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NYT Article mentions Newssift

dewaynedmartin — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:18:03 +0000

Great mention concerning Newssift … The author walks through an interesting query.
Newssift

The Decline of the Roman Empire

dewaynedmartin — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:04:20 +0000

Yet another stepping stone to mark our decline into the abyss.

UI Changes

dewaynedmartin — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:18:49 +0000

Newssift – Looking forward to hearing more feedback.

Newssift

dewaynedmartin — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:18:41 +0000

Fast Company just published a great review of Newssift .

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Next Release

dewaynedmartin — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:14:49 +0000

So far, we have received great press with the launch of Newssift. At the same time, user feedback has been positive but qualitative findings suggest that the UI is not entirely intuitive and our corpus needs to be larger. Our next release begins to address both matters.

Newssift

dewaynedmartin — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:10:14 +0000

We are about to open our beta to the public. The team is looking forward to gathering more user feedback and insight on how to improve the tool. More to follow.

Newssift

Yahoo wins Gold!

dewaynedmartin — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:57:59 +0000

According to the most recent comScore statistics, Yahoo Sports, which has its own dedicated Olympics Web site, generated 1.3 million more visitors than NBC in the first three days of the Games.

Finally some good news for Yahoo, and yet another example of a traditional media company falling short. One word for 2012: live!

My Favorite Sites

dewaynedmartin — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 04:02:42 +0000

www.ft.com
www.politicalbase.com
www.irisheyes.com
www.ebay.com
www.compete.com

Newspapers and ads: Missed delivery

dewaynedmartin — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:43:25 +0000

Great article today from News.com on newspapers and the state of their classified business. As an executive was quoted, “the ship has sailed.” Historically, newspapers have been monoplies or order takers unlike today were they are forced to compete against a slew of more nimble and new competitors.

“The culture in the newspapers is the real culprit. There is inertia,” said Greg Sterling, principal of Sterling Market Intelligence. “I don’t necessarily think it’s too late for them, but the challenge always with newspapers is execution.”

The Industry Standard Is Coming Back

dewaynedmartin — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 13:36:08 +0000

The bubble has been back for some time. In fact, when I attended my first WEB 2.0 conference almost three years ago I had that feeling of déjà vu. I guess this announcement marks the jumping of the shark.