News Design: August 2008 Archives

August 19, 2008

I started this blog for several reasons -- one was to have something professionally related to my portfolio (still under construction), another was to keep track of my own progress as a developer, and another reason I started was to make connection with like-minded people who were in the same or similar profession as me.

I'm falling short on actually getting into it though, because of the first reason, having something related to my portfolio showing that I care enough to do research on what I do for a living.

I do care, but the fact is that there is only so much that can be said about designing for news sites without complaining and being critical. I hate bloggers who write entries like, "the top ten things websites should never do" or "what makes me hate your website." In trying to think of topics related to news design, that's what immediately comes to mind...critical thought on what's wrong with the websites now.

Granted, that's part of the job of making better and more efficient ways to deliver the news online, but since this is my personal blog and I want to not think critically about what news sites are doing wrong in my spare time, I'm going to start posting about stuff that I like and that's probably not even close to being news related.

It will be much happier, much more fun for me, and maybe even informative if only in the most shallow sort of way.

So here goes...no more news design talk unless it's discussing something particularly revolutionary or cool.

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