An Analog Brain in the Digital World: Newspapers

How The Digital World Needs The Analog Wold Rick Martinez Twitter: @digx - E-mail: rick.martinez@gmail.com Tuesday, February 24, 2009

How The Digital World Needs The Analog Woldl e :D tit ive t nta Te Rick Martinez Twitter: @digx - E-mail: rick.martinez@gmail.com Tuesday, February 24, 2009

About Me • Red-shirt Freshman at • Editor of FIUSM.com • Pro web developer for 6 years • Ruby on Rails for 3 years • CompSci and Journalism major • Pink Floyd f***ing rocks Tuesday, February 24, 2009

CAUTION • This presentation was thought of and created like most papers written in college. = A little hungover + 4 hours before this presentation began + Wikipedia = most used source Tuesday, February 24, 2009

We’re murderers Tuesday, February 24, 2009

We kill jobs Tuesday, February 24, 2009

But that’s okay Tuesday, February 24, 2009

The world is evolving Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Newspapers are dying Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

@themediaisdying Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Experts at newspapers are losing their jobs Tuesday, February 24, 2009

And we’re actually starting from scratch Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Don’t Let Them Tuesday, February 24, 2009

on’t Let Them Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Evolve Them Tuesday, February 24, 2009

If you’re afraid of losing your job... Tuesday, February 24, 2009

...you must evolve. Tuesday, February 24, 2009

There’s a difference between Change & Evolution Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Industries don’t change Tuesday, February 24, 2009

... but people think they do. Tuesday, February 24, 2009

People are afraid of change Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Whale Oil Market Tuesday, February 24, 2009

No such thing as a Whale Oil Market Tuesday, February 24, 2009

It was an Oil Market Tuesday, February 24, 2009

The world is evolving Tuesday, February 24, 2009

The world is evolving (Like it always has, durr) Tuesday, February 24, 2009

There is no such thing as a newspaper industry. Tuesday, February 24, 2009

There is only a News Industry Tuesday, February 24, 2009

But there is value in what the newspaper world has given us. Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Have faith in what’s already out there. Tuesday, February 24, 2009

BORING Tuesday, February 24, 2009

BETTER Tuesday, February 24, 2009

ABOUT THE SAME Tuesday, February 24, 2009

What’s the problem? Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Dynamic Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Aren’t computers dynamic? Tuesday, February 24, 2009

They won’t be until programmers stop directing design Tuesday, February 24, 2009

What happens when programmers design? Tuesday, February 24, 2009

My two favorite examples Tuesday, February 24, 2009

The enemy is “overstructuring” Tuesday, February 24, 2009

WHAT IN THE F**K?! Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Facebook isn’t required to make information interesting. Tuesday, February 24, 2009

The content industry MUST make its content interesting. Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Newspapers got it right Tuesday, February 24, 2009

With content, advertising is half the battle Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Headlines are advertisements Tuesday, February 24, 2009

But so is the design Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Design deﬁnes importance Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Websites don’t got it Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Because websites are still deﬁned as structures of data Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Content != Outline Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Some content should be deﬁned as outlines or lists Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Some content should be deﬁned as outlines or lists (but it’s usually more personal informative information) Tuesday, February 24, 2009

THEY (ALMOST) GOT IT! Tuesday, February 24, 2009

So who’s going to do this for you? Tuesday, February 24, 2009

They’re already working (or they’re already out of work) Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Print designers should be teaming with web designers Tuesday, February 24, 2009

But the web designers should be learning from the print designers Tuesday, February 24, 2009

The analog world has value if they want to evolve Tuesday, February 24, 2009

So seek the motivated ones Tuesday, February 24, 2009

AND HIRE THEM Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Some don’t want to do it though... Tuesday, February 24, 2009

And many aren’t even thinking about it. Tuesday, February 24, 2009

If you’re one of them... Tuesday, February 24, 2009

EVOLVE Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Survival of the Fittest Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Contact • E-mail: rick@idreamofcode.com • Stalker Twitter: @digx • WWW: idreamofcode.com • FIU Student Media: FIUSM.com Tuesday, February 24, 2009

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