tag:www.lucasgrindley.com,2007:/cgi/mt//feed/Good Ideas 2007-02-21T01:24:22Z Movable Type 3.33 10 1 10 tag:www.lucasgrindley.com,2007://1.83 2007-01-20T15:49:37Z 2007-01-20T15:56:55Z Rob Curley has made a daring prediction for the future. Now, Rob claims he’s not a futurist. But he’s gone out on a limb. Here it goes: In the future, newspapers, will still be called “newspapers.” OK, so it’s not... tag:www.lucasgrindley.com,2007://1.82 2007-01-20T14:16:06Z 2007-01-20T14:21:19Z Yahoo launched its own answers site. Not sure whether Amazon came out with its version first. As you might recall, I asked a question using the Amazon site, Askville. And I’m happy to report it provided a good answer. Since... tag:www.lucasgrindley.com,2007://1.69 2007-01-05T03:49:42Z 2007-02-10T15:46:45Z As baby boomers retire, a market to serve them is about to explode. And Journerdism points out a new site called BoomerGirl.com, which was created by LJWorld.com to answer the emerging trend. The pluses. Most of the content seems on... tag:www.lucasgrindley.com,2006://1.51 2006-12-16T14:50:39Z 2006-12-16T16:06:16Z Try this Web site from Adobe if you’re in the market for a good color scheme. Designers are asked to submit combinations and then rank their favorites.... tag:www.lucasgrindley.com,2006://1.45 2006-12-07T01:50:02Z 2007-01-22T18:32:58Z The News Tribune in Tacoma, Wa. is one of the first I’d heard of to create a weekly “Web internship” for the newsroom. Anyone – a reporter, copy editor, designer – can spend one week with the Web team instead... tag:www.lucasgrindley.com,2006://1.43 2006-12-05T01:37:44Z 2006-12-05T01:44:43Z Something about the Washington Post’s story on the “mojos” at Gannett got journalists in a tizzy. Mobile reporters at the Fort Myers News-Press work out of their cars, filing several times a day to the Web site, without editing. Interesting,... tag:www.lucasgrindley.com,2006://1.41 2006-12-03T03:58:04Z 2006-12-03T04:05:57Z Found this site called The Newsroom, where anyone can get a video clip or news story and post it on their site. Oh yeah, and then you get a cut of the advertising dollars attached to the news story. I... tag:www.lucasgrindley.com,2006://1.40 2006-12-02T15:43:45Z 2006-12-02T15:48:20Z The folks over at Gangrey are brainstorming ideas for new beats, assuming that all of the traditional beats were thrown over a cliff. What strikes me about the ideas is how narrowly focused they are, but not by geography. And... tag:www.lucasgrindley.com,2006://1.28 2006-11-11T03:31:53Z 2006-11-14T01:16:38Z Here in Sarasota, the U.S. House race is so close that a recount is underway. And there's some question about the large undervote seen in some precincts. This graphic, also made by the IBISEYE.com folks, shows the precinct-by-precinct vote breakdown... tag:www.lucasgrindley.com,2006://1.27 2006-11-10T03:21:48Z 2006-11-14T01:16:38Z A new program called Flex, from Macromedia, changed the way we present the election results at HeraldTribune.com. Please take a moment to explore the presentation, which feels a lot like an application and less like a newspaper graphic. I’d love...