Free Post attention Engaged Reading Digest: who won the attention election? A quick round-up of useful digital publishing reading from around the web, including the Beeb on the Dark Web, and journalism LIVE.
Free Post attention If you don’t understand attention, you don’t understand digital publishing Producing less content can be more profitable than creating more - and the reasons why hark back to the fundamental structure of the internet.
Free Post attention Why completion matters to digital journalism There's a psychological impact of completion we ignore at our peril
Free Post Instagram The World Record Egg: hacking attention for mental health? We now know who was behind the World Record Egg - and what they plan on doing with the account. But what does this tell us about today's attention economy?
Free Post influencers Rise of the Memeocracy — and its cost We reward the ability to win attention with fame, validation and money. But that comes with a psychological price.
Free Post digital diet Camping, burnout and a digital diet: exploring slow social media A week's digital disconnection has left me refreshed, but lacking enthusiasm for reconnecting on social media. Here's what I'm going to do about it.
Free Post attention Facebook is the out-of-town supermarket of the web, so let's learn to browse local Jason Kottke on why Facebook won: […] using Facebook instead of just bookmarks is compelling in the same way that shopping at Walmart instead of small-town shops was in the 80s.
Free Post attention Your attention is your most precious resource: conserve it This is a really good guide to retaking control of your attention: The first step for successful self-defence is avoidance. Try to avoid as many dangerous situations as possible. In
Free Post attention Digital media brands are failing for the same reason as old media brands: they don't understand the attention economy The last few weeks have made it plain that digital media is stumbling. Buzzfeed UK is cutting back – hard. Mashable has been flogged off a what is a knock-down price
Free Post attention The problem with sharable content - in graphics I drew a bunch of dots to explain why social media is broken I missed this back in January when it was first published, but it’s so worth your
Free Post analytics The Times reinvents editions for the digital age The big news is out. The Times, already an outlier amongst UK newspapers in having a hard paywall, is changing its model again. Not the paywall – this is not a
Free Post asymetric follow Twitter's Tin Ear - and its social illusion Twitter has a tin ear This is the nine-zillionth reminder of the reality that new communications technology doesn’t change old realities of human nature, or increase the number of
Free Post analytics Analytics for Journalists: some further reading I’ve just finished* running a workshop on analytics for journalists at news:rewired this afternoon. Here’s a selection of links I promised the attendees to allow them to
Free Post attention The value in the magazine bundle Khoi Vihn, designer and former New York Times staffer, as part of his lukewarm response to the new New York Times magazine: It’s also true that part of my objection owes to the fact that I find the magazine format less than enthralling
Free Post attention Maria Popova of Brain Pickings on attention and journalism Here’s a fascinating interview with Maria Popova, curator of the truly excellent Brain Pickings blog. Some choice highlights: I can’t speak for others, but I’ve found in myself a tendency to retreat deeper and deeper into my existing interests as a
