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The Poison Metric That May Kill Your Newsroom: Podcast

The Poison Metric That May Kill Your Newsroom: Podcast

by David | Aug 21, 2025 | Digital Migration

Paul Gewurz, the host of “Small Press, Big Ideas” and I discussed how data & analytics are leading news publishers to ruin their relationship(s) to their audience, Podcast available on Apple Podcast on Spotify A sample, where we discuss where so many...
Quick Hit: Alt-text Unintended Consequences & Image-generating AI

Quick Hit: Alt-text Unintended Consequences & Image-generating AI

by David | Nov 1, 2023 | Design, Digital Migration, Sip With Caution

  If there were ever an example of why AI needs humans in the loop, well, actually … this isn’t the most compelling. But it’s informative. (H/t Washington Post’s most recent excellent scrollytelling example –...
Heather Armstrong, aka “Dooce” Was So Very Many Things

Heather Armstrong, aka “Dooce” Was So Very Many Things

by David | May 13, 2023 | Blogging, Blogs

Dooce Was Brave. Funny. Self-lacerating. Self-aware. Bubbly. Withdrawn. An early pioneer of the “MommyBlogger” phenomenon.  And now: dead. Far too soon.  Many years ago, before the rise of “micro-blogging” platforms basically sucked all the...
Google Analytics 4 Fundamentals: My Class on Pluralsight

Google Analytics 4 Fundamentals: My Class on Pluralsight

by David | Dec 25, 2021 | Digital Migration, google, Mobile commerce, Sip With Assurance

A bit of shameless self-promotion here: I have a new class up on Pluralsight, training (formerly) ordinary people in the arcane knowledge needed to become a (wait for it!): CREATIVE DATA SCIENTIST!! It’s called Google Analytics 4 Fundamentals.  For the...
The Dangers of Over-Design: supply-chain breakdown is what happens when we get TOO efficient

The Dangers of Over-Design: supply-chain breakdown is what happens when we get TOO efficient

by David | Mar 2, 2021 | Design, Digital Migration, UX/UI

By now, we’re all familiar with the visuals associated with the Great Supply Chain Disruption of 2021.   Container ships bobbing at anchor off Long Beach Harbor.   Bare shelves. Long lines.   How did we get here? How can we fix this?   I keep...
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