Norway the Slow Way
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Norway the Slow Way
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#2They should just go back to Flash. It spins up the CPU, too, but at least it then doesn't stutter..
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#3i think the presentation (lay out and semi interactiin) of the article is very well done! running smooth on 1920 * 1200
leaving for bergen myself in a couple of hours: can't wait
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#4i think the presentation (lay out and semi interactiin) of the article is very well done! running smooth on 1920 * 1200 leaving for bergen myself in a couple of hours: can't wait
It's a big improvement over previous attempts at this sort of multi-format presentation. I'll give NYT a lot of credit for pushing things in this direction, even if some of their early efforts fell a bit short. (Some previous articles in this style were too cute for their own good, and wound up hard to read).
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#5The BBC have been experimenting with these kind of long-form "rich media" articles too:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/2014/newsspec_8701/index.h...
It's an admirable attempt at telling a story and I appreciate the journalism. Perhaps I'm ADD, but I just don't have the attention span to get engrossed in this kind of format and follow every word through to the end.
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#6i think the presentation (lay out and semi interactiin) of the article is very well done! running smooth on 1920 * 1200 leaving for bergen myself in a couple of hours: can't wait
It's a big improvement over previous attempts at this sort of multi-format presentation. I'll give NYT a lot of credit for pushing things in this direction, even if some of their early efforts fell a bit short. (Some previous articles in this style were too cute for their own good, and wound up hard to read).
agreed; they appear one of the few who embrace the new possibilities in publishing and actually try to come up with something different and are not afraid to make some mistakes in the process…
i'd love to see other (news) publishers to walk this path as the options are there, they just need some creativity
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#7The BBC have been experimenting with these kind of long-form "rich media" articles too: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/2014/newsspec_8701/index.h... It's an admirable attempt at telling a story and I appreciate the journalism. Perhaps I'm ADD, but I just don't have the attention span to get engrossed in this kind of format and follow every word through to the end.
if you have the attention span to read articles of this length without the gimmicks i think you should be able to digest this format
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's a big improvement over previous attempts at this sort of multi-format presentation. I'll give NYT a lot of credit for pushing things in this direction, even if some of their early efforts fell a bit short. (Some previous articles in this style were too cute for their own good, and wound up hard to read).
agreed; they appear one of the few who embrace the new possibilities in publishing and actually try to come up with something different and are not afraid to make some mistakes in the process… i'd love to see other (news) publishers to walk this path as the options are there, they just need some creativity
Agreed.
Apparently NYT had a big come-to-Jesus meeting earlier this year, where they discussed the challenges their business model is facing, and resolved to do something about it. Who's to say whether this stuff will move the needle for them. But at least they're doing interesting things, and I support them.
NYT can't necessarily see the future (when it comes to journalism, nobody can). But it recognizes that its future lies in high-quality articles, and it's investing in new definitions of quality. Many of its competitors are moving in the opposite direction, adopting practices from content farms and clickbait sites. In the long run, NYT will need to do a lot more to rethink its economics. But for now, its investment in quality is probably a good move.
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#9I can't stand this trend of formatting.
Hopefully the fad will fade quickly.
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#10Never taken the Hurtigruten, but if you're after a bit of an unorthodox vacation I can't recommend anything more highly than the Lofoten Islands in summer.
Fly into Tromsø, spend a couple of days there, then rent a car and head west. Gorgeous scenery, twenty-four-hour sunlight, great hiking, and mild weather - we loved it.