Top 100 Sites on the Internet

My colleague Andrew MacDowell pointed me to this interesting BBC data visualization of the 100 most popular sites on the Internet.  Check it out.  Interesting thing I learned: Facebook appears to be more dominant in the social networking space than Google is in search.  Interesting thing I learned number 2: MySpace is no longer a top 100 site. ...

Top 11 Best Designed University Websites

Last week, I wrote a post about Georgetown University’s process for redesigning its website.  As I drafted the piece, I developed a working thesis that university websites are sort of like government sites, in that they have to do so much and serve so many audiences that the designs end up being utilitarian and bland. ...

Techmeme Launches Mediagazer

Today Techmeme launched a new vertical called Mediagazer, which will aggregate news about the media industry.  This is the company’s fifth aggregation site, joining Memeorandum (politics), WeSmirch (gossip), Ballbug (baseball) and the original, Techmeme (technology).  You can read the post announcing Mediagazer here.  I’m sure this will quickly become a must read for those interested in the changing media landscape....

Redesigning Websites in Public

Living in DC, I have a lot of friends that went to Georgetown University, and have been a fan of the basketball team since the Patrick Ewing days.  Given my loose ties to the school, I’ve been watching with interest as Georgetown staff blog publicly as they redesign their website,...

State of the Internet

Very cool video from the folks at Jess3, featuring tons of great stats on Internet usage around the world.

JESS3 / The State of The Internet from Jesse Thomas on Vimeo....