On the heels of an overhaul of their print product back in October, the Los Angeles Times launched a redesign of their website a week or so ago. I like the new www.latimes.com a great deal from a usability standpoint. The new sites prominent, simplified horizontal nav bar is a huge improvement over the more complicated content structure present on the old site. ...
Continue ReadingLate yesterday, ESPN basketball reporter Ric Bucher sent out the tweet above in response to a set of social networking guidelines put out by the network. The new guidelines prohibit reporters from maintaining personal websites or blogs containing sports content, require that employees get permission from a supervisor prior to participating in socnets and calls for social networking content to fall under the same editorial guidelines as other ESPN media....
Continue ReadingA few days ago (on a cloudy day, when I began writing this post), I received my Jolicloud private alpha 2b developer version invite. After creating a Jolicloud account and downloading a 600MB .img file, I copied it over as a bootable USB thumb drive and was off to the races....
Continue ReadingWhen last we left, we talked about how the social web thrives on unselfish communication. I touched a bit on the role of technology, and today I’d like to expand upon some thoughts.
When you hear the words social media what’s the 1st thing that comes to your mind?...
Continue ReadingAnyone that has been to a tech conference the last few years knows that there is a huge amount of back channel communication that occurs on Twitter. People provide live coverage of the talks they go to. People organize dinner plans. People stage revolts against panelists. The conversation is constant,...
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