Today we had a newsroom hack (half) day at Metro.co.uk – 3 devs, 2 writers, 1 social media person and 1 pictures person. We published 4 topical articles including a Scotland quiz, a Scotland interactive flowchart, a “click to reveal” about celebrity teeth, and a 9/11 “picture slider”. What did we learn? 1. Having all…… Continue reading 4 lessons from a newsroom hack day
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Hackday: content recommendation engine
Recommending what content to read next is a key feature for Metro UK. We’re planning to make it the theme for our next mini hack day. We might even make it a competition. It might go something like this… Recommendation APIs Each team will provide a recommendation API, which will be called by 1% of…… Continue reading Hackday: content recommendation engine