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Re: Fever hit 103.8 last night. B…

mturro — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 07:15:32 -0000

I had about two good days on Friday and Saturday of last week... this is stomach flu and regular flu back to back. Not recommended.

Re: Fever hit 103.8 last night. B…

marcusgrimm — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:10:10 -0000

Whoa - you're still sick? youch - those kids aren their germs. Hope you recover soon.

Re: Good print design is bad browser design

marcusgrimm — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:45:46 -0000

"Maybe that's a place where designers can practice thinking about screens instead of pages."

That's really a great idea. A big piece that's missing right now is print designers having the freedom to experiment with the layout. That would go a long way - I think - to helping publishers realize the possibilities

Re: Good print design is bad browser design

marcusgrimm — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:48:16 -0000

Hi Michael,

It's not often I'll defend Texterity, but I think your criticism is a bit harsh this time around. In this case, SPIN added iTunes and web links to the bands' websites and MySpace pages. I think this has value... Every week, I read People magazine (blame my wife) and sometimes see cool bands. Because it's in print, I rarely actually look them up online. Hence, I don't interact with the content nearly as much as I could.

But also - the costs for SPIN to do this instead of creating something entirely different would've made it counter-productive (imo). That's 1 fact that digital edition bashers consistently overlook: that the product provides a decent ROI with minimal investment. While other products could conceivably provide a higher return in terms of visitors and engagement, they'd do so at considerable expense and using resources that most publishers already lack.

Curious if you checked out Issuu yet? They're still "shoving" a portrait onto a landscape, but the UI is nice. Curious of your opinion.