Decline of the news industry leads to new skills; film at 11
This guy — an assistant managing editor at the Birmingham News (shockingly ugly splash page here) — turned an old news rack, a Mac Mini and some clever scripting into a wholly cool beast: The digital newsstand.
Must. Get. One. Of. These. :::::a small “paff!” as my brain explodes:::::
For extra credit, go look at the comment thread about this item on Engadget — it’s mostly techies wondering why anyone would want one of these when you can get endless news from a Blackberry or PDA. Further proof (if we needed any) that you can’t merely rely on technical prowess for product development.
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Scott wrote on 29. June 2007 at 10:12 am
Thanks for the shout-out.
This is a better look The Birmingham News:
http://www.bhamnews.com/indexmain.html
The actual news is here:
http://www.al.com/birminghamnews/
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Mike Driehorst wrote on 29. June 2007 at 1:57 pm
Yeah, saw that too. How cool is that?! Definitely something I’d want in my, um house or at my desk.
I also Twittered about it: http://twitter.com/MikeDriehorst/statuses/124888082
Mike