Matt Neznanski

Will Ping break Apple’s Reality Distortion Field?

Matt — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:58:44 +0000

Dave Winer says Apple is ill-experienced at listening to customer wants or needs. I don't think they ever have, and it's starting to show. Possibly related posts:

Maybe a little market research would do Apple some good

On pandas, lobsters and apps that rock both.

Matt — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:00:57 +0000

Adam Rifkin argues that Google looks at solving every problem with search while Facebook and Twitter are cleaning up the social realm. He's probably right, but today it's easier than ever before to have a toolbox full of all the best stuff and to whip out the right app for what I need right now. Possibly related posts:

“We don’t want to be Facebook. Facebook is Facebook.”

With quality information, everything else falls into place

Matt — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:06:37 +0000

Give 'em what they want. And what they want is solid information. Possibly related posts:

An iPad strategy is only as good as the information flow

App is the new Web. Yeah, but whose app?

Matt — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:32:54 +0000

The notion of information wanting to be free changes depending on how you define "free." Free as in "no cost," or free as in "no boundaries?"

The end of publishing? Not exactly…

Matt — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:34:52 +0000

Think it's all over for publishing? Not if you look at it in the right perspective. Here's a great video that helps.

An iPad strategy is only as good as the information flow

Matt — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:25:10 +0000

Calls for community newspapers to have a strategy for the iPad are misguided -- unless they're really suggesting a whole new way of gathering and presenting information. Possibly related posts:

Attention as a resource

Matt — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:04:36 +0000

What are readers who ask for full RSS feeds really telling you? John Gruber says it's that they want to pay more attention to you and share you with their friends.

Revamp: Making home improvement easier

Matt — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:15:04 +0000

Introducing Revamp, a targeted niche product designed to teach contractors how to use the social Web to their benefit and create a deeper relationship with newspaper advertising customers.

Got multiple calendars in print? Make a go-and-do column instead.

Matt — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:13:09 +0000

Sometimes making a connection with a networked, busy reader involves simply tweaking the process of news to fit a modern lifestyle: those with a "If news is important it'll find me" kind of approach. Possibly related posts:

Creating distinct roles for print and online

Video: So now you’ve overthrown the tyranny of reporters. Now what?

Matt — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:15:33 +0000

Watch me at IgniteCorvallis II talking about some ideas for local news and why I think the best time to be a journalist is right now. Possibly related posts:

Creating distinct roles for print and online