Lost Remote wasn’t the only place where people had a negative reaction to the redesigned Yahoo TV section. Users went to town in Yahoo’s own blog post announcing the new look, and now Yahoo says it’s looking at the feedback and already making changes, from load time to usability. “Please bear with us,” blogged Yahoo’s Sal Taylor Kydd. “And keep the suggestions coming!” A good example of a company taking immediate action based upon public user feedback.
There are many things a career in journalism prepares you for. It is good practice for thinking on your feet. It makes you a better writer every day. It teaches you how to see the world with a critical eye. But if I had to tell you the single thing for which journalism least prepares you, it is unquestionably this: ballet. So as I found myself, center stage, in the Boston Ballet’s 2006 production of “The Nutcracker,” I wondered a great many things, chief among them was “Isn’t there someone more qualified?” (More, after the graceful, twirling jump or watch our report:)
