Ning 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. ...
Continue ReadingOk, maybe I'm a bad person who relies upon stereotypes too much, but one would think a site for geeks would actually have great features since geeks are so tech savvy. Wrong.
While browsing through the magazine rack at Borders Books earlier this summer, I came across Geek Monthly with its cover girl,...
Continue ReadingIn putting together the report we released last week, The Use of the Internet by 2008 Senate Campaigns, my co-workers took the time to identify the websites of everyone running for the Senate this year. Since my co-workers already did the hard part in finding the sites, I figured I’d cruise through the list and pick out my most and least favorites from a design perspective. ...
Continue ReadingAnnounced yesterday on the Facebook blog, the redesign of Facebook has finally arrived. After several delays to the new aesthetic, the developers have finally released the new platform to the masses. More AJAX, tab-centric, and a more versatile API… Here's a quick listing of some personal pros and cons with the new design....
Continue ReadingDue to scalability problems, the micro-blogging platform Twitter has struggled mightily to stay up and running the last few months. As a result of the problems, a lot of folks are threatening to abandon Twitter for the social aggregator service FriendFeed.
I personally won’t be abandoning Twitter for Friendfeed. ...
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