A few weeks ago Sports Illustrated published an expansive feature article (subscription required) about how citizen sportswriters are changing sports journalistm. Obsessive and often posting about events in real time, these sports bloggers are spreading rumors, arguing and just generally feeding their sports addictions 365/24/7. Sometimes they even break stories....
Continue ReadingAs a whole, Washington-based trade associations aren’t known for their innovative Internet strategies. The big secret about trade associations is that they have a lot to offer the Internet community – most have great stockpiles of content and staffers who are genuine experts in their fields. And a big part of a trade association’s mission is to serve as an information resource on their industry....
Continue ReadingLike a lot of people, I work from multiple computers. I have a personal laptop, a work laptop, and randomly find myself using different machines when going to meetings, traveling or visiting friends and family. So I have a problem getting files from one machine to another. I have a flash drive I use on occasion,...
Continue ReadingTwo quick thoughts on the new Google Finance secton that is being discussed so much online:
(1) After seeing Google Finance for the first time, our lead developer sent out an email pointing out that the stock graphs are fantastic. He’s right. Being able to drag the graphs,...
Continue ReadingJoel Spolsky, the guru behind Joel on Software, has a straightforward and on point definition of usability:
“Something is usable if it behaves exactly as expected.”
By that definition (and just about any other), the beta web search currently available off of Microsoft’s Live.com website isn’t usable....
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