INVENTED CHICAGO TRIBUNE’S FIRST WIDELY SUCCESSFUL EMAIL PRODUCT, DAYWATCH.
More than a decade hand-coding email daily, in raw HTML for that Old World quality (some image links have expired): Read more
RULE 1. ‘ASSUME MOST OF THE AUDIENCE ISN’T INTERESTED.’ Wrote Tribune style guide on “headlines that work” — on the Web and in print. A former Tribune colleague wrote in July 2012 about a 2007 coaching session: “I look back at your words of wisdom at the Trib about things like SEO value in headlines, and realize you were a good five years ahead of anyone I knew.” Read more
(HELPED) WRITE BOOK ON WHAT MAKES PEOPLE CLICK. “Clickthrough reports provide a vivid and intimate understanding of what moves an audience and why”: Read more
A CONTENT CURATOR BEFORE THAT WAS A THING. Do you think it was easy to get conservative Tribune editors to allow a link to TheOnion.com, long before the two companies got into business together? Read more
HAS BLOG, KNOWS HOW TO USE IT. Daywatch was a blog — a continually updated Web list of news items — in 1999, before the word “blog” existed. The work continues at this personal outpost since 2005: Read more
BEE IN RAHM EMANUEL’S BONNET. Spent this year just past as Chicago City Hall and political correspondent for a startup all-news radio station: Hear more
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FACEBOOK MEMBER SINCE BACK WHEN SONS INSISTED THE ONLY PEOPLE HIS AGE THERE WERE [UNSAVORY]. An early-early adopter: Read more
‘WE ARE BETTER POSITIONED … TO GO ON AND CREATE SOMETHING NEW AGAIN, SOMEWHERE ELSE.’ Now seeking new adventures. Is [yours] the place? Read more
SPANISH? Yo no hablo español lo suficientemente bien como para componer esta frase sin utilizar un traductor en línea: Read more
SO … LET’S TALK. Or at least Link: Read more
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