{"id":233,"date":"2011-12-17T15:45:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-17T15:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jackspeer.net\/wordpress\/?p=233"},"modified":"2011-12-21T13:51:24","modified_gmt":"2011-12-21T13:51:24","slug":"love-it-or-leave-it-slate-makes-you-want-to-do-both-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jackspeer.net\/?p=233","title":{"rendered":"Love it or leave it. Slate #8"},"content":{"rendered":"

This blog post may be one of the easiest or the hardest to write\u00a0in this series yet. Slate<\/em><\/strong> is kind of like a bad girlfriend (or boyfriend). You like to spend time with them, but the fact they leave their socks on the floor, laugh at inappropriate times and\u00a0read trashy gossip magazines can drive you nuts!<\/p>\n

I have expressed my frustration in the past\u00a0with the\u00a0fact\u00a0I\u00a0find Slate\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>to be a bit too “busy,” <\/em>which I think can sometimes distract from the really good things\u00a0the site has to offer. I love the navigation buttons which clearly point you to Top Stories in each category. So why then do we need that separate grey box\u00a0Special Features\u00a0on the left side of the homepage? I would argue that we don’t, or that it should be someplace else. And what’s with all the white space on the right and later on the left side as you continue to scroll down?<\/p>\n

OK, so now on to what I really like about Slate<\/em><\/strong> , namely the quirky stories\u00a0and the sites stunning photography.\u00a0For example, you\u00a0probably won’t see this story on another website “Is the Print Dictionary Doomed?”\u00a0<\/a>As for the photography, with\u00a0the exception of the New York Times<\/a>,\u00a0and\u00a0sometimes NPR<\/a>, \u00a0I think Slate <\/em><\/strong>continues to set a very high bar. Having looked a bit more deeply at this I realize there is a partnership with the group Magnum Photos<\/a>, but the stuff is just stunning! As I have mentioned ad-nauseum, it’s\u00a0my favorite feature of\u00a0the site.<\/p>\n

So, is Slate<\/em><\/strong> forever destined to be that bad boyfriend, or girlfriend whose idiosyncrasies continue to distract from their better selves? I think that is exactly where Slate<\/em><\/strong> is right now. It knows its a media site and not a news site, but it can’t help\u00a0trying to be\u00a0both. That’s fine, but Slate<\/em><\/strong> editors realize you can still be quirky and fun without looking like such a mess. And oh yeah, pick up your socks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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