Author: Connor Tomas O’Brien
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A Problem-Solving Online Newspaper
Before newspapers hit the market, up-to-date information was not easily available. Newspapers offered an ingenious, cost-effective and elegant solution to that problem. Nowadays, though, the real issue is that there is too much information at our fingertips. News websites are pumping out more and more data, and forcing us to sift through the crap, which can…
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On Improving iBooks
I’m still not convinced by iBooks. Apple have tried – and, I’m led to believe – succeeded in producing an e-reading solution that well mimics the experience of reading an actual (paper) book. But, for Apple, who have always tried to kick arse in all they do, that’s not enough. The iPod wasn’t merely ‘as good…
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Design Work: Q1, 2010
I’m really happy with the way On Dit Magazine is going. I’m even happier with the fact that, from a design perspective, I think each issue keeps getting better and better. In taking a look back at the first issue, I think it’s (visually) a little bland: there’s too much white space, and not enough…
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Trash Fiction
Damn, the Wheeler Centre is really going strong. Toni Jordan’s defence of trash fiction is worth a look. For the record, while I don’t read Tom Clancy or John Grisham novels, I did devour The Da Vinci Code, and I’m a huge fan of ‘lad lit’. I’m not ashamed of it, either. Too often, those…
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Who Gives a Toss about Saving the Newspapers?
Attended the ‘Future of Quality Journalism’ panel at Adelaide Writers’ Week on Tuesday. Wasn’t. Impressed. The members of the panel – ABC documentary presenter Michael Cathcart, and journos Malcolm Knox, Alice Pung, and Ian Townsend – are intelligent people. I’ve read their stuff: it’s damn good. Unfortunately, they collectively stumbled right from the beginning, misunderstanding…