wait, that's the opposite of what you're supposed to do! Everyone knows that you move *from* Minneapolis *to* Seattle. The aloofness is part of our charm, baby!
seattle
media
tumbl
december 2007 by jimray
Holovaty's Django book has shipped
december 2007 by jimray
Just in time for Christmas! Hope you've got a big, square shaped stocking...
django
books
webdev
programming
media
tumbl
december 2007 by jimray
Greg Allen rather neatly summarizes everything I hate about the New York Times travel section
december 2007 by jimray
"I realized that almost without exception, the "reason" to go is the opening at long last of that destination's first "luxury" accommodations. Which seems about the dumbest reason I can think of for choosing where to travel."
travel
media
awesome
tumbl
december 2007 by jimray
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