'Robot Journalist' Better Than Human
Just over a year ago we discussed on how “Robot journalists” (actually automated software designed to turn facts into readable copy) stood to threaten the jobs of writers in fields…
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The First Gawker Design
Hate it or love it, the new Gawker layout is a massive change that represents an important moment in blog design. While it is indeed forward-looking, if it is actually…
What's wrong with Gawker's redesign
A few years ago, the popular conservative blogger Michelle Malkin rolled out a redesign of her website. Instead of employing a simple reverse chronological blog, the new site featured one…
Say hello to Gawker Media's new design
In case you haven’t been paying attention to the musings of Nick Denton, the king of the Gawker Media castle, Gawker has been gearing up for a site re-design for…
Neighborhoodr: A Hyper-Local News Source
What’s going on in your neighborhood? If you live in New York City, you can find out on Neighborhoodr’s local Tumblr built blog network. If Craigslist is the modern day Classified section,…
The internal memo sent to Gawker staff
The internal memo pasted below, sent to the Gawker staff from their chief technology officer Thomas Plunkett, reveals that the Gawker Hacker disaster happened in large part due to a…
Got an email from LinkedIn?
Got an e-mail from LinkedIn this morning? LinkedIn may have suspended your account to protect its users from any further data breach. The e-mail read: “…In order to ensure that…
Gawker Hacker: Super Easy E-mail Check
We just wrote a post on the easiest way to check if your e-mail address is on Gawker‘s Hacker List, but we realize it may have been a little tricky….
Gawker's redesign isn't revolutionary
Gawker is getting a makeover. We wrote about it weeks ago. Today, Nick Denton is positioning his new design as the driving force of a blogging revolution, writing that it…
The End of the Blog? Gawker thinks so.
Gawker Media re-tools their current strategies to disseminate news with an emphasis on original news and richer multi-media content.
Is there a larger meaning behind Gawker's meteoric rise in web traffic?
Yesterday The Awl published a memo from Gawker Media owner Nick Denton claiming –using Comscore figures — that Gawker Media had surpassed every major newspaper except for the New York…
