David Black

“While many designers have been quick to embrace web standards, it’s surprising how often the basic standards of typography are neglected. Here are ten deadly sins to avoid in your web typography”

“Web sites featuring branded content outscored internet industry norms 41 out of 43 times across a wide range of advertising metrics, according to a new research report from the Online Publishers Association (OPA).”

“In the past year, ad networks accounted for 30 percent of major publishers’ online sales, compared to five percent in 2006, according to a study by the Interactive Advertising Bureau and Bain and Co. “

“A phrase that popped in to my head, and I used a lot, was the ‘virtuous circle’. You give and people will give. This strikes me more and more as a defining element of a journalist who understands how to work online. You only need to look at the debate around plagiarism and the link economy in journalism to see that.”

“Andy Dickinson has posted this thought-provoking illustration on his blog. To sum up the illustration: The community feels used. The audience feels ignored, but the journalist? …Maybe the problem isn’t about creating citizen journalists but re-awakening the citizen in journalists?”

“I’ve been thinking about how journalists, community and audience interact and the problems that cuases. I do think that the media see audience and communities differently – that’s one of the problems.”

“Type “buttermilk pancakes” into Google, and among the top three or four search results you will find a link to a detailed recipe complete with a photo of a scrumptious stack from a site called Knol, which is owned by Google.”