mikewhills

Just realised I haven’t posted here in over a month - you can tell I’m back in a full-time job. I’ve returned to London from Beirut and I’m back at The Times working on the development of its new website. Yes, that’s right, the one that’s going to be behind a paywall. Can’t show or say much about it at the moment but I’ll hopefully post some pics and stuff at some point over the next couple of months. In the mean time, enjoy this odd Russian cartoon that I found via @spoonelli. Can anyone translate?

Interesting video about the experience of reading magazines on handheld digital devices.

“One of the things we’ve observed about the way the magazine works and something that emerged in the research that was very interesting, is that they can be completed – one can read through it and finish it and feel like they have consumed an editorial package, unlike an endless, infinitely expanding RSS feed, for example.”

And, since the iPad has just been ushered into the world, have a look at this video about how you’ll be able to read a magazine like Sports Illustrated on Apple’s new gizmo.

(h/t @dannythefink and @tomwhitwell - two of the brains behind digital strategy at The Times)