Tag Archives: Magazines

The vanishing point for print moves closer…

Posted on May 27, 2010 by john v willshire

There’s an interesting piece from Robert Andrews on paidcontent.org (HT Gerd Leonhard) rounding up some predictions from the newspaper industry themselves on when they’ll be winding up their print runs… …the ‘sunset of print’ as Madi Solomon of the FT … Continue reading →

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The iPad; it’s TV, only more so

Posted on April 23, 2010 by john v willshire

Now, you’ll remember my previous post on the iPad, TV and the like, yes?  Well, our superclever research team here at PHD (Clare, Chris & Carrie) have been working on a project to gauge the impact that this generation of … Continue reading →

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iPad video review; it’s the future of television

Posted on April 13, 2010 by john v willshire

I got my mitts on an iPad for the first time yesterday, thanks to David at The Guardian. We worked with them and Canon on the Guardian Eyewitness app (now the SECOND MOST POPULAR free app for the iPad… FTW). … Continue reading →

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Steve Jobs; saving the industry, one hero at a time…

Posted on March 26, 2010 by john v willshire

  Thanks, Foxtrot… ending the day with a suitably geeky joke If you don’t get it, it’s about that fact that… …oh come on, where’ve you been, the iPad doesn’t support Adobe Flash. Seriously.  Keep up… Mind you, I don’t … Continue reading →

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Eight tales from The Story

Posted on February 22, 2010 by john v willshire

On Friday I found myself gathered around the camp-fire that was The Story with a few hundred other folk who love a good yarn, an engaging raconteur, or a twist in the tale… …it was a “celebration of everything that … Continue reading →

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A sneak peek at a touchscreen magazine

Posted on February 17, 2010 by john v willshire

So, if there’s one magazine that was always going to be all over the iPad and other touchscreen tablet devices, it was Wired… Here’s Wired’s Creative Director Scott Dadich, and Adobe’s Jeremy Clark, talking about how they’ve been working on … Continue reading →

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Bonfire Builders – Neil Perkin

Posted on February 8, 2010 by john v willshire

I’m delighted that the third in the (frequentish) series of ‘Bonfire Builders‘ is Neil Perkin, of Only Dead Fish fame, with some brilliant, thought provoking stuff on the future of magazine communities…   Let’s start socially… tell us a wee … Continue reading →

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