Comments on: Two new design jobs at The New York Times http://www.robbmontgomery.com/2007/10/two-new-design-jobs-at-the-new-york-times/ Multimedia training and visual journalism Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:28:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Robb Montgomery http://www.robbmontgomery.com/2007/10/two-new-design-jobs-at-the-new-york-times/#comment-12021 Robb Montgomery Thu, 01 Nov 2007 04:28:40 +0000 http://www.robbmontgomery.com/home/2007/newspaper/design/10/two-new-design-jobs-at-the-new-york-times/#comment-12021 Right on, Danny. My motto is: "Flash isn't the future, frameworks are." You state the underpinning of that view nicely. Thanks! I personally have found that I am able to do more engaging storytelling and visual editing with PHP, CSS and HTML in a LAMP environment than I ever could accomplish by throwing everything into a Flash container. Right on, Danny. My motto is: “Flash isn’t the future, frameworks are.” You state the underpinning of that view nicely. Thanks! I personally have found that I am able to do more engaging storytelling and visual editing with PHP, CSS and HTML in a LAMP environment than I ever could accomplish by throwing everything into a Flash container.

]]> By: Danny Dougherty http://www.robbmontgomery.com/2007/10/two-new-design-jobs-at-the-new-york-times/#comment-12019 Danny Dougherty Thu, 01 Nov 2007 03:27:51 +0000 http://www.robbmontgomery.com/home/2007/newspaper/design/10/two-new-design-jobs-at-the-new-york-times/#comment-12019 I don't know that Flash skill per se is what is key here. I think the way Flash blends logical coding structure and a design interface makes it a good litmus test. Even if Flash is on the way out -- web 2.0 still calls for a lot of interactive stuff... and PHP, AJAX, JSP, etc all use logical structures with syntax that has a lot in common with action script. So, you might be right about the description over emphasizing Flash -- but I think the NYT might be in the right to be looking for tech side guys that have familiarity with how to implement dynamic, code-driven design. I don’t know that Flash skill per se is what is key here. I think the way Flash blends logical coding structure and a design interface makes it a good litmus test.

Even if Flash is on the way out — web 2.0 still calls for a lot of interactive stuff… and PHP, AJAX, JSP, etc all use logical structures with syntax that has a lot in common with action script.

So, you might be right about the description over emphasizing Flash — but I think the NYT might be in the right to be looking for tech side guys that have familiarity with how to implement dynamic, code-driven design.

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