11.29.09

Are You a Trust Agent?

Posted by Tim Frick in Books, Business, Digital Marketing

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Part Psychology textbook, part business manual, part to do list, part philosophical manifesto, and mostly just an overall good read, Chris Brogan and Julien Smith’s Trust Agents guides you (in six easy steps, no less) toward a better and more enlightened approach to making the social web work for you.

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11.19.09

Mightybytes’ Joy Burke Designs ‘Spooners’ Font

Posted by Stacy in Arts, Design, Process, Web Design

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Joy Burke has created her very first font, entitled “Spooners.” To help showcase her creation, she designed a sample poster for the upcoming Big Holiday Show featuring The Flaming Lips. The poster will be presented at the gallery opening this Friday. See a preview of the font and exhibition information in the full blog post here.

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11.18.09

Make your Blog iPhone-friendly in a Few Easy Steps

Posted by Tim Frick in Mobile, Web Design

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This morning I ran across WPTouch from Brave New Code and admittedly was a bit dubious when the company claimed it could make my WordPress blog iPhone-friendly with just a few clicks. But lo and behold, that’s all it took and the result was super impressive.

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11.18.09

Vidly.com and Twitter Combo: Digital Video Marketing

Posted by Stacy in Animation, Digital Marketing, Digital Publishing, Social Media, Video Production

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We joined the troops on Vidly today by posting our demo reel: http://vidly.com/bH5X

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11.16.09

From Tupperware Parties to Facebook: Adam L. Penenberg’s Viral Loop

Posted by Tim Frick in Books, Digital Marketing, Social Media

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What do Tupperware parties, Ponzi schemes, Hot or Not and Facebook all have in common? According to Adam L. Penenberg’s new book Viral Loop, they all used the power of referral networks to grow at lightning speed and, in the case of online businesses, achieve multi-million and sometimes billion dollar valuations in record time. Throughout the book, Penenberg explores how Paypal, Bebo, eBay, Rock You, Flickr, Facebook, Twitter, Skype and several others caught the wave of viral coefficients and rode it to internet wealth and fame, sometimes in the space of only a month or two. If you read Fast Company, Inc., Wired or any other business pubs you’ve likely heard…Read more »

11.12.09

Lessons in Creativity II: Tonight’s Neo-Futurists Event

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Get inspired tonight Chicago at The Neo-Futurists Event, Lessons in Creativity. Find out how The Neo-Futurists, home of the longest running show in Chicago, Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind, create new work every week. This event includes a reception, performance and post-show presentation of how The Neos work. Details: Nov. 12, 2009 7p.m. to 10p.m. Neo-Futurarium 5153 N Ashland Ave Chicago, IL 60640 Buy tickets Check out our prior conversation with The Neo-Futurists about creative process. Enjoy the show!  

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11.11.09

Arts Engagement Exchange Release

“ARTS ENGAGEMENT EXCHANGE” PROVIDES CHICAGO ART COMMUNITY NEW ONLINE AUDIENCE BUILDING RESOURCES Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago Community Trust & Mightybytes, Inc. Create Web Destination…Read more »

11.10.09

Social Media News: LinkedIn integrates with Twitter

Posted by Stacy in Digital Marketing, Digital Publishing, News, Social Media

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LinkedIn and Twitter announce the integration of status updates, where users can set up their accounts to post status updates across both outlets in real-time. The feature begins tonight and rolls out gradually over the next couple of days. How to do it LinkedIn: check the Twitter box under the Network Updates box and click through the brief set-up process. Twitter: Choose to send all or your selected tweets only to LinkedIn as a status update. If you choose selected tweets, you must add the #li or #in hashtag to each tweet to post to LinkedIn. Allen Blue writes on the LinkedIn blog, “LinkedIn has always been about helping you to…Read more »

11.06.09

Post-Twitter Hack: Social Engagement Guidelines

Posted by Stacy in Business, Digital Marketing, Digital Publishing, Security, Social Media

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A follow-up to yesterday’s post on our Twitter phishing hack. Here’s how we all pick up and proceed with caution. What to do next? Our Own Little Social Engagement Guidelines (aka: How to Clean Up and Not Feel Dirty After Getting Hacked on Twitter) 1. Clean thyself. Follow the Twitter Compromised Account settings changes. 2. Notify your partners. Immediately put a status message warning about it. 3. Don’t rush. Take time to read messages and notice URLs. Gregg Jaffe of Big Teeth Productions says “Those of us getting hacked are not the type to fall for a Nigerian million dollar bank account email, but with the speed at which Twitter travels…Read more »

11.05.09

Twitter Phishing Hacks: What to Do

Posted by Stacy in Digital Marketing, News, Security, Social Media

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Twitter hacks have been on the rise since October and here are the things to do to protect yourself or recover from a hack immediately: - log out of twitter - clear your cache - close your browser - log back in - change your password - deactivate suspect connections. We feel dirty cause we got hacked on Twitter. How do clean-living, intelligent, digital-savvy folks get hacked? It happens. Our wake-up call this morning was mobile notifications that we (but not us) sent a Twitter DM about an IQ quiz with an unusual shortened link. Thankfully, our posts are about technology and web trends, not IQ quizzes, so most people recognized…Read more »

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11.03.09

2009 Davey Awards

Our animation demo reel received a 2009 Davey Award from the International Academy of the Visual Arts. The Davey Awards focus exclusively on “honoring the creative…Read more »

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