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Apr. 8th The night the lights went out

TAKEAWAY: A recent power failure in my neighborhood lasted almost 8 hours, so I found myself totally disconnected and reading on my iPad by candlelight. PLUS: De Telegraaf weekend edition follow up

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Apr. 5th De Telegraaf’s weekend edition launch (2): We show you the process

TAKEAWAY: It’s a new weekend edition for the Netherland’s iconic De Telegraaf; here is a case study of the change, including a redrawing of the newspaper’s logo by Jim Parkinson.

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Apr. 5th De Telegraaf’s weekend edition launch (1): a conversation with type designer Saku Heinänen

TAKEAWAY: In preparation for this Saturday’s launch of De Telegraaf’s rethinking of its Weekend edition, today we chat with Saku Heinänen, the Finnish type designer and creator of Freya, one of the main fonts used for the new look.

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Apr. 4th The Poynter EyeTrack for iPad: a progress report and some prototype screens

TAKEAWAY: Here is a progress report about the Poynter Institute’s EyeTrack iPad Research Study:prototype screens are ready and the research components enter final stages for some real testing with readers soon.

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Apr. 3rd Cuba: what next? And how about the media post Castro?

TAKEAWAY:A special report in The Economist gives us reason to think that capitalism could be making a slow, but sure footed, return in Cuba. Dreaming of that Cuban media project?

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Apr. 2nd The iPad Lab: The importance of look and feel in that app

TAKEAWAY: This is part of our occasional series, The iPad Lab, and today we discuss the importance of look and feel, using The New York Times’ app as an example of a functional news app that we think is ready for its next big evolutionary step.

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Mar. 29th De Telegraaf of the Netherlands: preparing for a newly designed weekend edition

TAKEAWAY: It will be an all new weekend edition of De Telegraaf in the Netherlands starting April 7.  The promotion for new subscriptions is off to a great start, while we put finishing touches on the content and design of new sections.

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Mar. 28th In Australia: The Sun-Herald reinvents itself for a more lean back Sunday reader

TAKEAWAY: In Australia, it is a new look for The Sun-Herald, a part of Australians’ Sunday routine. Is this new look appealing to a more upscale Sunday reader?  Looks that way.  What are the readers saying? As usual, some like it, some don’t.  As for me: I like it a lot.

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Mar. 27th One question for Timothy Franklin, plus conference musings

TAKEAWAY: Bloomberg News’ Timothy Franklin answers our one question about American editors and publishers. PLUS: In Vienna, a Publishing for the 2020’s conference attracts many questions about the future of media.

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Mar. 26th Newsweek celebrates 1965 in retro style edition

TAKEAWAY: The current edition of Newsweek takes back to 1965. Really? Not so sure I want to go back there again.

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Mar. 25th American Press Institute, we miss you already

TAKEAWAY: The end of the American Press Institute as we knew it is another one of those subtle reminders that all good things must come to an end. But, should they? My fondest memories of API are here to stay.

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Mar. 24th An old Viking ship carries precious storytelling cargo

TAKEAWAY: Just when I am 7 minutes away from starting my presentation about Storytelling in the Age of the iPad for a group of Norwegian journalists, I open a door that looks into a marvelous story: the rebuilding of an old Viking ship. Talk about a live laboratory.

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Mar. 23rd Celebrating the newspaper as art

TAKEAWAY: Newspapers have always fascinated artists from Picasso to Warhol, and they continue to do so, as an exhibit that just opened in Berlin shows us ALSO: The iPad and long form journalism as I prepare for a weekend conference in Norway.

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Mar. 22nd You asked, I answer

TAKEAWAY: You asked me these questions and I answer them here today, part of the spring clean up for my mailbox.

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Mar. 20th TradeWinds: rethinking the shipping industry’s weekly—the role of trade journals today

TAKEAWAY: In Norway, working with the team of TradeWinds, the shipping industry’s global weekly: planning a compass to rethink how all those stories about the business of ships and shipping can be more appealing.  Also, romancing the ships that bring back the memories, good and bad.

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