From: Jordan Barnes
1. I love the idea. Magazines haven't really started looking at the online world as a platform for taking it to the next level. Style.com is probably the most visually appealing place. However, like
style.com, this idea seems like it might be hard to get around in. Remember, information overload is called information overload for a reason.
2. I think this is really the next step facebook needs to take. However, I feel like most of my friends are not just annoyed with applications, but don't really read online news, so I'm not sure how much it would help people. I guess it all depends on how you define news. I feel like I would get a lot more hits to Perez Hilton than New York Times. Is there a line drawn?
3. Maybe I'm not understanding it correctly, but can't you often just type stuff into google to see if anyone stole it? Would this instead, automatically do the checking to see if things are coming up on more than one web site? and if so, what about sites like AP that whore their stories out to nearly every major online publications.
4. I don't know how often this would get used but it's a good idea. The technology is there, like many weather sites, track your IP address to give you the weather wherever you are. Or even the top headlines in your area. I feel like it already exists.
5. Very novel idea. However, not extremely innovative. I don't know how much the mood of site would make a difference compared to the content.
From: Jon Taylor
1. This is a great idea in general, I just think that it needs to be more fully realized. The ideas that you're approaching with this are all ideas that make for a great project, but I'm not sure if all of the ideas (mixing YouTube, slide shows, and news content) will necessarily gel with each other.
2.I love this idea. Using inspiration like AdSense is the perfect medium between news content and sales. It also helps determine what people want to see in news aggregation on the internet. The only downside is that it sounds a lot like RSS feed programs - try and add a few more elements to really spice it up.
3. An online fact checker would be difficult to start up, but overall it's a good idea. Unfortunately, it's already out there on the web - at the moment, I can't remember any specifically, but there are a few very in-depth plagiarism and fact-checking bots out there.
4. This idea is not exactly new. Many news sites (that support their own content as well as RSS) localize the news to individual users based on zip codes. One example of this is Yahoo News. Your presentation of this news could be entirely different from these existing sites, but it would need to be very innovative.
5. This is an interesting idea, it just needs to be fleshed out more. I'm not exactly sure what your group is going for so I can't really add my own opinion.
-Jon
1 comment:
1). I like this idea, a lot! I like the various uses for the site - news, gossip, tabloid, fashion. I have some reservations, however. There are e-magazines in existance alreay. Perhaps yours could be more innovative? I'd liek to see where the project coudl go.
2. Good idea. If people are usign the sites, why not bring the news to them. Perhaps news could become personilized based on interests, groups or locations.
3. This idea is very interesting. The only issue I see is that would people like to do thier own comparing of stories? Maybe soem research coudl see how widely the program coudl be used. It sounds almost blogg-y, with opposing view. Alsom it sounds cvery complicated. Worth it?
4. I love the idea of portible media. I mean, think of how many iphones were sold in the past 6 minutes. Forget user-created content, I really do think portable digital media is the future of news. Interesting ideas and specifics, also. This is your best idea, by far!
5. I'm sorry to say, I don't even get it. I do agree, however, that pictures are the most powerful part of the story. Just think of the three pictures that shook the world after VA Tech.
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