Newspaper website design inspiration
June 18, 2008
As I continue to rework the SalisburyPost.com website, I am looking to the web for more inspiration:
Some of my favorite sites, at least design-wise are:
http://www.wickedlocal.com/concord
Homepage – Concord, MA – The Concord Journal
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/
The Boston Globe Online – Boston.com
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage
IndyStar.com | The Indianapolis Star | Indianapolis news, sports, business, community, entertainment, yellow pages and classifieds. Serving Indianapolis, Indiana
http://www.ajc.com/?r=t
Atlanta News, Sports, Atlanta Weather, Business News | ajc.com
http://www.wickedlocal.com/rrstar/homepage
Home – Rockford, IL – Rockford Register Star
Brad’s 2008 Link Extravaganza
May 1, 2008
I post my bookmarks once a year to have a record of them. I’m sure some folks will find them useful
Adobe – Photoshop Express (beta)
ESPN – Carolina Panthers Local News – ESPN Local
Salisbury Post | Salisbury Area Ad Portal
Insoshi: open-source social networking platform in Ruby on Rails
Create Resizing Thumbnails Using Overflow Property | Css Globe
FOX Sports on MSN – NFL – NFL Draft Video Central
FOX Sports on MSN – NFL – NFL Draft Video Central
abc7.com: Bear attacks, kills animal trainer at facility in Big Bear City, Calif. 4/23/08
ID Selector – Making OpenID easier
Developer's Guide: Data API Protocol – YouTube APIs and Tools – Google Code
Digital Web Magazine – Creative Use of PNG Transparency in Web Design
coffee2code.com » Blog Archive » Plugin: Author Image(s)
Goal Line Blitz – Beta – American Football MMORPG
Weblog Tools Collection » Blog Archive » Global Variables and the WordPress Loop
The Ultimate Guide to the WordPress Loop | Theme Lab
Dynamic Drive DHTML Scripts -DD Tab Menu (5 styles)
ESPN – Carolina Panthers News, Schedule, Players, Stats, Video – NFL
flickrSLiDR – Embed Flickr Slideshows within Your Site
Category:WPMU « WordPress Codex
Publish RSS feeds on your WordPress site without plugins | WordPressGarage.com
1 Pixel Out » Audio Player WordPress plugin
What's Needed in 2008: Serious Newsroom Cultural Change
FlashDen – Download Stock Flash, Audio, Video and Pixel Fonts
ESPN Widget Center | NBA Widgets
JS-Kit: Customizing the Comments widget
Sony | Cyber-shot DSC-H7 Digital Camera (Black) | DSCH7B | B&H
ThinkGeek :: Micro Stainless Steel Digital Camcorder
Motorola V365 Cell Phone – Wireless from AT&T, formerly Cingular
Facebook Developers | Facebook Developers News
Web Hosting Talk – The largest, most influential web hosting community on the Internet
Forums and BB Software : Revolution Theme Support
play sudoku online for free — sudoku on a new level — sudokular.com
Weather, Local Weather, National Weather, International Weather & More | Reuters.com
AP Online Video Network | Inline Video Player
BroadCam Video Streaming Software – Stream Live Video Over The Internet
Integrating using the Ning Authentication APIs – Ning Developer Network
Crowd Favorite : Task Management Software | WordPress Magic | Custom Web Development
A List Apart: Articles: CSS Design: Taming Lists
Sony Ericsson – Mobile phones – Overview – W580i
Unexplained Mysteries :: Paranormal Phenomena and the Worlds Greatest Unexplained Mysteries
The Georgetown Times | Georgetown County, SC Community News Paper
Nextel | Sprint Power Vision Ultimate Pack
MediaPost Publications Home of MediaDailyNews, MEDIA and OMMA Magazines
Photos taken in Salisbury on Flickr!
CHARLOTTE BOBCATS: MyTV12 To Broadcast 15 Games Locally
Movable Type 4 installation step by step with screenshots – SuperXM
Learning Movable Type | Tutorials and helpful tips for the Movable Type web publishing system
Sony | HDR-SR8 HDD HD Camcorder (Black) | HDR-SR8 | B&H Photo
Media News – TV Ratings – Television Programming
Apple – iPhone – Rate Plans for iPhone
Creating a Business Plan and Attracting Investors – FAQ’s
Commercial Appeal : Memphis News, Business, Homes, Jobs, Cars, & Information
After the Fire – Der Kommissar – Music at Last.fm
Am I Right – Misheard Song Lyrics, Latest Additions
Market research & statistics: Internet marketing, advertising & demographics – eMarketer
DMNews.com – The News Leader in Direct, Database and Internet Marketing
How I Explained REST to My Wife
I want to use my social network's APIs on an external website – Ning Documentation
IAB – Interactive Advertising Bureau
MediaShift Idea Lab . Ready? Here's My Formula for Online News Success | PBS
Amazon.com: RCA EZ201 Small Wonder 60 Minute Point-and-Shoot Camcorder (White): Camera & Photo
InternetNews Realtime News for IT Managers
AdReady — Build, run, and optimize banner ads
MarketingVOX – The Voice of Online Marketing
BuddyPress — Creating a Social Network based on WordPress MU
Traction Software, Inc. | Front Page
Movable Type Publishing Platform
Blogtronix Enterprise 2.0 Blogging, Wikis, Documents, RSS, and Corporate Social Networking – 1.877.BLOGTRONIX
Blogtronix is a secure Enterprise 2.0 collaboration platform that integrating blogs with wikis, RSS, communities, analytics, and corporate social networking. Blogtronix is the award-winning platform that’s easy to use, scalable and can be delivered either on-demand or as a software. Our applications range from internal corporate collaboration to global user created communities.
Movable Type Publishing Platform
21Publish – Multi-User Blogs for Business and Communities – Home
The turnkey solution to start your own customized network of blogs.
Dynamic Drive DHTML Scripts- Ajax Tabs Content Script (v 2.0)
Dynamic Drive CSS Library- Bold CSS Buttons
Dynamic Drive CSS Library- DD Color Tabs
Dynamic Drive CSS Library- Shade Image Tabs Menu
Dynamic Drive CSS Library- Chrome Menu Bar
Dynamic Drive CSS Library- Solid Block Menu
Homepage – Concord, MA – The Concord Journal
Homepage – Concord, MA – The Concord Journal
The Boston Globe Online – Boston.com
Complete coverage from today's edition of the Boston Globe newspaper
IndyStar.com | The Indianapolis Star | Indianapolis news, sports, business, community, entertainment, yellow pages and classifieds. Serving Indianapolis, Indiana
Central Indiana News – IndyStar.com is the home page of Indianapolis Indiana with in depth and updated Central Indiana local news. Stay informed with both Indianapolis news as well as headlines and stories from around the world.
Atlanta News, Sports, Atlanta Weather, Business News | ajc.com
Get Atlanta news, sports, Atlanta weather, entertainment, business & political news and more from the Atlanta Journal Constitution – we know Atlanta best! /
Home – Rockford, IL – Rockford Register Star
Home – Rockford, IL – Rockford Register Star
Breaking News | Headline News | Current – New York Post
Breaking news, headline news, current news – NYPost.com. Your online resource for breaking and headline news, current news on U.S., international, entertainment, business, and more.
San Francisco Bay Area — News, Sports, Business, Entertainment, Classifieds: SFGate
Find local news & information, updated weather, traffic, classifieds, sports scores, real estate, jobs, cars, food & wine, travel, entertainment, events and more on SFGate.com. Connect to the Bay Area community.
Chicago news, sports, photos, video, blogs, Chicago weather, business, travel, tourism, entertainment and jobs — chicagotribune.com
Chicago Tribune is Chicago's number one local newspaper for everything from breaking news and Chicago travel to Chicago real estate information.
Los Angeles Times – News from Los Angeles, California and the World
Los Angeles' leading online source for local, state, national, world, entertainment, and sports news. Plus jobs, real estate, cars and shopping information from the Los Angeles Times.
Spartanburg, South Carolina | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal
Based in Spartanburg SC, GoUpstate.com is the Web site of the Spartanburg newspaper the Spartanburg Herald-Journal, a merger of the former Spartanburg Herald and Spartanburg Journal. The site covers Spartanburg County as well as Cherokee County, Greenville County and Union County
Home – The Advocate
stamford advocate features local news business stamfordadvocate sports classified living and health
Connecticut News, Sports, Entertainment, Obits — Courant.com
Connecticut news from Connecticut's premiere newspaper The Hartford Courant. courant.com provides a wide variety of world, national, state, and local news. courant.com also features weather, sports, business, jobs, and more.
NHRegister.com
Read the New Haven Register for in-depth, breaking news about Southern and Central Connecticut.
washingtonpost.com – nation, world, technology and Washington area news and headlines
CNN — the world-wide leader in T-shirts.
April 28, 2008
Check out CNN.com — They have this weird new icon next to some of the headlines in the latest news. The little T-shirt icon links you to a page where you can buy a T-shirt with that headline on it in black, gray or white.
I wonder how many folks have ever seen a headline and said “I want a T-shirt with that headline on it … if only there were a way” ?
I dunno. I find it completely odd.
PantherInsider Draft Blog
April 16, 2008
I am writing a draft blog on PantherInsider.com for about the next week and a half, culminating next Saturday with our live podcast and chat session during the 2008 NFL draft. For more information, check out PantherInsider.com for more details.
Video: Fainting Goats
June 20, 2007
I’m not a mean-spirited person; in fact, I’m more compassionate than most people, (I think).
However…
This is video is funny.
:50 into it is the best part.
So why do people raise fainting goats? Do they just want to see them fall down when excited? The plus side of having fainting goats is that you could catch them pretty easily if they ever escaped.
Social Networking sites traffic ranking, trends
June 13, 2007
I’m interested in social networking sites not named MySpace.com or Bebo.com — two of the largest on the web right now.
My focus is on some of the lesser-known ones: Virb.com, TagWorld.com, yfly.com and wallop.com.
You can see in the traffic graphs posted below that nearly each one had a huge spike that trailed off into a whimper, which generally means that people weren’t that thrilled with the offerings after their initial visit(s).
3 Months
6 Months
1 Year
TagWorld.com had the highest spike, which occurred around August 2006. Since then, it’s seen a gradual decline and now ranks second of the four profiled, finishing behind Virb.com.
Wallop.com also had a lot of initial buzz and a enjoyed a big traffic spike around the end of September last year, but hasn’t generated much traffic since then. My guess is that people didn’t like the big circle thing in the corner and the bugs that riddled the site. I thought it was a cool concept though, and it was my favorite of the four.
virb.com has actually gone up and has enjoyed a traffic boost since March of this year. Will it be the one to challenge MySpace.com?
The next social networking target: families
June 9, 2007
People are starting to figure out social networking is a good way to communicate with one another on the web and that it’s not just for teenagers any more.
There have been quite a few social networking sites to crop up lately that are focused on another segment of society: families.
Families share pictures and news, opinions and recipes. These sites aim to be your “social network” for your family:
MyFamily.com
“FREE family web sites for sharing photos, stories, news, and more.”
FamFridge.com
FamFridge isn’t live yet, but you can sign up to take part in their beta testing.
“FamFridge is a startup company aiming to enhance family communication and connectivity through technology.”
Zooof.com (3 o’s)
“With ZOOOF you can discover, expand and maintain your family ties!
* Choose from 35 languages
* Build a contemporary interactive family tree
* Invite family members to a private environment
* Write your biography and immortalize your family history
* Chat, mail and share!
* Discover the ZOOOF Family levels
* Join for free”
Famiva.com
“Welcome to the premier social network for families, a secure and password-protected place for you and your relatives to connect and collaborate. Work together to build the family tree, visualize the extended family network, share photos and stories, stay current with family events and reminders, explore family maps, and much more. Best of all, Famiva is completely free.”
Amiglia.com
$50.00 per year
“# Family tree with photos that you can blog
# Linked albums of related families
# Personal profiles linked to nuclear family
# Family facebook of your entire family
# Family calendar with birthdays and events
# Maps of geolocated photos
# Easy tagging for people, themes, places
# Easy search for family photos
# Elegant slideshows to view, email and blog
# Music uploads to any slideshow
# Intergrated Skype calling and chats
# Riya import
# Interactive photo-based babies’ games
# Easy mass uploading
# Upload by email or with camera phone
# Import from Flickr or Photoshop Album
# Easy GEDCOM imports at signup
# Video clips support (up to 5MB each)
# Advanced privacy, no spam, no ads
# Backup CDs or DVDs at minimal charge
# Email reminders for family birthdays”
I haven’t tried any of these, but I would like to hear about your experiences if you have used them in the past or are presently using them as your family’s social network.
Video: 30 Rock — Kenneth and Tracey Jordan harmonize
June 8, 2007
Video: Wheelchair gets lodged in truck grille
June 8, 2007
Wheelchair gets lodged in truck grille
‘Lord of the Rings’ set traps actor’s leg – CNN.com
June 8, 2007
‘Lord of the Rings’ set traps actor’s leg – CNN.com
LONDON, England (AP) — A London performance of the “Lord of the Rings” musical ended abruptly with actors dressed as Hobbits, elves and dwarfs rushing to help a screaming cast member whose leg was trapped in set machinery.
*note to self — do not use real traps for on-stage musical performances.*
