tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684187902381269299.post7682105896295907644..comments2023-05-15T07:03:12.398-04:00Comments on Lom Henn: The Decline Of Western Civilization, Part XSlut Bunwallahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09131964185325032127noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684187902381269299.post-30540177164561615672009-06-30T00:42:50.543-04:002009-06-30T00:42:50.543-04:00I somewhat agree with Hill's point from the st...I somewhat agree with Hill's point from the standpoint that for the first 10 years of media websites having relevance, techie "code monkeys" are the ones designing and working on the sites day-to-day. Now the trend is that the web person for a media entity doesn't have to be technically-minded: the multimedia "editor" comes up with content and either uploads it to a template, or sends it to a technical staff who posts it.<br /><br />Which is pretty much what you're saying--that the tech people have never really driven or decided the content of the websites.<br /><br />Hill's right, but he's wrong, too. What change is happening is because media companies and programmers are finally starting to see the web as a separate medium from their other properties, instead as of a dumping ground to replay the stuff that ran already in the newspaper or on the air.Slut Bunwallahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09131964185325032127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684187902381269299.post-41598848287148094372009-06-29T13:13:28.140-04:002009-06-29T13:13:28.140-04:00OK, I get how a media person can enjoy creating a ...OK, I get how a media person can enjoy creating a sports show when the names rhyme or are the same (i.e. Mike and Mike), but just because Tony "Goose" Siragusa and Daryl "Moose" Johnson have rhyming nicknames does not mean you should put them on TV together. I really do not want to see Goose on the TV every week...unless he is getting cooked. Now THAT is riveting TV folks!<br /><br />But seriously...who am I kidding, the "techies" may have input on the layout or mapping of a site, but do you really think they are controlling the site to the degree Hill is quoting? The techies may put the info out on the sites, but there is a director/editor/butt-munch who determines what goes where and when, not the techie. It is debatable as to whether all sports sites are the same, but in the end, all of them are providing the same content just in different presentations and some like ones more than others.Zinglebert Bembledackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08238936864046760170noreply@blogger.com