Archive for November 2010

Canada’s national newspaper covers the pressing issue of ‘diary subsidies’    (2010.11.28)

There is no central copy or readback desk at the Globe and Mail. The tale of Australia’s “diary subsidies” tells us why that is actually not a good idea

Newspaper sites are so bad they require ‘public integrity’ to rescue them    (2010.11.28)

Why do newspapers think an “HTML5 product” will do anything their existing Web sites can do? (Updated 2010.12.06)

Even Paul Rand cannot overcome the influence of a medium    (2010.11.27)

You don’t have to be Andrew Keen to recognize that each medium has his own biases and changes the way you communicate. Just ask Angry Paul Rand

Where open-source is as good as Microsoft    (2010.11.25)

Android, Windows Phone 7, and Windows itself are all inaccessible – because nobody at the top demanded otherwise. Bad taste has a cost people with disabilities pay

What’s the next step for Apple accessibility?    (2010.11.25)

Easy: An ignore-tremors mode on iOS

‘Gay Money: The Truth About Lesbian & Gay Economics’    (2010.11.16)

Announcing my new research project on lesbian and gay economics. (Spoiler alert: Gay males earn less money than straight males, most research shows, while lesbians earn more than straight women)

How not to be richer than straight people    (2010.11.14)

Be a gay man. (Originally from 2003.07.07, this posting documents early research on lesbian & gay economics by M.V. Lee Badgett)

Possibly not the best way to discuss ‘plain text’    (2010.11.10)

David Pogue’s mishmash of ASCII and em dashes