The New York Times’ The Upshot latest interactive feature, The Best and Worst Places to Grow Up: How Your Area Compares, redefines personalized news as it renders a unique graphic and writes itself based on where I’m reading the story from…
I’m intrigued by the possibilities of getting people to care about a national issue by localizing the story. Of course, one can argue that’s what journalism does everyday. But not like this. I clicked on a headline from NYT’s homepage and it presented an interactive article seemingly written for ME. And this isn’t the same as getting a set of stories personalized for me. That’s already happening on various platforms. But personalizing an article will go a long way in making people care about a national story…. especially when it’s in my backyard.
Indiana’s passed a bill that many say allows state-sanctioned discrimination by businesses against gays and lesbians, and it’s led to a huge backlash. The state’s dominant paper, The Indianapolis Star wants to take a strong stand on the matter, so it pulled out perhaps the biggest weapon a newspaper has — a front-page editorial…
Designers, much like journalists, create and handle a ton of content, including characters, dialogue, and graphics, and compose it in a way that is compelling to the player. And isn’t that what journalism strives to accomplish? Engage readers?
If you don’t want to slam the brakes on your next brainstorming session, avoid these idea-killing phrases.
Ideas are fragile—they’re easily shattered by snubs, smirks, and scorn. And brainstorms are equally delicate. The wrong words at the wrong time bring brainstorming to a screeching halt.
The function of brainstorming has received its share of badmouthing in recent years, often for good cause. And many of those problems stem from statements made before or during brainstorming sessions.
For healthy brainstorming and bountiful ideas, always steer clear of these seven sentences:
Sometimes, interaction designers need quick answers to get to what is useable. And sometimes, there is a debate going on among us as to which solution is best. In comes the paper prototype. The simple debate solver.
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