Comments on: The state of OSNews http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2008/06/19/the-state-of-osnews/ I'm a mere, tiny, insignificant cog in a whole clockwork of stupidity. I'm the tiny cog that wants to break free. Seriously. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:14:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Lennart Fridén http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2008/06/19/the-state-of-osnews/#comment-2976 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:12:59 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2008/06/19/the-state-of-osnews/#comment-2976 NIce move Thom! I think this is the right direction for OSNews to go in. NIce move Thom! I think this is the right direction for OSNews to go in.

]]> by: OSNews Future Editor http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2008/06/19/the-state-of-osnews/#comment-2973 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:28:33 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2008/06/19/the-state-of-osnews/#comment-2973 OK, I agree. I will write some articles for OSNews. However, it is a commercial entity and a potential editor has to treat is as such. How much money does OSNews get from advertisements? I demand my share. OK, I agree. I will write some articles for OSNews. However, it is a commercial entity and a potential editor has to treat is as such. How much money does OSNews get from advertisements? I demand my share.

]]> by: Kroc Camen http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2008/06/19/the-state-of-osnews/#comment-2967 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:59:30 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2008/06/19/the-state-of-osnews/#comment-2967 I got a mention, nice! I've always like OSNews because it stood in the middle. Independent, yet sensible. The team were easily seen, through their blogs and comments, so it gives a feeling of the readers having a closer connection to the site. I like Focus Shift. I hope you can return to it when you have other staffers to help offload the submissions to. The difference with Ars? Possibly that they've become established such that they've been able to 'reset' with design at the core. IMO OSnews lack a design-orientated-core. Design is just tacked on top, and it works for the most part, but it won't achieve maybe the polish of Ars. I got a mention, nice!
I’ve always like OSNews because it stood in the middle. Independent, yet sensible. The team were easily seen, through their blogs and comments, so it gives a feeling of the readers having a closer connection to the site.

I like Focus Shift. I hope you can return to it when you have other staffers to help offload the submissions to.

The difference with Ars? Possibly that they’ve become established such that they’ve been able to ‘reset’ with design at the core. IMO OSnews lack a design-orientated-core. Design is just tacked on top, and it works for the most part, but it won’t achieve maybe the polish of Ars.

]]> by: Paul http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2008/06/19/the-state-of-osnews/#comment-2962 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:30:27 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2008/06/19/the-state-of-osnews/#comment-2962 I think OSNews definitely needs to return to some investigative journalism as we saw in the first year when Eugenia took over the web site. For example, interview people in charge of obscure projects that deserve attention. It's quite easy given that it's the interviewee that does most of the work and the interviewer just needs to come up with about 10 good questions. Focus on original content and who knows, the readership might grow enough to pay contributors for their articles. I think OSNews definitely needs to return to some investigative journalism as we saw in the first year when Eugenia took over the web site. For example, interview people in charge of obscure projects that deserve attention. It’s quite easy given that it’s the interviewee that does most of the work and the interviewer just needs to come up with about 10 good questions.

Focus on original content and who knows, the readership might grow enough to pay contributors for their articles.

]]> by: Administrator http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2008/06/19/the-state-of-osnews/#comment-2961 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:39:50 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2008/06/19/the-state-of-osnews/#comment-2961 Well, Urias, you could still write the occasional article, for instance about Haiku. When you're interested in something, and know a lot about it, articles usually can be written in a few hours - at most. We'll do proofreading, too. Well, Urias, you could still write the occasional article, for instance about Haiku. When you’re interested in something, and know a lot about it, articles usually can be written in a few hours - at most. We’ll do proofreading, too.

]]> by: umccullough http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2008/06/19/the-state-of-osnews/#comment-2960 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:17:33 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2008/06/19/the-state-of-osnews/#comment-2960 Aw :( Poor Focus Shift... Sometimes I wonder if I might be valuable as a contributing editor to OSNews, but then I come to my senses and realize I have little free time already, and I tend to procrastinate a lot when that occurs... Thus, I'd probably be more of a hindrance :D Aw :( Poor Focus Shift…

Sometimes I wonder if I might be valuable as a contributing editor to OSNews, but then I come to my senses and realize I have little free time already, and I tend to procrastinate a lot when that occurs… Thus, I’d probably be more of a hindrance :D

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