In a recent talk at CUNY, Gabriel Dance brought up a few great points about creating and pushing the envelope of online journalism projects. Dance pushed the fact that it is important to not be playing catch-up. While the internet allows for stealing of ideas, this is the time to actually create new ideas. Creators need to know what else is going and how these concepts get pushed further and they need to be part of that foward push. No one will be the best at every detail of making web content, but one does need to grasp all the concepts and techniques. It's about building a team of people that can handle the tasks required.
Dance pushed the fact that usability is basically getting out of the way of the content. It must be clear and the interactive part of the content cannot take away from the overall project and message. The average person is not going to content sites to see how they are put together, but they are going to learn something. Simple is better, but that does not mean it can't be creative.
1. Is it too late for some companies and businesses to catch up on using the online content to help their own fortunes?
2. What project haven't you seen yet that you just know has to be done by someone? Is there a project you are dying to do?
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