Recent content by robschneider

I've been a big fan of the FWST since way before I worked in Dallas, so they've definitely had an influence personally on the way I approach design. Especially all of Cody Bailey's work back in the day. But for purposes of these changes, they really weren't a motivating factor. If anything...

I don't think anyone is trying to reinvent the wheel here. But I understand that's a convenient message board post to make. I also think it's a convenient stance to say that any design change is about "catching the eye and not the brain". I don't think we're going to change the world by making...

Dude, NOTHING will ever look that good again!

When all the papers converted to the 50" web in 2000-02, that's exactly what they did. They tightened everything up from gutters to body type to spacing between stories. And you were able to cram a ton of stuff in there, but the type wasn't legible and it made everything incredibly dense. At...

Hey, no worries about the Lexington thing. I'm probably just a little punchy and defensive after a few days of no sleep! And DemoChristian, yeah, the newshole is smaller. The page is about 6% smaller and the design changes (body type, spacing) make it much more than that. And we've tried to be...

Hey, everyone, this is Rob Schneider, I'm the one who worked on these design changes. I wouldn't call it a redesign by any means. Just tried to make the body type easier to read and clean up a bunch of stuff. I guess Football_Bat is referring to the section flags we changed a few years ago, but...

I wasn't there while Drake was, but he did leave on his own (seven years ago?) to pursue standup. He was a Metro report. He's been on the Late Late show. Pretty funny stuff. I haven't heard him use the newspaper career in his bits. I have heard him talk about temp jobs...

Re: Design thread *Updated 3/25* There is no work. He doesn't work for a newspaper anymore.

Re: Design thread *Updated 3/25* Since I joined in to this thread, at least half of the pages involve your guys trying to speak rationally with DyePack. It's not going to happen. It's never going to happen. And he's not going away either. But please just treat him like he's the 95-year old...

Re: Design thread *Updated 3/15* To the tune of "No Sex in the Champagne Room": Can't use logic with DyePack Can't use logic with Wordhawk Doesn't matter what you say His fuel is being a prick Only thing that you can do to destroy his evil powers is root for Air Force Academy to upset the...

Re: Design thread *Updated 3/15* There are so many great touches on this page, including: -All of the jerseys line up against their first-round matchup -Only the No. 1 seed gets the white jersey -The page is actually also a Soduko puzzle and the winner is revealed when you figure out where the...

Re: Design thread *Updated 2/25* I too am diggin' the Merc's Oly coverage. That's about as understated a flag as you could get, which really accentuates whatever your lead visual and headline are that day. I think the bottom rail is extremely efficient (especially if you consider that most are...

Re: Design thread *Updated 2/6* The edges were burned, and the middle was frozen. Not unlike your job prospects, Wordo. Now, on to the pages ...

Re: Design thread *Updated 2/6* Runaway Jim, sleep soundly with the knowledge that you are one of hundreds of others on the Internet who hate Wordhawk/DyePack. But your hatred of him feeds him, like a nice, hot Eggo waffle in the morning. If you don't hate him and just ignore, then he has to...

Re: Design thread *Updated 2/4* If you do a find/replace of "designer" for "terrorist", Dye Pack could be the President of the United States. Except that he would fail the editing test.