Tuesday, February 14, 2012

NYT vs. TechCrunch


The New York Times and the blog I have been following, Techcrunch.com, are somewhat different. Techcrunch.com is a website which posts stories about innovation in technology. The New York Times also has a technology column that you can read. When you click on the Technology link and load a new webpage, you notice that the New York Time’s layout is bland. The webpage has few pictures, and if any, they are very small. The text is small and feels cluttered. They are obviously trying to make the web page looks like a newspaper, and I don’t like it. Techcrunch.com, on the other hand, is sleek, easy to navigate, and has different pages for different types of technology. There are big pictures or a video to assist the text which is written by people who have had years of experience in the field and technology has become their passion. To find stories and headlines you simply scroll down the page and it keeps loading new stories, like Facebook’s News Feed. Sometimes I prefer watching a video instead of reading a news story, and pictures catch my attention. Techcrunch is currently where I go to hear about innovation in technology.
P.S. The New York Time’s outline hurts my eyes.

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