01.21.10
Posted by Stacy in Books, Business, Design, Development, Digital Publishing, Mobile
Are you are one of the many who proverbially turned the page by switching to a Kindle for reading this past year? Well, by opening up the Kindle platform to third-party app developers, Amazon has made some significant efforts to remain competitive with Apple, its line of iPhones, and the much-rumored tablet that is supposedly…
01.12.10
It's free: get a cameo in a video podcast, meet cool people in new media, learn a few things, and TASTE SOME BEER. Join us for our…Read more »
01.08.10
Posted by Tim Frick in Mobile
Imagine if you could hold your iPhone up to a building and it would tell you not only what is inside the building such as stores, restaurants, and so on, but also who is in the building and what they are saying. What if it also gave you information on items inside the building that were on sale or what reservation times were free at your favorite restaurant? Well, an architecture firm in Tokyo has created a building in Tokyo that comes with its own iPhone app that puts all this information and more at your fingertips.
01.07.10
Posted by Stacy in Business, Digital Marketing, Digital Publishing, News, Security, Social Media
Facebook Community Council: Citizen’s Patrol
Using users to monitor the facebooksphere for ‘ethically offensive material.’
I, for one, love Facebook. Yes, it has its glitches here and there and can quickly become like a DVR inbox of “to-friends” or “to communicate” lists, but all in all, it has eliminated the need for me to spend 30 minutes on the phone catching up with each friend every once in a while.
On-going privacy setting tweaks aren’t so bad, though it helps to stay on top of managing them for personal and business pages. Otherwise, all your posts and information could potentially go über-viral. At moments I do wonder if all my personal photos (and those taken of me in public venues) are tagged with deliciously insightful personal information and stored away on some server that could be purchased by the government one day (thank goodness I am pure and innocent).
Earlier this year, Facebook took some flack for not removing pages posted by the Holocaust Denial Movement. So when the social monolith announced its Facebook Community Council—whose goal…
01.01.10
Posted by Tim Frick in Books, Web Design
Web design pundits Smashing Magazine’s foray into print publishing offers a great set of best practices and general design concepts invaluable to those on the interface side of creating websites. These folks have consistently offered content of exceptional quality since launching in September 2006 and this book stays true to the high standards for which they have become known. After waiting nearly two months for our copy of the book due, apparently, to some glitches in the overseas printing process, I can honestly say the wait was worth it.
12.29.09
Posted by Tim Frick in Flash, Mobile, Programming, Web Design
In a roundabout way, Adobe has finally figured out how to get Flash content on the iPhone. No, it’s not an iPhone-specific version of the Flash Player like we’ve all been expecting for years now. Instead, the company recently announced that Creative Suite 5 will support exporting iPhone apps from Flash.
12.17.09
Posted by Stacy in Digital Marketing, Education, Social Media
In the spirit of giving, Mightybytes donated to World Wildlife Fund in honor of our clients, friends and family this year for the holidays. This gift is already hard at work protecting endangered species, preserving threatened spaces, protecting habitats, and addressing global threats such as deforestation. Contributions help WWF build the resources necessary to carry out conservation programs which focus on establishing and managing parks, training and equipping park rangers, guards and anti-poaching teams and helping to meet the needs of local people without destroying natural resources. Keep reading to see recent WWF efforts and ways you can help too…
11.29.09
Posted by Tim Frick in Books, Business, Digital Marketing
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.
11.19.09
Posted by Stacy in Arts, Design, Process, Web Design
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.
11.18.09
Posted by Tim Frick in Mobile, Web Design
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.
11.18.09
Posted by Stacy in Animation, Digital Marketing, Digital Publishing, Social Media, Video Production
We joined the troops on Vidly today by posting our demo reel: http://vidly.com/bH5X
11.16.09
Posted by Tim Frick in Books, Digital Marketing, Social Media
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 »
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