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The Big Picture is not video

This is the best blog everyone's seen this year. So says everyone. And, astonishingly, it comes from a newspaper: The Boston Globe. Launched on 1 June, "In its first 20 days of existence, it's almost reached 1.5 million pageviews and over 1,500 comments for just 20 entries." So says Alan Taylor, creator of The Big Picture. Multiple high-resolution photos on a theme on a single page. How come I didn't think of that? "1024 pixel screen sizes are more prevalent, more people have faster connections. When considering that, everyone seems to go right to thinking about video, but you can get so much quality from a good still image." That's Taylor talking to Waxy.



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Too large, too much like watching TV news. Good for teenagers, but not for folks who still read.


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