Washington Post goes local with “Post Local”
WashingtonPost.com has added its new local feature, Post Local. The site features an ongoing local news blog called Post Now. WaPo has always had something of an online identity crisis, trying to serve several constituencies including government, nation, world and local. A criticism is that, since it is an international paper, it has shortchanged coverage [...]
TIME out of mind: lists “worst” inventions
TIME magazine is making its strongest case yet that it is now edited by Grampa Simpson. It lists the 50 Worst Inventions, and it’s a cranky, “I like things better back in my day” kind of list. Yeah, there are some good choices here (Ah, poor CueCat, will people ever forget you?). But also it [...]
Popular Mechanics e-magazine shows promise
Following my post that was critical of WIRED magazine’s entry into the iPad market, there were a number of people asking me what I’d like to see in a digital magazine. Among my suggestions – constantly updated information and better integration of video. Things are looking up with the Popular Mechanics entry into the market. [...]
