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The Hacker Journalists
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
Ask MetaFilter’s best introductory books
Really fantastic breakdown of the best introductory books in a given field. Surprised there's nothing for web design/development, though.
metafilter  books  howto  work  tumbl 
may 2009 by jimray
Vu Nguyen gives a behind-the-scenes look at msnbc.com's interactive coverage of the 2008 election
Paige West's interactive team did an amazing job of building one of the best interactive maps of the election.
work  msnbc  visualization  politics  2008election  tumbl 
november 2008 by jimray
Are you awesome? You might want to work at Newsvine
Warning: occasionally, some of us show up and grill various meats, particularly when the weather is nice. Honestly, though, the Newsvine team is amazing and incredibly sharp.
work  msnbc  newsvine  media  tumbl 
may 2008 by jimray
Cory Bergman's coming to work with us at msnbc.com
Smart guy, he's done great work at Lost Remote
work  msnbc  media  bizdev  tumbl 
may 2008 by jimray
Online advertising as an indicator of recession
"many Internet companies have a way to profit from economic suffering. 'Every foreclosure is a home sale to someone who needs a mortgage.'"
advertising  work  economics 
april 2008 by jimray
Marshall Kirkpatrick argues that "social" news sites fail on breaking world news
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
Smart card drivers for OS X
Now I can work at home!! Wait. Crap.
work  mac  hardware  software  security 
february 2008 by jimray
It's official: Craig Saila is coming to play with us at msnbc.com
Witness the firepower of this fully ARMED and OPERATIONAL battlestation
work  msnbc  tumbl 
november 2007 by jimray
Mike D drinks the rainbow Kool-Aid!
Man, ever since Newsvine got bought, that guy has been in Microsoft's pocket! (A joke, of course).
design  msnbc  vanity  work  redesign07 
november 2007 by jimray
Lost Remote on the msnbc.com relaunch
Come for the love, stay for the blistering comments
vanity  work  msnbc  redesign07 
november 2007 by jimray
Now more open to everyone
It's with no small amount of pride that I got to write the mea culpa inviting Firefox, Safari and, yes, even Opera users back to msnbc.com
webdev  design  work  msnbc  tumbl  vanity  redesign07 
november 2007 by jimray
Alpha Channel is our new "this is what we're working on" blog
Launching to showcase the redesign work, eventually this will be our ongoing work blog. My colleague and officemate Ben Tesch did the conceptual and design work on this one, which is why it looks awesome.
work  msnbc  tumbl  design 
november 2007 by jimray
NASA, MS Research and MSNBC.com teamed up for a Photosynth experiment with the space shuttle
Actually works pretty damn well assuming you have all the plug-ins installed (sorry Mac friends, gotta fire up Parallels for this one).
work  space  microsoft  cool  tumbl 
august 2007 by jimray
A brief history of Microsoft in your living room
Up until a few months ago, I still had to test for the horrific abomination that is MSN TV. Die, motherfucker, die.
microsoft  television  media  work  webdev  tumbl 
july 2007 by jimray
CNN.com's redesign tailored for advertisers
It's easy to be cynical about this, but it does underscore a point: that advertisers want "uncluttered" environments as much as readers do.
design  advertising  webdev  work  media  cnn  via:magnetbox  tumbl 
july 2007 by jimray
Nielsen to rank Web sites by visit lengths
May the pageview finally die the death it so richly deserves
media  advertising  work  tumbl  ac 
july 2007 by jimray
Anil's got a great post about reporting in the hyperconnected internet era
"What’s most impressive for this new style of journalism is the effortless switching between original reporting, editing, and curating content from other sources, all with the seamlessness of someone who’s a web native."
media  work  citizenjournalism  tumbl 
june 2007 by jimray
Microsoft's perspective on life inside of Google
Plus, recommendations on how to attract the kinds of folks going to Google. Interesting that Microsoft actually pays higher salaries, but with MSFT stock basically flat since 2000, I can see how GOOG stock would be more attractive.
google  microsoft  work  culture  tumbl 
june 2007 by jimray
The iPhone will be compatible with Microsoft Exchange, after all
If that's true, my pockets just might be $600 lighter come Monday
iphone  microsoft  work  email  tumbl 
june 2007 by jimray
CNN.com beta is up
At a first glance, looks sharp.
cnn  media  design  work  tumbl 
june 2007 by jimray
CNN.com in a deal with IBS?
Huh? The same IBS that runs all of those NBC local affiliate websites? NBC, as in the last three letters of MSNBC? Rex, WTF, yo?
work  cnn  media  msnbc  wtf  local 
may 2007 by jimray
The life of the Rev. Jerry Falwell
Built as a template by my colleague and occasional prankster Colin Hicks. Nice work.
work  msnbc  religion  media 
may 2007 by jimray
NBC buys R|Mail, RSS to email gateway
Man, that's weird. Seriously, this feels like the brainchild some TV person who doesn't understand RSS. Not that there's anything wrong with being a TV person - I love TV people! Especially you.
dumb  tv  nbc  work  feeds  email  tumbl 
may 2007 by jimray
Race to the Whitehouse
I'm linking to this only to officially distance myself. No one I know or work with had anything to do with this simplistic, stupid idea. It was built by some dude in Utah at who's request, I don't know.
work  dumb  television  politics 
april 2007 by jimray
The NYTdigital guys are moving to their new building
Khoi Vinh makes me jealous of their new digs. OH YEAH, KHOI, I'VE GOT A WATERFALL! AND... AND.. THE BEAUTIFUL microsoft... campus... crap
work  nyt  tumbl 
april 2007 by jimray
On NBC "branding" the Va Tech confessions
I'm not sure I noticed this at the time, it's an excellent point.
work  media  television  tumbl 
april 2007 by jimray
Ratings vs. Reputation
On the Media looks at NBC's handling of the Va Tech shooting.
media  work  television  tumbl 
april 2007 by jimray
lightWindow
Another prototype Put *anything* in a lightbox - flash, quicktime, PDF's, forms. Anything!
webdev  design  javascript  ajax  work 
april 2007 by jimray
Say goodbye to the page view as an ad metric
"The Wall St. Journal is reporting that Nielsen NetRatings will drop the page view as a metric to measure web traffic and instead rely more on time spent on a site" My god, this is such good news. Seriously, this makes me freaking day.
media  work  via:rdsholin  ecommerce  advertising  awesome 
april 2007 by jimray
Twitter takes e-chat to extremes
MSNBC.com is the home of none other than Rex Sorgatz, Twitter-guy extraordinaire, and we run an AP article. For shame, I say, for SHAME.
for_rex  twitter  work  tumbl 
april 2007 by jimray
MSNBC Jockeys for attention online
WSJ profile of the MSNBC.com ad campaign
msnbc  work  media  advertising  marketing  tumbl  foo 
april 2007 by jimray
Rising from Ruin wins "Natural Disaster Multimedia Package" BOP
"These entries would make great photo gallery entries." Damn photographers.
vanity  awards  photography  msnbc  work 
march 2007 by jimray
Super fans: Readers' top fan photos
Shiny UGC thing, I built the frontend (still a few bugs, nothing critical)
ugc  work  vanity  media 
january 2007 by jimray
State of the Union: Interactive analysis and weigh-in
Self-updating word frequency analysis "cloud" - my colleagues Jim Montgomery and Paige West built this and they rock
work  politics 
january 2007 by jimray
IBM readies MySpace-like tools for, like, companies
Lotus Connections will add blogs and idea-sharing to corporate networks. If only people still used Lotus...
collaboration  ibm  socialsoftware  work 
january 2007 by jimray
'Infomania' worse than marijuana
New work strategy: wake and bake, but don't answer e-mail. Sure to be a success!
work  drugs  marijuana  productivity  via:revgeorge 
january 2007 by jimray
Wired News: MySpace Passwords Aren't So Dumb
Bruce Schneier looks at MySpace passwords and finds that folks generally do a better job picking those than picking the password for the beige box sitting under their desk
security  funny  myspace  work 
december 2006 by jimray
Raytheon: Jobs in Antarctica
You too can clean latrines at the bottom of the world
antarctica  work  government 
december 2006 by jimray
Welcome to the all new cnbc.com - CNBC.com
I'll note that the CNBC uses the same CMS as MSNBC.com, which gives me a great deal of hope
work  msnbc  media 
december 2006 by jimray
MSNBC relocating courtesy of NYC
Basically, the city of New York is helping to subsidize, via tax breaks, NBC laying off 700 people and moving MSNBC across the river to Manhattan.
work  msnbc  media  nyc  foo 
november 2006 by jimray
Shift in political tactics attracts young voters
Elizabeth Chuck is the next Tom Curry. Or maybe Christianne Amanpour.
work  msnbc  politics 
november 2006 by jimray
MSNBC.com wins exclusive rights to MediaStorm's first auction
For a blog, this sure does read like a press release...
media  work  msnbc 
november 2006 by jimray
MSNBC.com doing well, apparently
One minor quibble - we're the news website of all of NBC, not just the cable channel, and we do our own schtick as well.
work  media  msnbc 
october 2006 by jimray
Battle over tactics raged at Gitmo
Our first big piece from Pulitzer-prize winning investigative journalist Bill Dedman. Good stuff here, I'm proud to work at this place.
work  media  terrorism  war  military 
october 2006 by jimray
NBC UNIVERSAL ANNOUNCES 'NBCU 2.0'
2.0 means "congratulations, you're redundant!"
web2.0  nbc  work  media 
october 2006 by jimray
Job losses, big changes coming at NBC News
MSNBC East (Cable and dotcom) moving to 30 Rock, consolidation of news divisions (CNBC, MSNBC, NBC News), layoffs. Ride the wave!
business  nbc  msnbc  work  media 
october 2006 by jimray
2006 Online Journalism Award winners
MSNBC.com takes home General Excellence in Online Journalism and Outstanding Use of Multiple Media (for the Rising from Ruin package). Rock.
vanity  awards  work  msnbc  media 
october 2006 by jimray
Associated Press, MSNBC Video to Support Macs, Firefox
I've been using the beta for a few days, works remarkably well. If you're on an Intel Mac, make sure you have the latest Universal Flash plugin or Safari will die
media  video  msnbc  work 
september 2006 by jimray
MSNBC Photoblog launches
I'm only tagging this so Evann wil stop bugging me about it!
vanity  work  msnbc  photography 
september 2006 by jimray
MSNBC.com: Breaking Yesterday’s Tragedies Today!
I thought this was pretty tacky myself and, thankfully, had nothing to do with it
work  dumb  media  september11 
september 2006 by jimray
MSNBC debuts new politics front
Begun, this design evolution has (I had nothing to do with this - it's all Rex and Ashley)
work  msnbc  media  politics  design 
september 2006 by jimray
MetaFilter Jobs
Awesome - hire someone who surfs MeFi all day
work  metafilter 
august 2006 by jimray
Rising from ruin virtual tour
The 360 videos are now working! I had almost nothing to do with the final version of this, congrats to all my colleagues who worked really long hours getting this out for the 1 year anniversary.
hurricanekatrina  work  vanity  maps 
august 2006 by jimray
Online Journalism Awards: 2006 Online Journalism Awards - Finalists
General Excellence in Online Journalism (Large), Outstanding Use of Multiple Media (Large). Also, go UNC!
vanity  awards  media  work  unc 
august 2006 by jimray
macosxhints.com - A browser bookmarklet to view videos on msnbc.com
Come for the javascript, stay for the HILARIOUS Mac users spouting off about how MSnbc is eeevil. Oh, good times.
mac  video  software  work 
august 2006 by jimray
U.K. worker fired by text message
"We are a youth business and our staff are all part of the youth culture that uses (text) messaging as a major means of communication." Wow!
work  dumb  mobile 
august 2006 by jimray
Jim Ray's Bookmarks on Ma.gnolia
I'm linkblogging work-specific stuff over here. We'll see how it goes.
work  vanity  socialsoftware 
july 2006 by jimray
Lost Remote: Stunner: Dan Abrams named GM of MSNBC
You know how they handed X-Men III over to Brett Ratner for the sole purpose of driving the series into the ground? I'm just saying.
cablenews  msnbc  funny  work  media  wtf 
june 2006 by jimray
Cosmic Log
Alan Boyle's science blog and MSNBC's first non-Typepad powered blog
work  msnbc  weblogs  science 
june 2006 by jimray
Independent Study: The Coup - MSNBC.com
Every time I write one these, I swear it's gonna be my last
vanity  music  work  hiphop 
may 2006 by jimray
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