Dan Barker | BuzzFeed is Watching You
When you visit BuzzFeed, they record lots of information about you. Most websites record some information. BuzzFeed record a whole ton. I’ll start with the fairly mundane stuff, and then move on to one example of some slightly more scary stuff. First: The Mundane Bits Here’s a snapshot of what BuzzFeed records when you land on a […]
The homepage is dead, the section home page is dead, the app is dead and the social web has won—even at NYT.
Traffic to the New York Times homepage fell by half in the last two years, according to the newspaper’s internal review of its digital strategy. Here’s the very stark chart: That’s not necessarily a reflection of any problems at the Times but the reality of how news is now distributed on the internet. Homepage traffic is declining at…
The new reality: news is all push, no pull.
I had many laughs while reading this. All the lols. Especially:…
I had many laughs while reading this. All the lols. Especially:
“You get to know your useful tools, then you look around, and there are some handy new tools nearby and those tools show you the bottomless horror that was always right next to your bed.”
Logo, Bullshit & Co., Inc. | Information Architects
Logo, Bullshit & Co., Inc. | Information Architects:
Everybody likes logos. Everybody wants their own logo. Everybody wants to make their own logo. Everybody has a computer and some fonts. Anybody can make a logo. What makes designers think they are so
This has to be the most pissed off designer post I’ve ever seen. It’s sort of hilarious.