Monthly Archives: January 2009
01.30.2009

Twestival Music

Josh Damon Williams

It was bound to happen. Open up a global channel for unmoderated conversation, and sooner or later people are going to want to take the interactions to meatspace. Besides, there’s only some much communication people can really have 140 character at a time, though the Twitter community has certainly…

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01.28.2009

Cause Marketing and Social Responsibility – Kellogg Marketing Conference

Rajan Dev
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It was very cold in Chicago last weekend (temperatures in the single-digits), but the reception at the Kellogg Marketing Conference – Consumer 2.0 was extremely warm!

I had been invited to participate on a panel entitled, “When Your Customer’s Cause Becomes Your Own.” The panel was moderated by Keecia Broy…

Posted in: Asides, Business, Design, Social Media, Social Responsibility, Strategy, Sustainability
01.28.2009

Tap that interface: Dan Saffer’s IxDA talk on Gestural Interfaces

Josh Damon Williams
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In 1985, author William Gibson coined the word “cyberspace” in his sci-fi novel “Neuromancer.” From there Gibson went on to write down his visions for a connected, advanced human future. But in his recent novels, “Pattern Recognition” and “Spook Country,” Gibson isn’t writing about the science…

Posted in: Design
01.27.2009

Our Web 2.0 President

Katrina Alcorn
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I’m just blown away with how Obama continues to use the web to communicate directly with The American People (me and you).

First he used the web to mobilize people during the campaign. And it helped him win.

Then he had change.gov to communicate with us during the transition.

Then…

Posted in: Design, Politics, UX
01.26.2009

Collaborating with Cisco on the Eos platform

Josh Damon Williams
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Everyone goes to sites like YouTube, MySpace, Hulu and Facebook when they want to check out what’s new and hot in entertainment. And there are plenty of other similar community sites where people can go to find and talk about the latest in TV, movies, and…

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