Somewhat fewer words per page
That could be a good title for a novel. It's what the Times is saying about its new skinny format. The paper asserts that there's a “national newspaper 12-inch standard” to which it's now adhering, and I have no reason not to believe them.
There's something so deliberate and sweet and hard-copyish about the phrase “somewhat fewer words per page.”
What's nice about a web page: you just can't control how many words your reader's page has on it.
I'm in motion today, on my way to California for several days of talking. I had a great time this afternoon with Joanne Colon and Andrew Baron of Rocketboom. They're under management and quite the media moguls at this point, but they were kind to me. And a big blog thank-you to Andy Carvin.
Tomorrow: some reflections on surveillance.
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“What's nice about a web page: you just can't control how many words your reader's page has on it.”
Unfortunately that wonderful web advantage is undermined by annoying websites that split an article into 2 to 12+ separate short pages to inflate the number of ads each reader loads. It's always irritating to see impositions on the digital world of various real-world limitations and scarcity concerns.