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Michael J commented on Chris O'Brien's blog post 'Heading This Week To The Knight Foundation's Future of News and Civic Media Conference'June 16

I hope you'll have some time after to share the vibe and what's interesting in the conversation. Of course, I am especially interested in print focused stuff. I've been floating the idea of "clickable print." The idea is connecting a story with a ...

Michael J commented on Chris O'Brien's blog post 'Lessons from the INMA World Congress'June 10

Thanks for the post. In addition to the story telling part, the fact remains that news-on-paper is still the most convenient way to find things that you don't know you were looking for. It could be a joke, a horoscope, a crossword or most likely a...

Michael J commented on Chris O'Brien's blog post 'The Future Of News In The San Francisco Bay Area Is Here'May 28

Thanks for the post and thanks for keeping us up to date on how IDEO is adding their perspective to fixing newspapers sooner, rather than later.

Michael J commented on Chris O'Brien's blog post 'Innovation: Big Changes at Detroit Newspapers in Print and Online'May 5

Thanks for the "working across the whole company" data. If the real problem is a product that no longer fits users lives, the design thinking approach could be the real secret sauce. Based on years of working with designers and clients, I've often...

Michael J commented on Chris O'Brien's blog post 'Innovation: Big Changes at Detroit Newspapers in Print and Online'April 28

Given that they made the decision to work with IDEO I have a feeling everyone is going to be very surprised with what is going to happen in Detroit. I think it's going to be very, very good. Should be interesting to watch. From what I read, the p...

Michael J commented on Chris O'Brien's blog post 'Why The Old Vs. Young Debate Over The Future Of News Is Wrong'April 17

I would just keep top of mind that 18 to 24 is the time in life when mobility defines activity. Back in hippie days it was all about traveling and finding new experiences. That is not, in my humble opinion, unique to this cohort of 18 to 24 year o...

Michael J commented on Jeff Cohen's blog post 'Raleigh News & Observer Announces E-Edition'April 15

Nice post. Some thoughts; 'The N&O exactly how it appears in print every day; searchable, savable, printable; simple navigation tools for easy reading." The benefit of the visual of the print edition is that it is a well defined information archit...

Michael J replied to Jeff Cohen's discussion 'Raleigh News & Observer Launches E-edition'April 15

I put some comments at the post. It's easier than here.

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Organization: Josefowicz Associates

Title: Blogger in Chief and Managing Partner

Location: NYC

About Me: Ran a printing company for 30 years. Taught production at Parsons School of Design 7 years. Figuring out what to do next.

Your Website: http://sellingprint.blogspot.com

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At 5:45pm on January 6, 2009, Chris O'Brien said…: Michael: Thanks for joining the conversation. I'm just returning from my holiday hibernation. But just wanted to say: Welcome!