Joey Baker

What a billion dollars looks like. (screen grab from John...

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:26:40 -0500

What a billion dollars looks like.

(screen grab from John Gerzema’s TED talk.)

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Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:17:09 -0500

You are unsubscribed :

The BEST “unsubscribe” page EVER.

You probably can charge consumers for two things: (a) exclusive...

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:48:00 -0500

You probably can charge consumers for two things: (a) exclusive entertainment content and (b) authoritative information that helps them hang on to more of their money. (via Reflections of a Newsosaur: How to sell news on the web: A checklist)

"It’s almost hard to remember how big a paradigm shift this is. Before the Internet came along,..."

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 05:25:59 -0400

“It’s almost hard to remember how big a paradigm shift this is. Before the Internet came along, most Americans never wrote anything, ever, that wasn’t a school assignment. Unless they got a job that required producing text (like in law, advertising, or media), they’d leave school and virtually never construct a paragraph again.”

- Clive Thompson on the New Literacy

Publishers Are Killing Web Advertising’s Potential With Misguided Pricing

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:59:24 -0400

Publishers Are Killing Web Advertising’s Potential With Misguided Pricing :

Amazing how someone can write so much and say… nothing.

Dan Pink on the surprising science of motivation | Video on...

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:11:29 -0400

Dan Pink on the surprising science of motivation | Video on TED.com

Totally fascinating take on why people ‘don’t work for the money.’ It’s about valuing the experience more than getting a reward.

leo: Breaking Up a Traffic Jam - One person CAN make a...

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:13:24 -0400

leo:

Breaking Up a Traffic Jam - One person CAN make a difference. (via Metacafe)

"I do a lot of research beforehand. Lawyers say don’t ask a question that you don’t know..."

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 02:25:25 -0400

“I do a lot of research beforehand. Lawyers say don’t ask a question that you don’t know the answer to. But I do the opposite. I want to ask questions that I don’t know the answer to.”

- Re: interviews.

Gnomedex 9.0: Tech Conference Looks Deeper at Social Media

xkcd - A Webcomic - Tech Support Cheat Sheet

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:23:56 -0400

xkcd - A Webcomic - Tech Support Cheat Sheet

Poll that accompanied this LAT editorial.

Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:18:42 -0400

Poll that accompanied this LAT editorial.

listening to "Bonobo - Terrapin"

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:32:23 -0400

listening to "Bonobo - Terrapin"

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:29:30 -0400

listening to "Bonobo - Terrapin"

via img44.imageshack.us

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:58:05 -0400

via img44.imageshack.us

Beet.TV: Consumers will Pay for “Indispensible”...

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:27:44 -0400

Beet.TV: Consumers will Pay for “Indispensible” Online Content, TIME.com Managing Editor

“While the monetization models for online news are emerging, there will an upside for highly valued, niche content, says Josh Tyrangiel, Managing editor of TIME.com”

"As a user experience designer, I thought my job was to make things not suck. Until recently. As..."

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:22:55 -0400

“As a user experience designer, I thought my job was to make things not suck. Until recently. As technology has evolved, human behavior has evolved along with it. Since behavior is the basis of user experience design, my job has evolved as well. Now, my job is to make things people love. At the 2009 IA Summit, Karl Fast articulated the value proposition of user experience design with sparkling clarity. “Engineers make things,” he said, “we make people love them.” And then he held up an iPhone as an example.”

- Johnny Holland - It’s all about interaction » Blog Archive » The iPhone is Not Easy to Use: A New Direction for User Experience Design

SF Zoo Male silverback ape.

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:58:41 -0400

SF Zoo
Male silverback ape.

"Another example: listing popular public radio programs not produced by NPR in the..."

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:24:23 -0400

“Another example: listing popular public radio programs not produced by NPR in the “Programs” menu was something that users told us they expected - something that seemed unnatural to us, but perfectly intuitive to them. As a result, you will now find links to Marketplace, This American Life and A Prairie Home Companion under “Programs” at the top of every page.”

- The Role of Research in the NPR.org Redesign - Inside NPR.org Blog : NPR

"The problem is that news photography is finished,” Ms. Riant said. “Gamma wants to go back to..."

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 02:07:30 -0400

““The problem is that news photography is finished,” Ms. Riant said. “Gamma wants to go back to magazines and newsmagazines. We will stop covering daily news events to more deeply cover issues.””

- Downturn in Print Media Hits Photojournalists, Too - NYTimes.com

San Francisco with Rachel

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:09:03 -0400

San Francisco with Rachel

"Consumers couldn’t care less how much it costs to produce a product, be it news, clothing or..."

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 04:29:43 -0400

“Consumers couldn’t care less how much it costs to produce a product, be it news, clothing or cars. They don’t inspect your production facility and balance sheets to determine whether the price is fair. Price is determined by the UNIQUE value your product provides TO THE CONSUMER. Both parts of the equation matter: how useful/valuable is it to the consumer, and could the same value be obtained elsewhere for less? Regarding news online, the second question is key.”

- NewsFuturist: Ask the right questions about paid content plans