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• The Many Lessons Learned While Developing Tablet Apps

  

  TAKEAWAY: It’s a lesson a day, or two or three, when it comes to creating apps. Part of the excitement of creating and designing tablet apps is the challenge... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2012 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• The WED Philosophy in a Multi Platform Media World

  

  TAKEAWAY: The WED philosophy—-the marriage of words and visual images—-applies to all platforms. In fact, WED is probably more important today as we coordinate... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2012 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• La Gaceta of Tucuman Turns 100,  with Rich Design History, Too

  

  TAKEAWAY:  In Tucumán, Argentina, La Gaceta turns 100 years old on August 4, and it is celebration—-and remembering—-time.  Perhaps one of the best designed... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2012 MEDIA

• Weekend Sequels: Dreaming of a Rebirth of Visual Journalism in a Post Castro Cuba

  

  This is the weekend edition of TheMarioBlog. As this is Memorial Day Weekend in the United States, and I will be celebrating at the beach with my family, there... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2012 TRAVEL

• Now the “smart” Paper One Can Touch, and a New Approach to “street Sales”

  

  TAKEAWAY: A group of researchers are developing a smart newspaper that responds to touch, and a group is ready to give “street sales” a new twist. Today’s... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2012 MEDIA

• Watching the Rain Fall in Camagüey

  

  TAKEAWAY: Be thankful for living in a society where dreams, projects and aspirations put a spring in your step. Some are not so lucky. Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Cross Platform Migrations: One Story, Many Uses

  

  TAKEAWAY: For the user, the media quartet is not about four isolated platforms but a series of tools that can sometimes be used simultaneously. We must learn... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2012 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Mr. Buffett Wants to Keep Those Across the Fence Conversations Going

  

  TAKEAWAY: It’s all about those local newspapers and their sense of communities, which may be the reason Warren Buffett appears in the media horizon as a super... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2012 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Report from Dubai, Part 2: Gulf News Prepares for Berliner; Tablet Progress

  

  Update #2: Friday, May 18, 07:45; Dubai. This is the weekend edition of TheMarioBlog and will be updated as needed. The next new blog post is scheduled for... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2012 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• We Bring Our Digital Mentality to Print Design

  

  TAKEAWAY: We may subconsciously bring elements of digital design and functionality when we design our print products.  Color, navigation, graphics and... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2012 MEDIA

• Report from Dubai: Gulf News Prepares to Switch to Berliner Format

  

  TAKEAWAY: The Gulf News, published in Dubai, will convert to the Berliner format on June 1. We help with the preparations for what will make the Gulf News the... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2012 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Facebook and the Business of News

  

  TAKEAWAY: Social networking sites advance in their quest of becoming “news” centers of information. Facebook wants to catch up with Twitter as the place where... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2012 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• De Telegraaf’s Weekend Edition: When Systematic Design Coexists with a Little...

  

  TAKEAWAY:In the Netherlands, De Telegraaf’s new Weekend edition was launched one month ago—-progress continues as systematic design coexists with the visual... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2012 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Forget Redesign: Instead, Engage in a Total Rethink

  

  TAKEAWAY: The word “redesign” was already overused by the end of the 1990s; however, in 2012, it should be substituted for the more appropriate term “rethink”. Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2012 MEDIA

• The iPad Design Lab: Taking a Look at O Globo’s New App

  

  TAKEAWAY: The leading Brazilian daily, O Globo, has launched a new app edition. We take a look in this segment of The iPad Design Lab The Brazilian newspaper O... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2012 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• 40 Years/40 Lessons (20) Bubblies.

  

  TAKEAWAY: This is part 20 of my occasional series 40 Years/40 Lessons, which I call a “sort of career memoir” capturing highlights and reminiscing about what ha... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2012 MEDIA

• Add These to the Good News About Newspapers File

  

  TAKEAWAY:Warren Buffett says he would buy more newspapers. In India, a new luxury tabloid is born, and The Washington Post reports a profit. Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2012 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA

• Early Poynter EyeTrack Results: Tablet Users Prefer Horizontal Swiping

  

  TAKEAWAY: The Poynter EyeTrack: Tablet research testing has started, and preliminary reports of early tests show that a majority of tablet users prefer to... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2012 SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Celebrating World Press Freedom Day

  

  TAKEAWAY: Today is World Press Freedom Day, as designed by the United Nations General Assembly. What better way to celebrate it than with this collection of... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2012 MEDIA

• Chatting with a Class 3000 Miles Away—thanks to Skype!

  

  TAKEAWAY: Chatting with a journalism class in Oregon, while I sat at home in Florida: the new ways technology allows us to exchange ideas. Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2012 MEDIA