Comments on: USA Tomorrow http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/ by Jeff Jarvis Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:12:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Completetosh.com, by Neil McIntosh » Blog Archive » NUJ and new media: the trouble is, they just don't know what's going on http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-362533 Completetosh.com, by Neil McIntosh » Blog Archive » NUJ and new media: the trouble is, they just don't know what's going on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:40:52 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-362533 [...] why some things are similar, or - if that’s too much - Jeff Jarvis’s notion of the visual grammar of news - it’s all about designing for users, not professional [...] [...] why some things are similar, or - if that’s too much - Jeff Jarvis’s notion of the visual grammar of news - it’s all about designing for users, not professional [...]

]]> By: Martin http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-354513 Martin Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:42:00 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-354513 This looks pretty great - I may start reading them online. This looks pretty great - I may start reading them online.

]]> By: wmhartnett.com » Blog Archive » USAToday.com: Haven’t seen it http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-349783 wmhartnett.com » Blog Archive » USAToday.com: Haven’t seen it Mon, 14 May 2007 00:50:26 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-349783 [...] People are talking about the debut of the redesigned USAToday.com. I’m not, because I haven’t been to USAToday.com since the World Cup last summer, when, instead of working, I checked in on their match live-blogging. (It was OK. The NYT’s was better. The Guardian’s, not surprisingly, was better still.) [...] [...] People are talking about the debut of the redesigned USAToday.com. I’m not, because I haven’t been to USAToday.com since the World Cup last summer, when, instead of working, I checked in on their match live-blogging. (It was OK. The NYT’s was better. The Guardian’s, not surprisingly, was better still.) [...]

]]> By: Bakelite Gal http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-349463 Bakelite Gal Wed, 09 May 2007 09:40:27 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-349463 I used to live in Altanta and I now live in the UK so I love USA today, very pleased to see its keeping uptodate. Regards Karen I used to live in Altanta and I now live in the UK so I love USA today, very pleased to see its keeping uptodate. Regards Karen

]]> By: David http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-344649 David Fri, 09 Mar 2007 13:19:45 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-344649 I have tried repeatedly to get to the new website, using Firefox and Safari. All I get is a "server is not responding" message. I was a regular visitor of the old website. I know they planned to make to make it more interactive. Perhaps they meant inactive. I have tried repeatedly to get to the new website, using Firefox and Safari. All I get is a “server is not responding” message.
I was a regular visitor of the old website. I know they planned to make to make it more interactive. Perhaps they meant inactive.

]]> By: The Zone Read » Blog Archive » links for 2007-03-02 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-344552 The Zone Read » Blog Archive » links for 2007-03-02 Wed, 07 Mar 2007 15:26:02 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-344552 [...] BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » USA Tomorrow USA Today is launching a next gen news site. I’m in London and the BBC and Star TV would argue they are ahead of the curve. Last night watching Star I noticed a scrolling banner that offered an e-mail address for viewers to submit their own content. (tags: msm cgm) [...] [...] BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » USA Tomorrow USA Today is launching a next gen news site. I’m in London and the BBC and Star TV would argue they are ahead of the curve. Last night watching Star I noticed a scrolling banner that offered an e-mail address for viewers to submit their own content. (tags: msm cgm) [...]

]]> By: Mike http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-344480 Mike Tue, 06 Mar 2007 13:09:54 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-344480 As a frequent reader of the online version of USA Today (and a fulltime web designer), I must say that I'm disappointed with the new site. True, it might integrate all of the web 2.0 buzzwords (blogs, etc.) and provide more opportunities to interact as a user, BUT the design is very uninspiring and a little all over the place. It's nothing revolutionary as many of the trackbacks above mention. Just my 2 cents. As a frequent reader of the online version of USA Today (and a fulltime web designer), I must say that I’m disappointed with the new site. True, it might integrate all of the web 2.0 buzzwords (blogs, etc.) and provide more opportunities to interact as a user, BUT the design is very uninspiring and a little all over the place. It’s nothing revolutionary as many of the trackbacks above mention. Just my 2 cents.

]]> By: donloeb.com » Blog Archive » links for 2007-03-05 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-344431 donloeb.com » Blog Archive » links for 2007-03-05 Mon, 05 Mar 2007 16:23:01 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-344431 [...] BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » USA Tomorrow It entailed new design and organization but also social-media tools and an effort to link out — to triangulate the news, in Kinsey’s word. (tags: media usatoday socialmedia redesign newspapers jeffjarvis toshare) [...] [...] BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » USA Tomorrow It entailed new design and organization but also social-media tools and an effort to link out — to triangulate the news, in Kinsey’s word. (tags: media usatoday socialmedia redesign newspapers jeffjarvis toshare) [...]

]]> By: links for 2007-03-04 « David Black http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-344372 links for 2007-03-04 « David Black Sun, 04 Mar 2007 02:21:33 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-344372 [...] BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » USA Tomorrow “From an uber-view, what strikes me is that we are seeing a coalescing among the news sites around a roughly common aesthetic… less-cluttered with more white space… We are establishing a visual grammar for news,” (tags: internet newspapers newspapersites webdesign redesign gannett usatoday) [...] [...] BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » USA Tomorrow “From an uber-view, what strikes me is that we are seeing a coalescing among the news sites around a roughly common aesthetic… less-cluttered with more white space… We are establishing a visual grammar for news,” (tags: internet newspapers newspapersites webdesign redesign gannett usatoday) [...]

]]> By: the david all group | Blog Archive » USA Today gets a fresh start:: websites, online marketing, political strategy, republican http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-344368 the david all group | Blog Archive » USA Today gets a fresh start:: websites, online marketing, political strategy, republican Sun, 04 Mar 2007 00:15:40 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-344368 [...] been waiting for the modern website since Jeff Jarvis tripped over himself gloating about how great it was, even cleverly branding it USA [...] [...] been waiting for the modern website since Jeff Jarvis tripped over himself gloating about how great it was, even cleverly branding it USA [...]

]]> By: Zac Echola is muffin but trouble http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-344317 Zac Echola is muffin but trouble Sat, 03 Mar 2007 02:45:01 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-344317 [...] Jeff Jarvis got a look at the new USA Today where the site begins using machine generated tags. Jarvis ponders, “given the biorhythm of news, I wonder whether a folksonomy can take hold in time.” But that “biorhythm of news” is mostly a byproduct of traditional news media: TV and Newspapers, one with limited time, the other with limited space. [...] [...] Jeff Jarvis got a look at the new USA Today where the site begins using machine generated tags. Jarvis ponders, “given the biorhythm of news, I wonder whether a folksonomy can take hold in time.” But that “biorhythm of news” is mostly a byproduct of traditional news media: TV and Newspapers, one with limited time, the other with limited space. [...]

]]> By: The Jeff Beckham Weblog » Austin’s Pluck Part of Redesign of USAToday.com http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-344309 The Jeff Beckham Weblog » Austin’s Pluck Part of Redesign of USAToday.com Fri, 02 Mar 2007 21:45:16 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-344309 [...] Jarvis got a sneak preview of the new site and even posted a few [...] [...] Jarvis got a sneak preview of the new site and even posted a few [...]

]]> By: USA Today to Launch New Site this Weekend » The Bivings Report http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-344279 USA Today to Launch New Site this Weekend » The Bivings Report Fri, 02 Mar 2007 13:32:29 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-344279 [...] that they will launch a new version of their site this coming weekend.  In addition, Jeff Jarvis was given a sneak peak at the site and links to a screenshot of the new [...] [...] that they will launch a new version of their site this coming weekend.  In addition, Jeff Jarvis was given a sneak peak at the site and links to a screenshot of the new [...]

]]> By: USAToday Might Get The Net » Webomatica http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-344261 USAToday Might Get The Net » Webomatica Fri, 02 Mar 2007 03:55:23 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-344261 [...] Additional Reading: CyberJournalist, Jeff Jarvis [...] [...] Additional Reading: CyberJournalist, Jeff Jarvis [...]

]]> By: Magnetbox - links for 2007-03-01 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-344242 Magnetbox - links for 2007-03-01 Thu, 01 Mar 2007 22:20:44 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-344242 [...] USA Tomorrow A sneak preview of the USA Today redesign (tags: web news paper design) [...] [...] USA Tomorrow A sneak preview of the USA Today redesign (tags: web news paper design) [...]

]]> By: Steve Clancy http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-344228 Steve Clancy Thu, 01 Mar 2007 17:35:27 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-344228 I use Mozilla Firefox. Go to Tools > Option, then click on the Content tab, then next the the check box for Enable JavaScript there is a button labeled Advanced. Uncheck move or resize windows to disable this. You may get poorly sized windows in the future - but I'd rather have control over it then let web pages do it. I'm glad to see someone else is bothered by this, I have major OCD problems with my web browser so this drives me nuts. I use Mozilla Firefox. Go to Tools > Option, then click on the Content tab, then next the the check box for Enable JavaScript there is a button labeled Advanced. Uncheck move or resize windows to disable this. You may get poorly sized windows in the future - but I’d rather have control over it then let web pages do it.

I’m glad to see someone else is bothered by this, I have major OCD problems with my web browser so this drives me nuts.

]]> By: Randy Hoffman http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-344223 Randy Hoffman Thu, 01 Mar 2007 16:48:15 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-344223 Steve Clancey, how do you disable the resizing in your browser? It happens with mine as well. The folks at USA Today should take note. I am one of those readers that come back multiple times a day. I use USA Today as my opening page in my browser. But this resizing thing is VERY annoying. Steve Clancey, how do you disable the resizing in your browser? It happens with mine as well. The folks at USA Today should take note. I am one of those readers that come back multiple times a day. I use USA Today as my opening page in my browser. But this resizing thing is VERY annoying.

]]> By: Hart http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-344212 Hart Thu, 01 Mar 2007 14:05:56 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-344212 I look forward to the rollout, but I wonder about your assertion that, "We are establishing a visual grammar for news." Robert Picard at Shorenstein just wrapped a big research paper that challenges that trend toward "sameness." Forgive me the long pullquote: "Many of the challenges of news organization today exist because the professionalism of journalism and journalism education have determined the values and value of the news, commoditized the product, and turned most journalists into relatively interchangeable information factory workers. Average journalists share the same skills sets and the same 56 approaches to stories, seek out the same sources, ask similar questions, and produce relatively similar stories. Few journalists encounter skills-related problems changing from one news organization to another and the average journalist is easily replaced by another. This interchangeability is one reason why salaries for average journalists are relatively low and why columnists, cartoonists, and journalists with special skills (such as enhanced ability to cover finance, science, and health) are able to command higher wages. Across the news industry, processes and procedures for news gathering are guided by standardized news values, producing standardized stories in standardized formats that are presented in standardized styles. The result is extraordinary sameness and minimal differentiation." I look forward to the rollout, but I wonder about your assertion that, “We are establishing a visual grammar for news.” Robert Picard at Shorenstein just wrapped a big research paper that challenges that trend toward “sameness.” Forgive me the long pullquote:

“Many of the challenges of news organization today exist because the professionalism of journalism and journalism education have determined the values and value of the news, commoditized the product, and turned most journalists into relatively interchangeable information factory workers. Average journalists share the same skills sets and the same 56 approaches to stories, seek out the same sources, ask similar questions, and produce relatively similar stories. Few journalists encounter skills-related problems changing from one news organization to another and the average journalist is easily replaced by another. This interchangeability is one reason why salaries for average journalists are relatively low and why columnists, cartoonists, and journalists with special skills (such as enhanced ability to cover finance, science, and health) are able to command higher wages. Across the news industry, processes and procedures for news gathering are guided by standardized news values, producing standardized stories in standardized formats that are presented in standardized styles. The result is extraordinary sameness and minimal differentiation.”

]]> By: wfstuff.info » USAToday.com prepares impressive relaunch http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-344205 wfstuff.info » USAToday.com prepares impressive relaunch Thu, 01 Mar 2007 10:38:28 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-344205 [...] to put the site through the motions when it launches this weekend, but it looks very promising. Jeff Jarvis reports on some of the background behind the redesign, as well as more details. Home page screen grab [...] [...] to put the site through the motions when it launches this weekend, but it looks very promising. Jeff Jarvis reports on some of the background behind the redesign, as well as more details. Home page screen grab [...]

]]> By: USAToday.com prepares impressive relaunch - Lost Remote TV Blog http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-344198 USAToday.com prepares impressive relaunch - Lost Remote TV Blog Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:42:49 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-344198 [...] to put the site through the motions when it launches this weekend, but it looks very promising. Jeff Jarvis reports on some of the background behind the redesign, as well as more details. Home page screen grab [...] [...] to put the site through the motions when it launches this weekend, but it looks very promising. Jeff Jarvis reports on some of the background behind the redesign, as well as more details. Home page screen grab [...]

]]> By: Cooler Heads http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-344162 Cooler Heads Thu, 01 Mar 2007 01:39:07 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-344162 yawn yawn

]]> By: Craig Silverman http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-344155 Craig Silverman Thu, 01 Mar 2007 01:12:14 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-344155 Looking forward to the new site. I'm hoping that one of those 50 people thought to add a corrections page to the site, which currently lacks one. Hoping and praying... Looking forward to the new site. I’m hoping that one of those 50 people thought to add a corrections page to the site, which currently lacks one. Hoping and praying…

]]> By: Steve Clancy http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-344152 Steve Clancy Thu, 01 Mar 2007 01:01:01 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-344152 This looks pretty great - I may start reading them online. One thing that bothers me is they have full page advertisements that resize my browser window. I finally figured out how to disable that on my browser, but its still really annoying if you don't know how. This looks pretty great - I may start reading them online. One thing that bothers me is they have full page advertisements that resize my browser window. I finally figured out how to disable that on my browser, but its still really annoying if you don’t know how.

]]> By: OURcountry http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-344148 OURcountry Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:57:14 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-344148 Come check out www.OURcountry.com, our redesign goes up in 3 weeks! Come check out http://www.OURcountry.com, our redesign goes up in 3 weeks!

]]> By: Profitable Signals: » Blog Archive » USA Today Re-Design http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-344146 Profitable Signals: » Blog Archive » USA Today Re-Design Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:02:40 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/02/28/2559/#comment-344146 [...] Jarvis has the inside scoop on the USA Today Re-Design.  Apparently, this was a 50-person five month project at [...] [...] Jarvis has the inside scoop on the USA Today Re-Design.  Apparently, this was a 50-person five month project at [...]

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