After Michael Steele became chairman of the Republican National Committee, he said he would not only have the Republican party catch up with the Democrats, but surpass them in the technological space. And one look at the old GOP.com could tell you that to do that they would have to start from scratch. “I’m not […]
Stephen Anderson gave an initial disclaimer when beginning his session, “The Art and Science of Seductive Interactions.” His background is in design, so his education in the actual ‘science’ part is minimal. He said he focuses on the art of seductive interactions, but that science does play an integral part (i.e. psychology, linguistics, neuroscience) in […]
I couldn’t have said it better myself…”journalism is a sausage factory. It’s messy, but at the end it’s delicious!” Those words led off the panel, “Process Journalism: Getting it First, While Getting it Right.” It was a discussion of the ability to break news stories using technology, using social media and using citizen journalists. Jesus Diaz […]
If you had 30 million page views a month, a deal with HBO for a weekly series and plans to start making movies, one would assume you had it all figured out. For funnyordie.com CEO Dick Glover and Creative Director Andrew Steele, they are still figuring it out. After over a decade of writing for […]
Web designers Kevin Hale, Mike McDerment, Victoria Ransom, and Ben Tilly all agree that it’s the little changes that count when you’re trying to improve your web site design interface. Anyone who wants to test two unique page interfaces can use an AB test. This test allows two users to navigate through the different versions […]
It’s time for the interactive community to get off its collective butt and do something to help build a more sustainable world, according to Sunday’s keynote speaker. Valerie Casey called the community to action at her presentation, “Designing a Movement: Integrating Sustainability Through Systems Thinking.” Casey is the founder and executive director of Designers Accord, […]
Amy Sample Ward, Beth Kanter, David Neff, Holly Ross, Kari Saratovsky all work for various nonprofit organizations that have an overall goal of fostering social change for social good. The panelists “crowd sourced” different people to find out exactly how nonprofit organizations are using social media. Kanter described crowd sourcing as “Getting ideas, content or […]