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Libraries of Note: Sharing Open Source Code From the Guardian Mobile Innovation Lab’s Storytelling…
Libraries of Note: Sharing Open Source Code From the Guardian Mobile Innovation Lab’s Storytelling…
A guide to nearly all of the code written during two years of experimentation with mobile-first storytelling formats.
Alastair Coote
Apr 30, 2018
Reinventing Success Metrics for News Through Collaboration, Flexibility and a Focus on the User
Reinventing Success Metrics for News Through Collaboration, Flexibility and a Focus on the User
Insights on what made working with the Guardian Mobile Innovation Lab to analyze the success of their storytelling experiments different…
Lynette Chen
Apr 17, 2018
What’s Next for Mobile Innovation in News?
What’s Next for Mobile Innovation in News?
An overview of the presentations, panels, Q&As and discussions from the Guardian Mobile Innovation Lab’s closing event.
Sarah Schmalbach
Mar 29, 2018
The Mobile Innovation Lab is Wrapping Up.
The Mobile Innovation Lab is Wrapping Up.
In two short weeks, the Guardian US Mobile Innovation Lab will be powering down their phones and moving on. (Don’t worry, this was all…
Sarah Schmalbach
Mar 16, 2018
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Taking Web Podcasts From Hack to Production
Taking Web Podcasts From Hack to Production
The highs and lows of building a new podcast interface.
Alastair Coote
Feb 27, 2018
Smarticles: What We’ve Learned (So Far) From Testing an Intelligent New Story Format
Smarticles: What We’ve Learned (So Far) From Testing an Intelligent New Story Format
Early evidence from our experiments suggests that there may be more economical ways for newsrooms to cover evolving stories on small (or…
Mazin Sidahmed
Feb 26, 2018
Uncovering the potential of mobile audio: a new experimental player, and a new show
Uncovering the potential of mobile audio: a new experimental player, and a new show
Introducing a fully featured web player that lets listeners subscribe to, interact with and see stories — as well as hear them.
Sarah Schmalbach
Feb 15, 2018
More Data, Less Work: Experimenting With Natural Language Processing for Faster Survey Analysis
More Data, Less Work: Experimenting With Natural Language Processing for Faster Survey Analysis
How the Guardian US Mobile Innovation Lab and MaassMedia analyzed qualitative data from thousands of feedback survey responses with natural…
Lynette Chen
Nov 30, 2017
Newsroom Innovation — Best Practices for Measuring Success Through Survey Analysis
Newsroom Innovation — Best Practices for Measuring Success Through Survey Analysis
Unlock the science behind obtaining audience feedback, and discover what they really thought of your innovation project
Lynette Chen
Nov 6, 2017
Introducing LabRdr: An Experimental Offline News App That Knows You
Introducing LabRdr: An Experimental Offline News App That Knows You
We’re refreshing content recommendations through transparent use of data, higher degree of control by the user, and minimal thoughtful…
Sasha Koren
Oct 24, 2017
Introducing a New Format for Evolving Stories
Introducing a New Format for Evolving Stories
‘Smarticles’ aim to meet readers where they last left off.
Mazin Sidahmed
Oct 18, 2017
How to replace the content of an iOS notification
How to replace the content of an iOS notification
Making the most of iOS 10’s new notification features.
Alastair Coote
Sep 19, 2017
What Are Users Thinking When They Dismiss Notifications?
What Are Users Thinking When They Dismiss Notifications?
Lessons learned from testing further actions and personalization in web notifications for the UK snap election.
Madeline Welsh
Aug 3, 2017
Generating Images in JavaScript Without Using the Canvas API
Generating Images in JavaScript Without Using the Canvas API
And putting them into a web notification
Alastair Coote
Jul 12, 2017
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