Like many others, I occasionally use Compete and Alexa data to compare traffic of websites whose logs I don’t have access to. I know these services are imperfect, but a comparison I ran today of NYTimes.com vs. USAToday.com vs. WashingtonPost.com shows just how anecdotal the data from these services is....
Continue ReadingNPR will be launching a redesigned website on Monday, and they are providing a sneak preview of the homepage of the new site via a YouTube video. While the video only provides a brief glimpse of the new site, what is shown looks quite impressive. I look forward to taking a look on Monday....
Continue ReadingFor the past few months, creative strategy consultant Richard Smith has been running a contest in which he asks designers to redesign the U.S. dollar. On July 4th, Smith announced that Kyle Thompson was the winner of the contest (photo of winning design below). I think Thompson’s winning design is pretty compelling,...
Continue ReadingThe most tweeted about speaker at the 2009 Personal Democracy Forum was danah boyd, who gave a presentation entitled “The Not-So-Hidden Politics of Class Online.” Full video of her 22 minute talk is embedded below. Enjoy.
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Continue ReadingNews and Blogs Versus Twitter at PDF09
Chuck Fitzpatrick from our ImpactWatch team has a great post up analyzing which themes and speakers from the 2009 Personal Democracy Forum got the most traction on Twitter and in the traditional media and blogs. Folks on Twitter were most excited about talks by danah boyd,...
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