Monday, June 30th, 2008 by Garrick Schmitt
We have hit the halfway point in 2008. So, as we start to gear-up for the July 4th holiday weekend (and put the Digital Design Blog on a short vacation), I thought it would be good to review the top posts of the year, so far:
1. IA Summit 2008: User-Centered ...
Tags: 2008, akqa, IA, jared spool, july 4th, mint.com, muxtape, rga, tag clouds, top 10, top 12, twitter, under the radar, user centered design, ux, zui
Posted in Advertising, Digital Consumer Behavior, Reviews, Social Media, Web 2.0 | No Comments »
Thursday, June 19th, 2008 by Garrick Schmitt
This week I appeared on a marketing-focused panel, called Marketing S.O.S!, at Supernova '08 in San Francisco. Joining me were Kuiumarse Zamanian formerly from Yahoo! and now at Glam Media, Kerry Chrapliwy from Hewlett-Packard, Deborah Schultz formerly from SixApart and Hugh MacLeod, a well-known blogger and pundit. Howard Greenstein moderated.
It ...
Tags: Advertising, apple, blendtec, hp, jay-z, mini, nike, sixapart, Social Media, twitter, viral, will it blend, wom, yahoo, zappos
Posted in Advertising, Digital Branding, Social Media | 1 Comment »
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 ...
Tags: api, beta, custom search, developers, facebook, google, jetblue, muxfind, muxseek, muxtape, platforms, services, southwest airlines, tweetscan, twhirl, twitter, web, zappos
Posted in Advertising, Design Tactics, Digital Consumer Behavior, Social Media, Technology, Web 2.0 | 3 Comments »
Sunday, May 11th, 2008 by Julia Debari
If I mention Apple, the first person that pops into most people's minds is Steve Jobs. If I mention Microsoft it is Bill Gates. They are the force behind these larger than life brands. What happens when they leave (as Bill Gates has and Steve Jobs did for a while)? ...
Tags: apple, barista, brand, brands, consumers, digital, ecosystem, google, interactions, micro, microsoft, starbucks, twitter, Web 2.0, yelp
Posted in Digital Branding, Digital Consumer Behavior | 8 Comments »
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 by Lindsay Wong
1. Home Tweet Home: Energy-Savvy House Broadcasts on Twitter
What is it? A small number of nerdy homeowners are combining Web 2.0 and eco-consciousness. An increasing number of people are installing monitors on their houses that broadcast live tweets (or Twitter posts) about the physical environment in and around where they ...
Tags: canadians, mobile sweets, new music west, nike, niketown, twitter, twittering house, virtual vancouver
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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 by Garrick Schmitt
Advertisers are starting to move, en masse, towards Twitter but is it too small to matter? Southwest Airlines and JetBlue have taken the lead and Zappos.com uses the service ardently. Last week, in the throes of the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, I had a great conversation ...
Tags: Analytics, business, cnn, data, fast company, forbes, forbes.com, hitwise, jetblue, onion, southwest airlines, swa, twitter, twitter stats, web usage, zappos
Posted in Advertising, Analytics, Digital Consumer Behavior, Web 2.0 | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 by Lindsay Wong
Every week we send out updates on emerging media trends across Avenue A | Razorfish. Now we've decided to share them with you as well. Here's the first in an ongoing series:
1. unlike.net - Alternative Online City Guides (startup site)
What is it? Unlike.net is a new series of online city ...
Tags: flickr, killer startups, media, messaging, read write web, Social Media, twitter, twittermethis, unlike, unlike.net, video, viral, viral marketing, wired, wom
Posted in Social Media, Web 2.0 | No Comments »
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