by • August 27, 2008
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While we spend days, weeks and months molding and shaping the business strategy of our clients to fit the brave new digital world, we rarely stop to gaze at the starry sky of the digital medium itself. It’s easy to dismiss the universe when change…
by • August 27, 2008
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Anna Eagar was just a regular pizza delivery girl in Utah, trying to make a buck and keep a low profile when she knocked on State Senator Curt Bramble’s front door. That was the moment that both their lives got a lot more complicated. Senator…
by • August 20, 2008
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Last week, LinkedIn launched its company directory, after several months in beta testing. The directory allows users to search companies by industry, location and company size and provides a variety of key statistics related to that industry that is aggregated from the profiles of users…
by • August 15, 2008
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Tomorrow Yahoo! Brazil is introducing a new version of their homepage, http://br.yahoo.com/, and is trying out an unusual method of promoting it — creating their own lunar eclipse. Well, at least that’s how they’re billing it. Here’s a video of Yahoo! co-founder Jerry Yang explaining…
by • August 14, 2008
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I know I’ve ranted and raved about Digg and Reddit a lot lately, but some really exciting things are happening in the social news aggregation space. Unfortunately, we still don’t have a better name for this stuff than “social news aggregation,” but the term “digg-clone”…
by • August 14, 2008
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The British Heart Foundation took a unique approach at sharing their message about seeking help if you’re experiencing heart attach symptoms — a video starring actor Steven Berkoff. Graphic, unapologetic and raw, the BHF bills the video as, “The most important two minutes of TV…
by • August 14, 2008
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RSS is one of the most powerful new features of what is generally called “Web 2.0.” It’s also among the most mystifying and misunderstood. For starters, what does RSS stand for? It’s short for “Really Simple Syndication.” What does “syndication” mean on the Web? The…
by • August 6, 2008
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In a shocking display of media savvy and sound judgment, Paris Hilton today released this video announcing her candidacy for President of the United States. The video was issued in response to “wrinkly, white-haired guy” (a.k.a., John McCain’s) ad comparing her celebrity to that of…
by • August 4, 2008
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Recently, I was watching a man stand in line for lunch at a cafeteria. He stared at the platter of unfamiliar food before him, looked up at me warily and said “I’m going to stick to what I know,” before reaching for a turkey sandwich…