In looking over our data for this year's Newspaper Report due out later on this month it’s easy to see American newspaper studies are in dire straights. With subscription rates falling and more people getting their news online newspapers have had to revamp their old business model. No American newspaper seems to be taking a more proactive attitude towards the threat of the web then The New York Times....
Continue ReadingI'll be the first to admit that when it comes to online user accounts, I am rather protective of my favorite usernames. I prefer my aliases to be free of numbers and clutter. When other people on various websites see my online identity, I want them to be in awe of the sheer minimalism and genius of the moniker I chose....
Continue ReadingIn past election cycles, the Republicans and Democrats have developed their own custom applications to help citizens find out where they can go vote. This year, Google did everyone a service by developing a gadget that lets everyone embed a gadget that lets site visitors find out where they can go vote. ...
Continue ReadingI recently got an Apple iPhone and have been going a little crazy downloading stuff from the iPhone applications store ever since making the purchase. Given what we do here, one of the first applications I tried out was the one produced by the Barack Obama campaign. It is nothing short of fantastic. ...
Continue ReadingNing is a platform that allows anyone to create a custom social network in a few minutes time. I’ve played with it a few times since it launched in late 2005, but never really did a deep drill until recently, when we started work on a project that used Ning as its social networking component. ...
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