Showing posts with label Flipboard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Flipboard. Show all posts

03 December 2014

Flipboard Magazine ... a format for the very visual in our family history community


If you are new to Upfront with NGS or missed the post about the Flipboard version of this blog, let’s revisit this alternative platform.

First, please do read Flipboard Magazines for Genealogy – a blossoming new platform. There are probably even more genealogically-themed publications than identified.

Second, consider that the classic blog format is a string of vertically placed posts that you scroll down to read.  Flipboard provides a platform that operates more like a magazine (or book) where you click to flip the pages.  When you see an article title (with image), you can select that title and then you will be taken to the full post.

Third, there are currently almost 190 articles available via the Upfront with NGS Flipboard Magazine.  So, this platform can be a very quick, easy and visual way to catch up on past posts to the blog.  Going forward, typically within a few hours of any post to Upfront with NGS, there is a link posted to the Flipboard Magazine version.


Fourth, you can download a FREE App to use with your iPad, iPhone, Android, Kindle Fire &/or Nook.  

So, if you are a more visual person or don’t like to scroll, this might become a viewing option for Upfront with NGS. As always though, you can access the blog via the blog web site, scheduled emails via Feedburner (3pm each day a post is made – you can sign up via the blog web site), Facebook, Google+, and/or Twitter.








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Unless indicated otherwise or clearly an NGS Public Relations piece, Upfront with NGS posts are written by Diane L Richard, editor, Upfront with NGS.
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09 April 2014

Flipboard Magazines for Genealogy -- a blossoming new platform



Yesterday Instagram, today Flipboard!

As our world as a whole becomes more technological with more “new” toys to play with, these new applications make their way into our genealogy community.

Let’s talk about Flipboard.  It’s a way to create a magazine by using content already on the web (and probably via other methods not described here).

I opted to get started by installing a Chrome extension.  This extension allows me to just click on the icon for a page of interest (in this case, posts from Upfront with NGS) and “add” that content to my magazine. 


I just created this magazine based on Upfront with NGS posts.  Each included article has its graphic and beginning text visible.  The headline for each article is a clickable link to the original article. Each page gives you an option to “subscribe” to or “share” the magazine you are reading.


The presentation is very lush looking.  So, if you are a visual person – you might find this media appealing.  I think this magazine format also makes it easy to “catch up” on Upfront with NGS if you’ve missed a few posts since you can see more headlines in a horizontal fashion.  We’ve actually talked about that for the blog – that it would be nice to have a “more visual” method for quickly seeing the most recent news titles.  Might Flipboard be the answer?


What do you think?  For Upfront with NGS which format do you think is preferable? Real-time e-mail, 3pm EST digest mode, FB post, Google+ post or Flipboard?

Editor’s Note: please post your responses on FB, Google + or via a comment to this blog post for this informal survey

There are some in our genealogical community who have been playing around with this technology.  I suggest you check out these recent examples ...





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NGS does not imply endorsement of any outside advertiser or other vendors appearing in this blog. Any opinions expressed by guest authors are their own and do not necessarily reflect the view of NGS.
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Republication of UpFront articles is permitted and encouraged for non-commercial purposes without express permission from NGS. Please drop us a note telling us where and when you are using the article. Express written permission is required if you wish to republish UpFront articles for commercial purposes. You may send a request for express written permission to UpFront@ngsgenealogy.org. All republished articles may not be edited or reworded and must contain the copyright statement found at the bottom of each UpFront article.
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Think your friends, colleagues, or fellow genealogy researchers would find this blog post interesting? If so, please let them know that anyone can read past UpFront with NGS posts or subscribe!
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Suggestions for topics for future UpFront with NGS posts are always welcome. Please send any suggested topics to UpfrontNGS@mosaicrpm.com