John Shankman
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
The Awl and Percolate recently teamed up to launch a site that covers the 2012 U.S. Presidential Election. The site is called Approve This Message and the Nieman Journalism Lab has a great piece covering its launch. The first sentence is one of my favorite sentences: “The Awl sure likes to build stuff.”
I went to the Digiday Publishing Summit last week and was a part of a panel discussion. Afterwards, they asked me to be in a video where I talk about my job. Here’s the result of the video interview.
A big bonus for me was that the video was on the Digiday.com homepage the same day as a profile of Noah Brier and Percolate.
Two of my favorite web personalities have a big week in video. Post two of two.
Two of my favorite web personalities have a big week in video. Post one of two.
The control which designers know in the print medium, and often desire in the web medium, is simply a function of the limitation of the printed page. We should embrace the fact that the web doesn’t have the same constraints, and design for this flexibility. But first, we must accept the ebb and flow of things.
The Wirecutter continues to develop. I love this review.
A lot of people worked hard on this video and it’s the first in a series of four. The talent is extraordinary, production excellent and sponsorship wonderfully fitting. Can’t wait to post the remaining three.
