With the advances in techology, you would think that it’s easier to solve crimes today than it would have been 50 years ago. You’d be wrong! True crime writers, Michelle McNamara and Bill Jensen discussed some interesting statistics about crime solving and the role of social media and crowd sourcing when it comes to solving […]
With the ever increasing popularity of Twitter and the rise of video and image based social media such as SnapChat and Instagram, it’s natural to wonder if in fact human language is disappearing and evolving into pictures. This answer is – no. The truth of the matter is emoticons and emojis are the origins of language […]
Josh COnstine of Techcrunch sat down with David Byttow on why we need more anonymous social networks and to talk about his new app secret which has only been live for thirty five days. Secret allows you to share secrets within your network of of facebook friends and twitter followers but doesn’t allow you to […]
Wiki Leaks founder Julian Assange skyped into to SXSW. The talk was led by Benjamin Palmer co-founder of the digital agency “The Barbarian Group.” The talk was unfortunately plagued with technical difficulties and Benjamin was forced to text Julian questions as the sound on one side was out. Assange spoke on how twenty-somethings are more […]
Leyla Dailey and Molly Garris of Leo Burnett brought up the topic of the mobile mom and how to effectively market to them. They interactively got the audience involved, asking for their marketing expertise, playing out scenarios, and strategizing with attendees. The bottom line is, moms need a D.A.T.E. DEALS ACCESS TIME ENTERTAINMENT After going […]
One is the biggest name in data journalism. The other is the biggest name in sports writing. Nate Silver and Bill Simmons are now both under the ESPN umbrella. In fact, Silver announced today he will relaunch his FiveThirtyEight site with ESPN in less than ten days. Read my Storify recap for more. [View the […]
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