TimesPeople
June 25, 2008 at 10:00 am by Chris The New York Times just released a beta plugin for your browser that allows you to plug in to a Times-specific 'social network' that they have named TimesPeople. This is a great example of a newspaper doing the right things with technology in order to grow new and keep current readership. Here's a quote from their sign-up page: TimesPeople is a new way to discover what other readers find interesting on our site — and to make recommendations of your own. With TimesPeople, you can share articles, videos, slideshows, blog posts, comments on articles, and ratings and reviews of movies, restaurants and hotels.Below is a screen-shot of how the plugin looks under your browser's address bar:  Along with the other sharing options that New York Times articles already had, users with the TimesPeople plugin installed will see a 'recommend' option at the top:  Each user also has a profile view, which displays your info, any articles you've recommended, as well as your contacts recommendations:  So far, I think the Times has done a great job with keeping this interface as minimal and easy to use as possible. |
Tags: user-interface-design tagging social-media technology
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