2012 Previews and 2011 Reviews
January 6, 2012
At year’s end and the new year’s beginning, I suppose it is inevitable to look back to forge ahead. Here are some interesting takes on the past, present and future. Expect longer blog posts about some of those trends throughout the next months. Let me know which topics interest you most.
- Speckyboy has chosen its 50 Favorite Web Designs in 2011, and some of those are truly amazing. Judge for yourself.
- Here is Time Magazine’s list of the 50 Best Websites of 2011.
- A list of The Best of TedGlobal 2011.
- Poynter discusses Three Trends From 2011 That Will Reshape Digital News in 2012: ”Storytelling is more than an author’s words; Facebook means news and e-readers and tablets go mainstream.”
…Now, if impoverished editors and writers only could afford those…
- The Nieman Journalism Lab‘s Predictions for Journalism 2012: Numerous renowned authors and media analysts predict that social media will get boring and its bubble will burst, the dawn of “appification media,” the control of free-flow information, credibility will be back, pay walls will increase, streaming home pages will be the norm, the rise of the tablets will bring about personalized platforms, mobile payments and big data will be the next big thing and the focus will return to the writer (!!). Good times.
- Some good news about the future of news in 2011 offers the Canadian Journalism Project: “It’s possible that 2011 will come to be seen as a watershed year; the year that saw the emergence of a business model that might actually allow risky, time-consuming and expensive journalism to be pursued, allow journalists to get paid a living wage, and allow media companies to make a reasonable return on their investment.”
…Pinch me, I’m dreaming…
- CNET‘s 2012 predictions: “News readers” — “It’s a long way from 3D printers and Kinects to tablet- and smartphone-based news readers, but in the world of tech culture, aggregators [and apps] like Flipboard, Zite, and Pulse are growing in importance every day.”
More to come.
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