Tag: NYTimes
Skimming goes live
An interesting take on skimming and browsing behaviours online, the Times Skimmer is now live on the main New York Times website. In the final release they’ve added the typeface Cheltenham—familiar to readers of their print edition—to the app using Typekit along with sponsorship from Blackberry, adding the commercial aspect noticeably absent in the test version I wrote about earlier. It’s a polished evolution of the idea, very well executed.
Good morning
‘CreativeMornings‘ is a monthly morning gathering of creative types in New York. Each event includes a 10 minute lecture, followed by a 20 minute group discussion. The New York Times’ Khoi Vinh recently spoke about his early life as a designer and the lessons that he learnt.
Once a morning ritual and read over breakfast or on the commute to work, newspapers have found their “what’s happening today?” role replaced by websites and tv networks offering a continuous stream of news for free. How are they adjusting to this shifting demand?