Yahoo! Photos is sooo Last Year

I've been reading this morning (via CNET and TechCrunch) that Yahoo! Photos, one of the most widely used photo sharing/storage websites is shutting down in favor of its sister site, Flickr.  Yahoo! purchased Flickr in 2005, and since then, Flickr has been gaining massive popularity.  Flickr's tagging and community features are unique services that users can't find on any other site. ...

2008 Presidential Campaign Event Tracker

I noticed a nifty new feature on The Washington Post's website this afternoon.  Campaign Tracker uses information from a variety of sources, including campaigns and media to compile a database that stores information about events where the 2008 presidential candidates will be making appearances.

This feature uses a variety of techniques to keep things organized. ...

Social Technographics & Butterfingers

Forrester Research just released an interesting study led by Charlene Li about social technographics that breaks up web users into distinct and defined categories so that marketers can target their efforts to inspire action.

These categories include:...

News Blog Idea: Dissenting Voices

Since writing the 16 Ways The News Media Can Use Blogs post, I've thought of a seventeenth way.

News organizations, particularly newspapers, can publish dissenting voices of editorials on their websites. Not everyone on an editorial board — like judges (including the most famous at the Supreme Court) —...

A Wiki at the United Nations

PBwiki and the United Nations have partnered to integrate a wiki into the United Nationals Global Compact which was started in 2000 to serve as a forum of social actors (non-government organizations, companies, trade organizations, governments, etc.) who commit to 10 central principles concerning human rights, labor standards, the environment,...