2018

Weekly News Roundup March 5-March 10

Authors: Alexandra White & Sean Smith 47.3 Million U.S. Adults Have Access to a Smart Speaker, Report Says The number of smart speaker users has grown to 20% of the U.S. adult population in just two years. Smart speaker use has grown exponentially faster than its digital counterparts, like television use and even internet use. Amazon […]

Preview - Empowering Girls With Tech: Breaking Barriers

  Liz is Co-CEO and Head of Design at Webjunto, a user-experience-focused design and development company based in Philadelphia. Liz has a passion for both research and design. Over the past 15 years, she has worked on a wide range of projects including research on motivation theory, cognitive learning theory, and user experience.   After […]

Preview: America's Code: Open Sourcing Government Software

Alvand “Alvin” Salehi is a Senior Technology Advisor at the White House and the co-founder of Code.gov, the nation’s primary platform for sharing and improving government software. He also serves as a research affiliate at Harvard Law School, where he explores the impact of open source software on economic efficiency, code security, and tech innovation […]

Social Media Week Austin: Feb. 26–28

On Feb. 26-28, Best Practice Media presented the Social Media Week Austin (#SMWATX) conference with innovative professionals in digital careers. This was the second year Austin has held one of the many Social Media Week conferences, which are also held in New York, Los Angeles, London, and Chicago, with the theme of celebrating human connectivity […]

Preview: Designers Who Broke the Internet

John S. Couch is the Vice President of UX and Design at Hulu(hulu.com). With a rich background in entertainment, Couch has worked with companies like eBay and CBS, and is also fluent in Japanese. He’s lived in places all over the world including Europe and Japan, until he made his home in California. He will […]