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It’s all about discovery
The biggest problem online since the turn of the Century has been that it’s really hard to discover new stuff. Not find stuff: discovery isn’t the same thing. If I know roughly what I want, Google makes it easy to … Continue reading
When is “the best price” for customers not “the best price” for customers?
The Sage Gruber’s contortions to position Apple’s subscription pricing scam as “good for consumers” are getting so wild that he’ll be a high-level yoga master before you know it: “Why not allow developers and publishers to set their own prices … Continue reading
Apple 2011 = Microsoft ’97
Brilliant comment from “Chucky” on a post from from Michael Tsai: Microsoft in 1997 had a very specific corporate strategy. They had a temporary situation of great market leverage. And rather than concentrating on making better products for their users, … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, iPad, iPhone, Microsoft, Mobile, Publishing
Tagged Apple, Bill Gates, iOS, iPad, Microsoft, Publishing, Steve Jobs
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I couldn’t have put it better myself
Mathew Ingram, writing for GigaOm: “Call it a deal with the devil or whatever you want, but Apple is the one that came up with devices that are so appealing, and a content-distribution model that is so effective, that it … Continue reading
Notes for a talk on designing for the iPad
Last week, I gave quick talk to some of the designers at Redwood about the challenges and opportunities that designing magazine-style content for the iPad presents. These are my notes. They’re rough, but they represent where my thinking is going.
Posted in iPad, Publishing
Tagged Design, GQ, iPad, Magazine, Magazines and E-zines, PopularScience, Publishing, Technology
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Sometimes, “think like a startup” isn’t the best option
In an interesting piece on the problems at MySpace under Murdoch, Om Malik mentions this: Kevin also mentioned that Murdoch, and every large media company, need to think like startups. Good advice – but only to a point. The fact … Continue reading
Posted in Publishing, Web/Tech
Tagged Avatar, Business, MySpace, New media, News Corporation, Om Malik, Publishing, Rupert Murdoch
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Guardian CEO says charging for specialist content an option
The Guardian may still be considering a paywall, at least for specialist content: [Chief Executive of Guardian Media Group Carolyn] McCall added that the Guardian, like the New York Times, had looked at six different pay models including a complete … Continue reading
Posted in Publishing
Tagged Carolyn McCall, GMG, Guardian Media Group, Paywalls, Publishing, The Guardian
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Amazon caves in to Macmillan, pouts and sulks
Macmillan E-books – kindle Discussion Forum: We want you to know that ultimately, however, we will have to capitulate and accept Macmillan’s terms because Macmillan has a monopoly over their own titles, and we will want to offer them to … Continue reading
Posted in Amazon, Publishing
Tagged Amazon, Amazon Kindle, Books, Kindle, Macmillan, Publishing
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Will someone do to Photoshop what InDesign did to Quark?
Back in the days when I did proper print publishing instead of all this new-fangled online nonsense, everyone used QuarkXPress – and everyone hated Quark with a passion. The price of the product always seemed to go up, never down, … Continue reading
Posted in Publishing, Web/Tech
Tagged Adobe, Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Systems, Charles Arthur, Publishing, QuarkXPress
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