Revamping Blog Information Design And Layout August 20, 2006
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Chris Pearson has recently talked about how the information architecture of blogs is lacking because of the reverse chronological view of posts. This tends to limit the experience of visitors, especially if they have come to your site from its web feed subscription. He suggests that bloggers should consider other blog architectures, to present posts in some other manner than just reverse chronological.
One particular suggestion of Chris’ stuck with me, because it reflects what I, as a former print magazine publisher, would like to do with some of my blogs: highlight my best work, not necessarily my most recent …
An Article Assignment System For Blog Networks April 28, 2006
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One of things I really enjoyed about being a print publisher was actually meeting the writers that were contributing to my magazine. The cameraderie was in itself worth the effort of travelling from city to city - for me, within a 2 hr drive. Another thing I enjoyed was being able to sketch out a list of topics that I wanted to see covered over a a specific duration of time. And because I had met my writers, it was easier to assign story ideas to particular writers or contributing editors. I could tell whether they’d really be interested in …
















