So, if you are wondering what’s after Facebook and LinkedIn and PHPBB forums . . . . let me give you a clue - I believe it’s called “Ning” and this is image above is my profile page on Wired Journalists - one of the Ning communites I am a member of. Making your profile sing is just one of the things that Ning does well.
I would compare the Ning solution to giving away an “Instant interactive community” platform as good as any Apple-design approach to a product. Which is to take something that is already out there and make it 10 times better.
The Society of News Design ends the year with a top 10 list of the big efforts in 2008.
Here’s a wee summary I hacked up in Yahoo! Pipes.
Click on any story link to read the full text on SND’s Update Web site.
I hope they consider publishing this great collection of analysis and review material in print.
There is a new group on Facebook called Newspaper Escape Plan and with all the layoffs and notices of layoffs it has mushroomed in less than two weeks. My Aussie and UK Facebook pals are also worried now that layoff fever has infected their environs.
Did you know that you can use the new VizEds to host your portfolio pages or video reels and get a widget that lets you post your work anywhere on the Web. Your blog, Facebook, wherever you want your work to play.
In this 3:46 video, I telestrate the powerful portfolio management features this new site makes possible.
All you need to know is how to click, cut and paste.
Video tour: Newspaper design workshop in Cairo
I am in egypt this week teaching a series of newspaper design workshops at the beginning and advanced levels. This video and photo slideshow shows students from the first day designing, presenting and critiquing prototype newspapers they created as part of the rapid-prototyping section of the training.
Robb Montgomery produces new media workshops to train journalists and media professionals in more than 20 countries in writing for the Web, multimedia reporting, and Web video journalism.
His hands-on seminars include interactive learning techniques, live demonstrations and expertise in teaching new media concepts to professionals.
