The Evolution of Barack Obama’s Campaign Website

In the summer I wrote a post vaguely complaining about the deterioration in the design of Barack Obama’s campaign website.

Here is the site when it first launched early in 2007:

I liked this. The design was clean and the site was really easy to navigate....

Hyperlocal Newspaper Sites Can Work

The desire to cover local communities is nothing new to newspapers.  However, it is hard for a paper that covers a large area to focus on events that are happening in all neighborhoods in the circulation area.  Time, page space, and budgets all constrain such coverage, but some papers are finding ways to cover hyperlocal news....

Friday Five: My Facebook Goals for 2008

I really enjoy using Facebook as it allows me to connect and remain connected with friends and associates, but there are so many ways that I could use it to better my life and that of others.  Here are five things I would like to do through Facebook in 2008 to better harness its power:

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Should The Economist Launch a Social Network?

Last week, NewMediaAge.co.uk reported that The Economist magazine intends to launch a social network.  This partly stems from its Project Red Stripe that aimed to produce something innovative with the company's expansive library of quality content but then fizzled with hopes of an altruistic social site.  While the idea is noble,...

Roger Clemens Denies Steroid Allegations on YouTube

Baseball player Roger Clemens was accused of using steroids in the Mitchell Report, which was released a few weeks ago.  Since the report came out, Clemens has been silent, letting his lawyer do his talking for him.

In a sign of the times, today Clemens spoke about the allegations for the first time in a video posted to his website and to YouTube. ...