In the past we have profiled the innovative work of people like Adrian Holovaty who does some exciting things through programming that allow data to tell their own stories. For instance, he set up the Campaign Tracker for the Washington Post, and he is now running his own site Everyblock – the database driven hyperlocal news site. ...
Continue ReadingI’m at the CIO Perspectives Forum here in DC today, and I participated in an interesting lunch discussion. This discussion focused on how organizations can better manage the content that they generate. There were several interesting issues brought up – of which a few I’ll mention below.
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Continue ReadingThe Bivings Group is proud to work with the Washington Area Women’s Foundation, which held its annual leadership luncheon Tuesday. The luncheon featured more than 1,000 guests at Washington’s Grand Hyatt to recognize the supporters and partner organizations involved in the Foundation, all working to improve the lives of women and girls in the Washington metropolitan area....
Continue ReadingThe Federal Trade Commission Monday released revised regulations holding bloggers responsible for disclosing any freebies or payment associated with their writing.
“The post of a blogger who receives cash or in-kind payment to review a product is considered an endorsement,” the FTC said in a statement. “Thus, bloggers who make an endorsement must disclose the material connections they share with the seller of the product or service.”
The regulations may have widespread ramifications considering the millions of bloggers and the variety of their audiences....
Continue Reading“Usability” is a word used ad-nauseum in the web development world. Since most of us spend all day navigating and constructing sites, it’s easy to assume just about anyone can be an expert in usability if they’re even half aware of what makes a good or bad site.
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