My man Jacob is leaving the Lawrence Journal-World for a startup that’s going to let him working on Django itself most of the time. Hard to blame him for that. Should be great for Jacob and great for Django. Congrats, man! Visit site »
The awesome team I worked with in Lawrence before joining Blue Flavor is looking to fill several new openings. Designers and developers alike will want to check these job descriptions out. Trust me, this is a great place to work, especially if you have an interest in editorial design online and/or working with Python and Django. Visit site »
A picture is worth a thousand words. Visit site »
My old cronies at the Journal-World continue to find innovative new ways to do database journalism. Today, they’re using the new Google charts API to display pie graphs of Kansas caucus results, and they’re also streaming the results to Twitter in near real-time. Awesome. Visit site »
Once again, my boys back in Lawrence are finalists for several Edgies. LJWorld.com is nominated for Best Overall News Site, Best Design and Site Architecture, and Most Innovative Multimedia Storytelling (for 24 Hours in Lawrence). Additionally, Lawrence.com is a finalist for Best Local Guide or Entertainment Site. Is it just me, or did the Edgies used to hve an award for sports sites?
Anyway, congrats to all the finalists — especially my buddies back in Lawrence. We’ll have to get everyone together and have some drinks — that LJWorld.com redesign we did seemed to pay off! Visit site »
Mediaphormedia, the company formerly known as World Online, is hiring a Senior Interaction Designer — basically, my old job. I can testify that this is a tremendous company to work for and that Lawrence, KS is a wonderful place to live and work. The town is cool, the bars are great, the music scene is phenomenal (maybe better than Seattle!) and the cost of living is insanely low. This is a great, great gig for someone out there. Feel free to e-mail me if you want more info on the company, the job, or Lawrence.
Also, on the name “Mediaphormedia” (I can say this, now that I’m not there anymore): It sucks. We know it. No one likes it. But there were intellectual property concerns over World Online (which was never a very good name, itself), and upper management (which is normally very “with it”) made a rash, hasty decision on a new name. Oh well. Still a damn cool place to work. They just got brand new offices, too. Visit site »
Compare and contrast: Ours. Theirs. Visit site »
One of the hallmark attributes of web standards-based design is the concept that proper use of semantic (X)HTML and CSS completely abstracts the presentation of a site from its ...
The 2006-2007 election coverage stuff we did back at the Journal-World was named a notable entry for these Knight-Batten awards. Congrats to everyone involved — especially Nathan, who rocked all the fun Flash stuffs. Visit site »
My old cronies at the Journal-World launched yet another Django/Ellington-powered newspaper site today. Christian Metts is primarily responsible for the design work on this one (no doubt with some help from Nathan Borror and Richard Cornish). Visit site »
APN, a leading publisher of newspapers and magazines in New Zealand and Austrailia, roll out the first of several Ellington sites they have in the works. Congrats to Anthony and the team at APN! Visit site »
Simon posted his slides from his @media presentation over the weekend, but he’s now posted a shot blog entry on the talk. He discussed local news coverage, and used LJWorld.com and Lawrence.com as his examples. Visit site »
Simon did a short presentation on why good online local news coverage requires a dedicated, focused, talented and most of all, local team. He used our work at the Lawrence Journal-World as the basis for the presentation (Simon worked at the Journal-World for a year while he was studying here in the states). Thanks for the props, Simon! Visit site »
Ever since I’ve worked at the Journal-World, I’ve lamented the fact that the typography on our sites left something to be designed. Straight quotes, widows all over the ...
It’s been a while since I’ve written a blog entry. The reason isn’t because I’ve had nothing to say about the web. Rather, I’ve been ...
ESPN.com won the high-traffic counterpart to KUSports.com’s EPpy award today. I link this mostly because of the KUSports.com mention. :) Visit site »
The EPpy awards were presented today, and our BoomerGirl.com (which I designed) won for Best Newspaper-Affiliated Web Site. Congrats to Cathy and the rest of the people involved in BoomerGirl.com. I’m pretty excited about this — gotta admit, having an EPpy award winner on the resume can’t hurt! :)
KUSports.com also won for Best Sports Web Site, a category which it has taken several times. I didn’t design the current iteration of it, but I’m set to redesign it later this year. Big shoes to fill. Visit site »
A page we’ve always wanted to have on the site but never had taken the time to build. Christian threw it together quite nicely early this week. I think it’s a fun, exploratory view into the various types of content we publish. Visit site »