… should probably take heed of my own advice above (its Welsh—I'm Welsh!), but its never stopped me yet ...
Marco.org - More ideas than time: Last week’s news
I’d so love for this to come to pass … this used to be the province of the good quality daily newspapers, but reporting in general is now so time-focussed and just regurgitates poor researched pieces of twitter/web detritus, that that seems to be lost.
In a world where publications are grasping for meaning and readers, wouldn’t this be a great direction to see them take. Take the high ground, quality, research, errudite opinion, presented gracefully and backed with good journalism. Present it in the manner of the broadsheets of old, a cross between Instapaper and traditional values, keep the news high and the distractions/advertising low.
For the ultimate irony, we now have available the means to produce successfully your own print-edition, just take a look at what Newspaper Club are doing …
I see this type of quality so rarely on the web, but when it does pop-up particularly in the tech arena its notable, I think that why I appreciate much of Gruber’s pieces for Daring Fireball, much of TidBits reasoned articles and many Ars Technica postings—-they all seem to sift the daily dross into “good” meaningful reads.
