Both of those headline link-bait questions and more answered (or at least addressed) in a below roundup of somewhat recent academic research. I am not including links as most of these are behind paywalls. If you have access, the citation is below the publisher-provided abstract in each case: Focusing on the Reader: Engagement Trumps Satisfaction. […]
This discussion originated at Poynter’s Mobile First workshop last week and is slightly edited from suggestions gathered on the Mobile Journalism group on Facebook. And yes, there are 12 items and probably a few good ones still left to be added: Your website is responsively designed with smartphones as the core case. Your executive editor/general […]
I did a fair amount of Google-ing on this looking for a simple answer – without much luck. So, in case this comes in handy here is a simple-ish way to use Google Spreadsheet forms on an iPhone for data entry in the field. My current project is an ethnographic survey of news habits among […]
Arguing Apple vs Android and apps vs web is fun, but so 2011. So, thinking about 2012, a handful of mobile trends are worth tracking: Transactions/Authentication (NFC , Square etc.) External sensors and connected devices (Bluetooth 4.0/Internet of Things) Voice (Siri vs Google) Presence (Moving beyond check-ins) Home Hub (Airplay, HDMI outputs, home controls) Connected […]
I did not realize how much I loved the cloud until this week. This is my last week @Poynter, and I spent part of the day clearing off my work MacBook Pro to hand in. The process is typically a major pain. Words docs, spreadsheets, presentations, photos, music, and email all need to be found […]