On Muxtape, Twitter, and the Future of Web Services and Platforms

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 by Garrick Schmitt

My favorite web service of 2008 is Muxtape which, inspired the analog mix tape cassette culture of the 80s and 90s, allows users to create their own mixes — typically 12 songs — upload the files, sequence the songs and post. One of the pure joys of the service is ...

The Web Agency: There Will Be Blood…Or Not?

Thursday, March 13th, 2008 by Garrick Schmitt

And if there is going to be blood in the digital agency world, who's blood will it be? That was the question (or more accurately "questions") that hung over the SXSW panel that I spoke on at this year's conference in Austin, Texas. The answer was far from clear, however. The ...

2007 Digital Retrospective: Social platforms, mobile mania and open APIs

Friday, January 4th, 2008 by Dawa Riley

In order make big predictions regarding what innovations might occur within our industry moving forward, it is useful to look back at the past. The following acknowledges some of the 2007's biggest achievements. The Facebook Platform In May this year, Facebook released its "Platform" or software environment which allowed third party ...