Chris Snider

Back when I was a newspaper designer, there was a lot of discussion about “borrowing” someone else’s design idea. See here, here and here. Apparently the same rules apply in web site design. While reading a recent Gannett “best practices” idea from the Sioux Falls Argus Leader on covering high school football, I somehow started [...]

If you’re the kind of person who emails a lot of screen grabs (or always wished you were that person), then there’s a pretty cool new program you should check out called Skitch. Skitch, which is a program you download, allows you to make a screen grab from anything on your desktop, add text or [...]

Here’s what has caught my eye across the web this week. Typepad is offering free blogs to journalists who’ve lost their jobs (and those who haven’t). I’m guessing that the journalists who have figured out how to create a successful blog aren’t the ones losing their jobs. I’m kicking myself for not buying the URL [...]

File this under cool ideas from media websites. The Indianapolis Star now lets you embed slideshows of their photo galleries on your web sites. Here’s the gallery from Sunday’s Colts victory: Colts vs. Texans: Action – More IndyStar Galleries View this gallery at IndyStar: Colts vs. Texans: Action

It’s that time of year again, when we put our faces on elves and watch them dance. Here’s the latest from Elf Yourself – starring yours truly, my wife and the family cat, Duke: Send your own ElfYourself eCards

I checked out thepoint.com a few months ago. And while I thought it was a pretty good concept (individuals combine their influence and make things happen they can’t achieve alone), I didn’t see its full potential until I saw it in action this weekend. Some pretty influential members of the newspaper design community were trying [...]