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So you want to build an app?
Learning the art of conceptualizing, designing and building an app with Richard Ting of RG/A
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What are you doing this for?
I know there are many folks in the media business who spend a great deal of time trying to figure out how to build a better mousetrap. Mousetraps are not built for the benefit of the mouse. I’m not interested in building mousetraps. I’m not interested in the type of A/B testing that wants to…
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The generosity of David Carr
The impression David left on people is indelible. If you met him once, or if you knew him for years, he was someone you could not forget. The voice, the sly smile, his corny jokes. David was incredibly kind and generous. He was also, as Alexis Madrigal said: “a bad motherfucker.” I had admired David from…
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An Evening with Dan Rather
I had the honor of interviewing Dan Rather at a Screen Actors Guild event.
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No, Reddit won’t ruin journalism (or save it)
I’m not dogmatic about either side of the debate when it comes to using Reddit to crowdsource information that may lead to better understanding about live events. This isn’t limited to Reddit but is true for any platform available to the public where they can share what they’re seeing with the world. Yes, we all…
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The subtle difference between news apps
Let’s start out by laying it out: anything on your phone today is competing for your attention, therefore every app is a competitor to every other app. However, there’s a difference between “news readers,” “news apps” and “social feed readers.” Some overlap these categories but for the most part they fall into one of the…