Scripps sites on the list
Finalists for the Digital Edge awards are out, and Scripps efforts made the list several times:Knoxnews.com is a finalist in three categories, Best Overall News Site, Best Design and Site Architecture...
View ArticleSI redesign (and housekeeping!) under way
Much work remains, especially on static pages, retagging of older items etc. -- but please check out our little SI site redesign and let me know what you think.Update 2:45 p.m. Sunday 2/6: We're 36...
View ArticleIndustry conference time
You probably won't see much new on SI these next few days. I'm in Orlando at the Newspaper Association of America Marketing Conference and CONNECTIONS, also known as "the mouthful."If you're here too,...
View ArticleHousekeeping
Just reporting a couple of site tweaks; feel free to pay as little attention as you see fit:I'm giving Google AdSense another try -- you can see the ads on the right side of most site pages. Over the...
View ArticleHousekeeping II: Just a light dusting
More site housekeeping: I just upgraded to WordPress 2.0.3, reportedly mostly a security patch. Comment or e-mail if you notice any site weirdness (other than what I write, of course).
View ArticleFinished the ol' first term
This Web site existed in some form since 1996. But over the last few days, it quietly passed an anniversary: four years of being a blog, at least in form.Learned in those four years:Blogging about...
View ArticleThoughts on a light week
I'm not posting much this week because (a) I've been working hard on personal projects so I'm tired, (b) I've been working hard on Scripps projects so I'm tired, and (c) well, I'm just tired. Even so,...
View ArticleInternet fails in the travel fringe
All Ka and I wanted was to trot three teen and near-teen kids over to an East Coast beach, within driving distance, for a long weekend.Three plus two makes five, about two too many for a comfortable...
View ArticleThe grid career I never had
The great thing about the Internet is that, thanks to having a fairly common name and a Google Alert set up to track it, I get to live other lives vicariously.Jay Small the Internet hack didn't do...
View ArticleI'm the new big
All right, give me some credit for refraining from the obvious plays on my name when first bloggers, then marketing uberguru Seth Godin, started applying the phrase Small is the New Big."Hah," I muse...
View ArticleShh ...
Sorry about the long silence here -- or, if you actually like it when I say nothing, you're welcome. :-)I attended a corporate conference last week which consumed most of my free time. I'm still...
View ArticleNew wave of stock spam extra annoying
More than two years ago now, I changed personal e-mail addresses and gradually retired an old one that was simply collapsing under the weight of spam. Some of you may remember I even tracked spam...
View ArticleBad server karma this weekend
I don't know whether to apologize to the few of you who tried to visit this site yesterday or today and didn't get in, or to the even fewer of you who tried and did get in.If you got in, I'm sure it...
View ArticleBlog Tag: 5 Things You Don't Know about Me
I've been tagged by Greg Sterling, and only out of the greatest respect for his works, intelligence and many kindnesses do I choose to play. :-) Thus, here are Five Things You Don't Know About Me:My...
View ArticleA little Christmas break
Ka, Daniel, Rachel, Tyler and I are headed northwest to visit family this weekend. Posting here will be light until next week.Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all!
View ArticleSorry for light bloggage
Or, perhaps, glad I could provide some relief. I've had a rather ambitious schedule of newspaper site visits, Web service negotiations and the occasional speaking engagement.When the dust settles, I...
View ArticleGo Salukis!
Being a second-tier state-school alum, I don't get to root for my alma mater on a national stage very often. So let me live the dream if only for a little while.Oh, and since almost no one I encounter...
View ArticleTastes great, less bloggy
Yeah, I'm pretty much absent from blogging these days, and I'm sorry for that (or perhaps I should say you're welcome, depending on your perspective).Lack of blogging isn't derived from lack of...
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Give the credit union some credit
UT Federal Credit Union here in sparkling Knoxville, Tenn., just launched a site redesign partly developed by Small Initiatives.I did the initial graphic design work and assisted with cutting it up for...
View ArticleNew duties in the day job
Wow. I can look back over the past six weeks and say, with resounding confidence, I've been busy:One Web site redesign project done, another under way (more on that in a few weeks), and whatever spare...
View ArticleLife tinkering
Hoo boy! More than a month since I did anything on this blog. That tells me something I needed to realize.I have two substantial, active consulting projects going on right now -- in addition to my...
View ArticleHappy Independence Day!
Load up the grill and the blender -- at least, that's what we're going to do. I'm sure we'll also be able to entertain ourselves watching and hearing the many spontaneous neighborhood backyard...
View ArticleDelayed Drupaling
Last month I decreed this site would move from WordPress to Drupal.And it may yet. Someday. Just no day soon.I love Drupal. I've built several very intriguing projects on it recently, and used it as a...
View ArticleThings happen fast around here
I've had a few weeks to enjoy my promotion to general manager of Scripps Newspapers Interactive Group -- something I didn't make a big deal about in this space because, well, it's not all that relevant...
View ArticleAbout the changes at Small Initiatives
The new design of this Web site means a lot more than just a visual dust-off. Small Initiatives, the company, no longer represents just me, my blog and my occasional Internet design consulting. My...
View ArticleBest to Bob, and an advisory
My boss, Bob Benz, announced last week he is leaving Scripps to join a new consulting and product development venture that includes a circle of mutual friends.As I told him after he gave us the news,...
View ArticleAnother good use for mute button
If video killed the radio star, I may soon have to claim responsibility for killing Internet radio.At 2 p.m. Monday, Mel Taylor, webcasting from the Newspaper Association of America Marketing...
View ArticleHow high's the water, mama?
Yikes. My home town, Harrisburg, Illinois, is flooded. The nearby, mighty Middle Fork Saline River jumped its banks following a two-day soaking.Check the coverage from the local paper, The Daily...
View ArticlePardon the quiet
Last week it was business travel. This week posting will be light because I am working the annual online conference we at Scripps Interactive Newspapers Group put on for the local and corporate leaders...
View ArticleWe lost a little friend
Elway had this way of looking at you that made you feel like you'd kidnapped his mother.Ka and I took yesterday off work, expecting to share a rare day of down time. Instead we took Elway, our noble...
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