Comments for Kevin Mireles http://kevinjmireles.wordpress.com Product Management, Marketing, Startups & Reinventing "newspapers" for the 21st Century Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:36:49 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on User Experience 101: How to create a great online experience by User experience basics « CyberText Newsletter http://kevinjmireles.wordpress.com/2006/05/04/user-experience-101/#comment-2976 User experience basics « CyberText Newsletter Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:36:49 +0000 https://kevinjmireles.wordpress.com/2006/05/04/user-experience-101/#comment-2976 [...] CyberText Newsletter The official newsletter/blog of CyberText Consulting - technical communication specialists « You or users? User experience basics March 15, 2009 If you want an introduction to user experience, what it is, what are some of the things the field covers, and job descriptions of careers in the field, then take a look at User Experience 101: How to create a great online experience. [...] [...] CyberText Newsletter The official newsletter/blog of CyberText Consulting – technical communication specialists « You or users? User experience basics March 15, 2009 If you want an introduction to user experience, what it is, what are some of the things the field covers, and job descriptions of careers in the field, then take a look at User Experience 101: How to create a great online experience. [...]

]]> Comment on Partnering with Community Organization for local Content by ram http://kevinjmireles.wordpress.com/2006/09/08/partnerning-with-community-organization-for-local-content/#comment-2973 ram Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:17:07 +0000 http://kevinjmireles.wordpress.com/2006/09/08/partnerning-with-community-organization-for-local-content/#comment-2973 very good article. this is the power of user generated content. there is a huge latent need to communicate and share. the best examples are flickr/youtube/facebook/myspace/orkut/digg/etc., we at findnearyou.com are also great believers of the same and it is heartening to see somebody actually confirms our belief.thanks very good article. this is the power of user generated content. there is a huge latent need to communicate and share. the best examples are flickr/youtube/facebook/myspace/orkut/digg/etc., we at findnearyou.com are also great believers of the same and it is heartening to see somebody actually confirms our belief.thanks

]]> Comment on Newspapers: Problem child or cash cow? by William Doolittle http://kevinjmireles.wordpress.com/2006/08/05/newspaper-finances/#comment-2968 William Doolittle Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:31:06 +0000 https://kevinjmireles.wordpress.com/2006/08/05/newspaper-finances/#comment-2968 I worked for daily newspapers, small and large, for 50 years. I owned a daily. and sold it to a chain, and ran it for them. The unspoken truth is that these chain newspaper owners, public and private, have been demanding and getting 20 to 30 percent margins for decades--after offset came and eliminated the back shop. Then, in many cases, the Wall Street vultures said, in effect, you must keep those margins up regardless. Also many chains borrowed heavy to expand and now they are stuck. The ability of newspapers to re-train and tool up for really heavy competition is lost because the companies have been strip-minded. So they are trying to convert to the web and keep up the margins in print. It is lose lose for most of them as they adulterate their print products further losing what's left of the older readers. The young, new audience is not reading newspapers period. Now, in death throws, the papers swing their efforts to the web without adding reporting staff, so they further adulterate their print and fail to provide any quality or originality to their web sites. Neither can they get enough income out of their their web sites to make up for the advertising losses to the upstart web sites. While browsing web numbers are up, the local families that shop in their stores and read the local ads in prints declines, as does penetration. I know of a nearby paper that has 35 percent pentration, but still earns the 20 percent margin. Meanwhile the owners and publsiher are rtaking enormous salaries out. It's almost as if they know whats coming even as they say things are improving and tyhey are doing great. The proof of how dire situation is the market for newspapers. They are not selling. There are hundreds on the market, but the big chains are pulling back and local investors are watching the dismal record of those local investors who have bought newspapers. Philadelphia is missing debt payment. The Journal Register with scores of papers in delisted, its stock close to worthless--no ready buyers. Murdoch appears to be unable get his price for the Ottaway papers. Far a year later he has not sold after he had promised to unload them quickly none have been sold. When he bought Dow Jones he vowed to unload the papers right away. Who knows if the bottom feeders are interested, and local deals are falling through. Meanwhile, the more talented young people are shunning the newspaper business. Younger reporters and editors are leaving in droves, middle agers are waiting, hoping for a buy out. and the older ones are retiring early. if they have not been already forced out. So the next time you hear newspaper owners bemoan the web remember this, ""The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, . . ." I worked for daily newspapers, small and large, for 50 years. I owned a daily. and sold it to a chain, and ran it for them. The unspoken truth is that these chain newspaper owners, public and private, have been demanding and getting 20 to 30 percent margins for decades–after offset came and eliminated the back shop. Then, in many cases, the Wall Street vultures said, in effect, you must keep those margins up regardless. Also many chains borrowed heavy to expand and now they are stuck. The ability of newspapers to re-train and tool up for really heavy competition is lost because the companies have been strip-minded. So they are trying to convert to the web and keep up the margins in print. It is lose lose for most of them as they adulterate their print products further losing what’s left of the older readers. The young, new audience is not reading newspapers period. Now, in death throws, the papers swing their efforts to the web without adding reporting staff, so they further adulterate their print and fail to provide any quality or originality to their web sites. Neither can they get enough income out of their their web sites to make up for the advertising losses to the upstart web sites. While browsing web numbers are up, the local families that shop in their stores and read the local ads in prints declines, as does penetration. I know of a nearby paper that has 35 percent pentration, but still earns the 20 percent margin. Meanwhile the owners and publsiher are rtaking enormous salaries out. It’s almost as if they know whats coming even as they say things are improving and tyhey are doing great.
The proof of how dire situation is the market for newspapers. They are not selling. There are hundreds on the market, but the big chains are pulling back and local investors are watching the dismal record of those local investors who have bought newspapers. Philadelphia is missing debt payment. The Journal Register with scores of papers in delisted, its stock close to worthless–no ready buyers. Murdoch appears to be unable get his price for the Ottaway papers. Far a year later he has not sold after he had promised to unload them quickly none have been sold. When he bought Dow Jones he vowed to unload the papers right away.
Who knows if the bottom feeders are interested, and local deals are falling through. Meanwhile, the more talented young people are shunning the newspaper business. Younger reporters and editors are leaving in droves, middle agers are waiting, hoping for a buy out. and the older ones are retiring early. if they have not been already forced out. So the next time you hear newspaper owners bemoan the web remember this, “”The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, . . .”

]]> Comment on ABOUT by David http://kevinjmireles.wordpress.com/about/#comment-2967 David Wed, 21 May 2008 20:10:36 +0000 #comment-2967 Hey Kevin, Let's talk about www.My-Representative.org It's a big project & we should all participate. -CV Hey Kevin,

Let’s talk about http://www.My-Representative.org

It’s a big project & we should all participate.

-CV

]]> Comment on Eight steps to defining what goes into version 2.0 and beyond! by Merlin http://kevinjmireles.wordpress.com/2006/06/10/customer-freedback/#comment-2966 Merlin Fri, 16 May 2008 07:16:47 +0000 https://kevinjmireles.wordpress.com/2006/08/04/customer-freedback/#comment-2966 http://nmcnet.mrooms.net/user/view.php?id=4333&course=1 http://nmcnet.mrooms.net/user/view.php?id=4333&course=1

]]> Comment on Eight steps to defining what goes into version 2.0 and beyond! by Best practice notes - open ended feedback « http://kevinjmireles.wordpress.com/2006/06/10/customer-freedback/#comment-2964 Best practice notes - open ended feedback « Tue, 06 May 2008 17:19:21 +0000 https://kevinjmireles.wordpress.com/2006/08/04/customer-freedback/#comment-2964 [...] Mireles 2006 article, Eight steps to defining what goes into version 2.0 and beyond! has some great insights into using open ended questions in online feedback [...] [...] Mireles 2006 article, Eight steps to defining what goes into version 2.0 and beyond! has some great insights into using open ended questions in online feedback [...]

]]> Comment on User Experience 101: How to create a great online experience by gemMeevaVarGe http://kevinjmireles.wordpress.com/2006/05/04/user-experience-101/#comment-2963 gemMeevaVarGe Thu, 07 Feb 2008 03:26:43 +0000 https://kevinjmireles.wordpress.com/2006/05/04/user-experience-101/#comment-2963 Nice site keep it up! -------------------------------------- http://www.dasofte.com Nice site keep it up!

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]]> Comment on User Experience 101: How to create a great online experience by Maximus http://kevinjmireles.wordpress.com/2006/05/04/user-experience-101/#comment-2946 Maximus Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:58:00 +0000 https://kevinjmireles.wordpress.com/2006/05/04/user-experience-101/#comment-2946 I would like to see a continuation of the topic I would like to see a continuation of the topic

]]> Comment on User Experience 101: How to create a great online experience by User Experience 101: How to create a great online experience » Freelance Escape http://kevinjmireles.wordpress.com/2006/05/04/user-experience-101/#comment-2920 User Experience 101: How to create a great online experience » Freelance Escape Fri, 30 Nov 2007 07:45:33 +0000 https://kevinjmireles.wordpress.com/2006/05/04/user-experience-101/#comment-2920 [...] excellent books have been written on the subject, this article by Kevin Mireles boils down the basics into a common sense approach that any level of designer or [...] [...] excellent books have been written on the subject, this article by Kevin Mireles boils down the basics into a common sense approach that any level of designer or [...]

]]> Comment on User Experience 101: How to create a great online experience by 2007年10月小结 | mashableCN http://kevinjmireles.wordpress.com/2006/05/04/user-experience-101/#comment-2900 2007年10月小结 | mashableCN Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:24:14 +0000 https://kevinjmireles.wordpress.com/2006/05/04/user-experience-101/#comment-2900 [...] User Experience 101: How to create a great online experience 建立好的用户在线体验的技巧规则和建议 [...] [...] User Experience 101: How to create a great online experience 建立好的用户在线体验的技巧规则和建议 [...]

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