Amazon.com Debuts “Customers Compare” eCommerce Feature

Friday, January 11th, 2008 by Garrick Schmitt

One of the most interesting ecommerce features to pop-up on Amazon.com in recent weeks is the very, very slick "Customers Compare" feature which allows consumers to not only browse by "most popular" but also get personalized recommendations after voting on a series of products. There are essentially four different ways to ...

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 ...

“Clown Co.” Or Future of Digital Media?

Monday, November 26th, 2007 by Garrick Schmitt

There's been a ton of hype, cynicism and general web chatter about the promise of Hulu.com, the joint online video network from NBC Universal and Fox since the mid-summer announcement of the service. TechCrunch notoriously dubbed the effort "Clown Co." and has been skeptical about any success since NBC pulled ...

Design Annuals: Where is the Web?

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007 by Mia Northrop

The Institute of Contemporary Art Boston is showcasing the exhibition Design Life Now, a Cooper-Hewitt original, which focuses on design highlights of the last three years across architecture, new technologies, furniture, product, animation, graphics and more. Wandering the galleries I was waiting to come across at least one contribution from the ...

A Double Shot of Amazon.com

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007 by Garrick Schmitt

Shot #1: Amazon.com Redesign One of the biggest surprises this past week was the redesign of Amazon.com -- a pretty bold leap forward for the online retailer even though the graphic language has a bit too much 2.0-ness for my taste. While I haven't had time to fully digest it all, ...