There is a revolution going on right now in the way that people consume journalism. We’re at a point where technology is going to enable us to view and consume media in a totally different way.

Scott Dadich

In his blog post, ‘The Money Graph’, Jeff Jarvis extracts data from the PEJ report that suggests that news organisations, fixated with implementing pay walls, are wasting precious time.

65% of online news consumers do not have a site that is so important to them that it stands out in their minds above all other sites they visit … 82% of those with a favorite site said they would find somewhere else to get the news (if they were asked to pay for the content) … Only 7% of all people who get news online through a favorite source would be willing to pay for the content. This is a sign of just how much initial difficulty the movement toward pay walls could have.

Instead, Jarvis suggests that publishers “should be paying attention to the big problems (like,) dreadful engagement and loyalty. (They) should be looking at other ways to give and gain value in our relationships with the public.”

The question is, will publishers listen to this sound advice, before it’s too late?

The shrinking money left in print, which still provides 90% of the industry’s funds, is the amount of time left to invent new revenue models online. The industry must find a new model before that money runs out.

ABC has “multiple openings” for digital journalists who will need to be able to shoot their own video, produce, write and deliver stories on-air and online … In a job description that suggests the pace of digital journalism, the posting says candidates must be “capable of prioritizing and handling multiple projects simultaneously, under tight time constraints.”

Sources claim that ABC plan to commission digital journalists to work both individually and in small cells. Sit back and watch as other news organisations follow in suit.

Wired gets it. If you’re like me, your reaction to their prototype will be an instantaneous “neat!” followed immediately by “well, isn’t it obvious it was supposed to work this way?” When something creates and fulfills expectations at the same time, you know you’ve got it right.

— Jonathan Hoefler

Penguin Books have recently published “some imagined book-related ipad products” (and with commentary here).

Many of Penguin’s iPad books seem hardly to resemble “books” at all, but rather very interactive learning experiences.

Robert Andrews, PaidContent:UK

I’d agree with Andrews. Formless fluid content will undoubtedly regain the traditional printed format on tablet devices. However, definite media-rich content will take on new forms and continue to evolve over time. This can only be a good thing.

If you like what Penguin have to offer; there is other ‘imagined’ tablet footage that is well worth viewing:

• Wired Magazine
• Mag+
• Sports Illustrated

Mark Boulton’s ‘Designing for the Web’ is now available to read for FREE online. I got my hands on a copy of the PDF version last year and only got as far as the first chapter. I’m hoping I get a little further now that ‘Designing for the Web’ is on the interwebs and not hiding away in folder on my Macbook Pro.

Check out this infographic depicting the share of the mobile browser market, as it was in February 2010. Apple are bossing the market where the iPhone and iPod are available. Their share will only increase with introduction of the iPad next month.

[Via Mr. Kaneda]

Palm webOS lets you use multiple applications at the same time and see all your information at a glance thanks to its intuitive user interface.

Palm

We aren’t really a newspaper anymore, we’re a technology platform.

Chris Thorpe (the Guardian) in a conversation with Andreas Ehn & Joakim Jardenberg.

NYTimes.com announced today a collaboration with New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute to create a new Local community news and information Web site covering the East Village in New York City.

The initiative will cover local news from the East Village area of Manhattan. The online publication, which builds on the foundations of two NYT sponsored WordPress publications running in the neighbourhood, will be known as ‘The Local: East Village’ (or ‘LEV’).

NYU’s Jay Rosen has outlined how he envisages the project panning out in a 16 point article on the University’s ‘PressThink’ blog.

This announcement follows on from two other recent statements that has saw the NYT join forces with the Bay Area News Project in San Francisco and the Chicago News Cooperative.

Such cooperative arrangements are evidence that the leading thinkers in (news) publishing are eager to experiment with the prospect of moving towards smaller, local, niche journalism/distribution models that at first glance, seem sustainable. Other players will undoubtedly take note.

LEV is due to launch at the beginning of the next academic year. When it does make its way on to the net, be sure to check it out at: http://eastvillage.thelocal.nytimes.com.

Struggling to find the money to pre-order that iPad you want? … Pritt Sticks at the ready.

Earlier today, I stumbled across Duplos, the online home of Portuguese designer Ricardo Mestre.

Ricardo’s site uses a host of snazzy CSS 3 techniques and jQuery plugins. It’s a fantastic example of an excellent one-page portfolio.

Herman Miller’s culture welcomes innovative thinking, fresh ideas and an ability to solve problems in seemingly obvious—but previously unexplored—ways. Their team of designers and engineers strive to create well-designed and aesthetically pure working environments that inspire those who work within them. Bill Stumpf and Jeff Weber are the designers responsible for the Embody Chair. It sure is purdy!

What do we do every day? We sit. We sit in the office and at home. Staring at our computer screens moving nothing but our fingers. We get stiff and tired. Because sitting is bad for you. Embody is good for you. An agile chair that keeps your body and brain limber all day. Designed specifically for people who work for hours at computers, Embody is the first work chair that benefits both mind and body.

An elegant person is a gentleman, one who knows how to handle himself. He cares for his life, and intends to live it in association with others who care and with things that are beautiful and fine.

David Loovis, Novelist.

• Zeldman on Publishing
• Doctorow on Pricing
• Future of Online News

You’d have had to been hiding under a gigantic rock not to have seen this commercial by this point. However, for the sole purpose of documenting its existence. Check out the semi-new iPad commercial that aired during last weekend’s Academy Awards coverage.

Losing readers by being yourself is winning quality in readership. Losing your personal voice is when you fail online.

Oliver Reichenstein, iA.

(via @standardistas)

Final Eyes, the online presence of proofreading, copyediting, and quality assurance wordsmith Jen Schuetz, highlights examples of small inaccuracies that many copywriters and designers overlook when sculpting copy.

Something so tiny, so unassuming, yet so annoying and so maddening. (On improper use of the apostrophe.)

In ‘Three Little Lines’, Schuetz outlines when to use the hyphen (-) over the en dash (–) or em dash (—) and vice versa.

As of late, the usage of the hyphen, en dash, and em dash (and their ultimate confusion) has been maddening.

It’s all in the details…

Designer extraordinaire Cameron Moll has announced his most recent letterpress poster: Colosseo. Taking over a year to complete Colosseo was “carefully crafted with Roman and Italian typefaces” and “inspired by master calligrapher M. Giovambattista Palatino”. By the way, it’s my birthday today. Anyone feeling generous?

Right now, the iPad 1.0 is just that, a baby a few hours into a world that certainly needs it. I can only imagine how this baby will grow, and the potential it presents and the opportunities for all of us in the storytelling business.

Mario Garcia