The Pew Internet and American Life Project released a new study this week about trends in obtaining political news online. The results were pretty interesting, but predictable, given the rise in user-generated Web content. Here is a summary of some of the study's important points:
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Continue ReadingWhen I saw Senator Barack Obama’s annoucement video yesterday, I was impressed by the Flash video player the campaign is using. I’ve looked into this before, and the Flash player Obama is using has the critical features I look for: (1) subtle design, (2) the ability to email the video, (3) permalink and (3) embeddable HTML code. ...
Continue ReadingOne of the best blogs around is written by New Yorker reporter and author Malcolm Gladwell. Gladwell posts around once a week about his books (Blink and The Tipping Point), his latest New Yorker article or some other topic that strikes his fancy (like the NBA or racism).
The blog is quite successful....
Continue ReadingRepublican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney launched the first iteration of his campaign website recently and it is underwhelming.
I am certain that the Romney campaign has big plans for the site. But as someone who develops websites for a living I can tell you that the features you choose to include (and exclude) on launch say a lot about where you are headed....
Continue Reading2006 has seen many fantastic developments in the realm of Web 2.0. Looking back over the year, the growth of sites like YouTube, digg, Facebook, and Wikipedia immediately come to mind. But 2006 has also brought us many other great websites that, while they are less well-known, are no less fun or interesting. ...
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