The Swine Flu is big news… and for good reason. This potentially deadly strain – a mix of pig, bird, and human viruses – is spreading across the globe. More cases are being reported every hour it seems. Health experts don’t seem to have much to offer in terms of definite information. Fear and uncertainty […]
We Media’s Brian Reich and I were wondering, based on the Game Changer Award winners, what would be the attributes that would not only win today’s Pitch It! presenters some of the available funding, but also see them be the Game Changers a couple/few years from now. A few things have marked the Game Changers, […]
It seems to me that if we want to get the economy back on track, we are going to have to do it ourselves. So what is stopping us? It appears that Congress has finally reached an agreement on the economic stimulus bill. I am told this is great news. I hope you will forgive […]
It’s rare that a blog post is so personal, or powerful, or relevant, or honest, or dignified… whatever that special quality is… that it re-defines the whole medium for me. But it happens.
[We like to use, celebrate and design products that are both useful and beautiful. Here’s the first in an occasional series of quick tips for improving your designs. Add yours in the comments or in a guest post.] Here are two tools I use to help select and code the right colors for my designs. […]
This spring we noted the launch and alpha testing of SocialMedian, a new link aggregator that five months ago looked something like a more social version of delicious or Diigo. It has been undergoing continuous development since then – and the newest release should be especially noteworthy for bloggers, researchers, journalists, marketers and activists. If […]
I’m trying to speed up my blogging – and here, ta-da, I’m writing my first post with a Firefox extension called ScribeFire Blog Editor. It isn’t new – it’s been downloaded more than 1.7 million times. But it’s new for me. I’ve long heard about Flock, a browser that’s supposed to be great for bloggers. […]