Gabriel Dance - Presenting Data on the Web on Vimeo
october 2009 by jimray
Gabe talks at CUNY.
work
media
nytimes
october 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
Ask MetaFilter’s best introductory books
may 2009 by jimray
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
november 2008 by jimray
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
Online advertising as an indicator of recession
april 2008 by jimray
"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
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
Smart card drivers for OS X
february 2008 by jimray
Now I can work at home!! Wait. Crap.
work
mac
hardware
software
security
february 2008 by jimray
Do social bookmarking icons deserve to be on major news sites?
january 2008 by jimray
Inquiring minds wanna know. Posted to del.icio.us, natch.
vanity
socialsoftware
design
work
tumbl
january 2008 by jimray
It's official: Craig Saila is coming to play with us at msnbc.com
november 2007 by jimray
Witness the firepower of this fully ARMED and OPERATIONAL battlestation
work
msnbc
tumbl
november 2007 by jimray
Mike D drinks the rainbow Kool-Aid!
november 2007 by jimray
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
november 2007 by jimray
Come for the love, stay for the blistering comments
vanity
work
msnbc
redesign07
november 2007 by jimray
Now more open to everyone
november 2007 by jimray
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
november 2007 by jimray
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
august 2007 by jimray
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
july 2007 by jimray
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
july 2007 by jimray
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
july 2007 by jimray
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
june 2007 by jimray
"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
june 2007 by jimray
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
NBC properties will limit pre-roll ads to 15 seconds
may 2007 by jimray
Hallefreakinglujah
advertising
work
msnbc
media
video
may 2007 by jimray
Race to the Whitehouse
april 2007 by jimray
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
april 2007 by jimray
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
april 2007 by jimray
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
april 2007 by jimray
On the Media looks at NBC's handling of the Va Tech shooting.
media
work
television
tumbl
april 2007 by jimray
lightWindow
april 2007 by jimray
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
april 2007 by jimray
"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
april 2007 by jimray
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
CVSDude: Professional CVS Hosting and Subversion Hosting
april 2007 by jimray
Hoping to get our team at work on this
backup
development
webdev
work
programming
svn
april 2007 by jimray
MSNBC Jockeys for attention online
april 2007 by jimray
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
march 2007 by jimray
"These entries would make great photo gallery entries." Damn photographers.
vanity
awards
photography
msnbc
work
march 2007 by jimray
Telling Stories in Triplicate: Firefighter Deaths in Text, Online and on the Air
february 2007 by jimray
On Bill Dedman's firefighter series for MSNBC.com
work
msnbc
multimeida
media
february 2007 by jimray
Super fans: Readers' top fan photos
january 2007 by jimray
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
january 2007 by jimray
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
january 2007 by jimray
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
january 2007 by jimray
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
december 2006 by jimray
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
december 2006 by jimray
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
december 2006 by jimray
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
Ed Kashi's 'Flip Book' Multimedia Technique - discussion on Lightstalkers
november 2006 by jimray
Robert Hood and Ed himself even join in the fracas.
multimedia
work
msnbc
photography
november 2006 by jimray
MSNBC relocating courtesy of NYC
november 2006 by jimray
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
november 2006 by jimray
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
november 2006 by jimray
For a blog, this sure does read like a press release...
media
work
msnbc
november 2006 by jimray
MSNBC.com doing well, apparently
october 2006 by jimray
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
october 2006 by jimray
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'
october 2006 by jimray
2.0 means "congratulations, you're redundant!"
web2.0
nbc
work
media
october 2006 by jimray
Job losses, big changes coming at NBC News
october 2006 by jimray
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
october 2006 by jimray
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
september 2006 by jimray
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
september 2006 by jimray
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!
september 2006 by jimray
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
september 2006 by jimray
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
Rising from ruin virtual tour
august 2006 by jimray
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
august 2006 by jimray
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
august 2006 by jimray
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
august 2006 by jimray
"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
july 2006 by jimray
I'm linkblogging work-specific stuff over here. We'll see how it goes.
work
vanity
socialsoftware
july 2006 by jimray
Waferbaby is going to Yahoo
july 2006 by jimray
Great pickup for Yahoo
via:daringfireball
yahoo
work
july 2006 by jimray
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