Category Archives: Business

User registration – not the way?

Posted on May 27, 2004 by Chris Heisel

I had a chance to talk with [my friend Adrian](http://www.holovaty.com) the other day while he was in Atlanta on a layover from a [Poynter](http://www.poynter.org) conference. We got to talking about something we mutually detest… user registration. User registration, I think, … Continue reading →

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Give the readers what they want

Posted on March 9, 2004 by Chris Heisel

OJR has an excellent article by Vin Crosbie that talks about an issue near and dear to my heart: customization… or give the readers what they want. (thanks, Nathan) If newspapers, online and dead-tree alike, are going to move forward … Continue reading →

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It’s stupid, on purpose

Posted on February 20, 2004 by Chris Heisel

Anyone who works in the Internet biz, especially us newspaper types, should check out World of Ends. This is a great article by Doc Searls and David Weinberger, that really gets at what the Internet is and what stupid (not … Continue reading →

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News industry should donate to open source projects

Posted on December 23, 2003 by Chris Heisel

While the discussion on XUL vs. XAML has quieted down a bit, I think it’s worth bringing the issue to the attention of the news industry. I’m not sure if we’ll ever be in the business of making “news applications” … Continue reading →

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Apple’s come a long way, so can we

Posted on December 20, 2003 by Chris Heisel

Apple has come a long way from predictions of doom and gloom. One sign of this struck me when I hit The Washington Post‘s site today. They have a small teaser ad (that doesn’t animate, jump, flip, split, twirl or … Continue reading →

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