>>> giovedì, dicembre 05, 2002
>>> Robo-Google News vs Human-Romenesko 0-1 William Powers analizza la nuova invenzione di Google di cui vi ho parlato giorni fa. E alla fine da ragione a noi blogger, in particolare a Romenesko e Drudgereport. For my money, the real revolution in news presentation is happening at those Web sites that take other outlets' stories and present them with a minimum of visual or verbal ranking, in a rolling list that suggests this is more or less the order in which they came over the transom. Media people are entranced by a site called Romenesko's Media News, which does precisely this. Of course, that's just an illusion, too. There are human beings behind Romenesko and Drudge and all the other outlets of this kind that have taken off in recent years. Those sites have acquired their obsessive followings largely because there are real people, individuals of particular tastes and sensibilities, choosing and deciding how to play the stories. Without their respective eyes for news and senses of humor—two different flavors of droll—Romenesko and Drudge would be Google-esque machines: objective, but not very good company. 1-0. palla al centro
