Megan Taylor: Web Journalist - Latest Comments

Re: Link roundup: On the future of the CMS

Stijn Debrouwere — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:55:20 -0000

And actually, I would also add these.

1. About websites as confederations (which is 90% of the post-CMS discussion): http://www.poynter.org/how-tos.... About other ways CMSes need to change:http://www.maxcutler.com/2010/.... Why CMSes often suck: http://hackshackers.com/blog/2... cheers for my Delicious account :-)

Re: Link roundup: On the future of the CMS

Megan Taylor — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:51:54 -0000

While the discussion is around big news sites, I think the concepts are applicable to a lot of other big sites. Would love to have something like what's being discussed at the non-profit I work for. Our CMS is like carving in stone tablets.

Re: Link roundup: On the future of the CMS

Stijn Debrouwere — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:45:25 -0000

I would definitely add Matt Waite's Nieman Lab piece from earlier, in March '11: http://www.niemanlab.org/2011/...

And for people with lots of time on their hands:

http://packages.python.org/Del...
http://gadgetopia.com/post/720...
http://blog.programmableweb.co...
http://multimedia.journalism.b...

One caveat that I would like to state, though, for people just now tuning in, is that this discussion is centered entirely around big news websites.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with WordPress or Drupal for 90 percent of the use-cases out there, it's just that news production really stretches what's possible with a CMS, which is why we're having these discussions. As I stated elsewhere: perhaps this'll one day become the easy option, but right now post-CMS implies putting a lot of time, money and expertise into doing things differently because it feels like the right way to go, not because it's an intuitively attractive option.

So as you say, the aim is definitely to make web publishing less insane and friendlier for real people, but real people in this case rather narrowly refers to journalists in a newsroom. For now, at least.

Re: Learn Python the Hard Way, Exercise 22: What Do You Know So Far?

Megan Taylor — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 09:33:43 -0000

Yes, thanks, fixed. What does % do in an equation like 3 + 2 + 1 - 5 + 4 % 2 - 1 / 4 + 6 ?

Re: Learn Python the Hard Way, Exercise 22: What Do You Know So Far?

Stijn Debrouwere — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 07:10:16 -0000

Almost flawless: % is the modulo operator, not percent :-)

Re: Kitteh Komic of teh Day: Tattoos Are Like Cats…

Jason Poland — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:49:46 -0000

Hi, My name is Jason Poland and I created the tattoos/cats comic you posted. Please include my name and a source link in your post:

http://robbieandbobby.com/tatt...

Thanks so much for your time.
- Jason Poland
robbieandbobby.com

Re: Can I Please Give You My Money In Return for Your Goods?

Megan Taylor — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 14:03:23 -0000

Fresh Direct doesn't deliver to my hood. But I think one of the grocery stores nearby will do deliveries, I should look into that.

Re: Can I Please Give You My Money In Return for Your Goods?

Jamie Wilson — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 09:59:20 -0000

I've given up on grocery shopping in New York. It's Fresh Direct for me for pretty much everything but spontaneous cravings.

Re: Obligatory ONA10 Reaction Post

Matt Waite — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 11:25:17 -0000

You're right: I wasn't talking about conference sessions. Unless you're unveiling your site for the first time at a conference, the demo should be "here's the homepage, here's the one thing we do well, check it out on your own" and move on. I didn't even bring up the web in my app demo -- two screenshots, that's it -- and went straight to the philosophy and decision framework we used to build the app. I didn't even mention that we used Django -- it wasn't important. What was important was why we did what we did and the practical outcome of it.

Re: My ONA10 lineup – stalk me!

suzanneyada — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 09:25:25 -0000

I will see you there -- can't wait to finally meet you in person!

Re: Using TypeWith.me for collaborative notetaking

greglinch — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 01:01:02 -0000

Big ups to Daniel for starting the data TypeWithMe doc.

I tip my hat to the former Etherpad (http://etherpad.com) in all it's incarnations. I hope it catches on more.

Re: Journalism Warning Stickers Bookmarklet – Help?

Megan Taylor — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 16:12:56 -0000

Yup, Baconize and Cornify were my inspiration.

Re: Journalism Warning Stickers Bookmarklet – Help?

Morisy — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 15:33:03 -0000

I assume you've seen how these guys do it? http://baconize.com/

Like Michael said, it just forwards them to the other page, hosted on your server. Love the idea.

Re: Journalism Warning Stickers Bookmarklet – Help?

Megan Taylor — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:35:02 -0000

Hm, OK. Thanks!

Re: Journalism Warning Stickers Bookmarklet – Help?

michael — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:19:56 -0000

Yes. Thats what NewsCrud does. The Bookmarklet would only help to provide a shortcut to a similar service.

Re: Journalism Warning Stickers Bookmarklet – Help?

Megan Taylor — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:56:58 -0000

I'm assuming that's how this (http://newscrud.com/) works, right? Could you still do the user-end with a bookmarklet? And connect it to the server-side script to get the URL?

Re: Journalism Warning Stickers Bookmarklet – Help?

michael — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:50:42 -0000

Ah, that would be a No then. Bookmarklet is not the solution. You would need a script running on a server accessible by you where it would could pass a URL like:

http://megantaylor.org/appname...

or something...

Re: Journalism Warning Stickers Bookmarklet – Help?

Megan Taylor — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:24:30 -0000

Part of the idea is to generate a URL that runs the jscript so you can share it...I'm assuming this is doable...

Re: Journalism Warning Stickers Bookmarklet – Help?

michael — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:21:31 -0000

This will be easy to do and I'd be happy to help but I'm not sure this would be a great way to do it.

My question is, whats the point? Is it just for the satisfaction of inserting a label only you can see?

Re: Link: Ranting about Ayn Rand

Joe — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:40:41 -0000

I might differ on that point. And what movie?

Re: Megan Taylor: Family

dave — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:01:02 -0000

For what it's worth it hasn't gotten any easier for me over the years.

Re: Taking relationships from the web to real life

Megan Taylor — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:59:09 -0000

I also feel pretty awkward in person, although I've been told I hide it well. I think meeting someone you know online is a little easier because you already know all these things about them - what their interests are, people you both know - so you get to skip a couple of steps in the "getting to know you" phase.

Re: Taking relationships from the web to real life

suzanneyada — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:33:37 -0000

It truly depends on the person. I find that many people I know online are a little more socially awkward in person (myself included) because speech doesn't have the luxury of a backspace. But nearly every single Twitter follower I've met had much more depth and smarts in real life than their Twitter feeds let on.

Some are more vivacious, some are more shy. Some are more annoying in person, some are more humble. Some are not what they seem online, some are everything and more. That's part of the joy of meeting these people face to face. I think my favorite part is simply the depth and breadth of conversation you can have in person -- and you have a million starting points for those conversations, because you already know what their interests are.

Next time I'm on the East Coast, I will make it a point to go out to NYC and say hi!

Re: Why a Floridian living in NYC loves hockey and the Flyers

Megan Taylor — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:54:42 -0000

I love Philly. It's like NYC, without the snobbery and small enough that you can actually get to know the city. Kyle refused to come with me on my last day trip there, but after seeing my photos, he has admitted his mistake.

Re: Why a Floridian living in NYC loves hockey and the Flyers

Li — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:08:50 -0000

Obviously the Flyers are great because they embody the scrappy toughness that hockey requires. Good choice. Now you and Kyle must come to Philly with me. I think you will like my unpretentious, but still cultured, hometown.

Let's go Flyers!