this is the bit o'flash i was playing with all weekend. it's not a real banner, so i had some fun with it--languid pacing, lotsa bitmaps, random call to action (the tax-day reference is the release date for the okami game on the wii...looking forward to it!). it was a busy weekend--i also made this quickie css-skin sample for an existing page. all very imperfect, but fun. feel free to send me your feedback...
change is the new inertia
suddenly, it feels like the dotcom bust all over again. our fearless leader got the axe. and as shocking as that was, nothing really has changed. yet. if i think about it, people have been getting laid off since the beginning of my tenure here. and tho we're now closing the print end of one of our pubs, in some ways, that's nothing new in the industry.
but there is a certain tension in the air. and it's funny (funny-odd, not funny-haha) to have had experiences in both the online and print worlds. (tho honestly, i don't see the dichotomy as strongly as some. data is data. some of how it's delivered it will evolve, some will not.)
Newspaper editors make judgements on the basis of what they believe their readers want to know. Bloggers make judgements on the basis of what they themselves want to know, which necessarily limits their audience.
Newspapers provide a wider perspective that is still in high demand.