Mitch Joel's post on how touch is changing the game of how we interact with technology has got me thinking about the logical next step for touch interfaces: a surface that responds to our touch in ways we can feel. Somebody is bound to invent a screen that can touch us back. Fingertips' thousands ...
Category Archives: Technology
Idea: Proxy Widget to Make Every blog and web site a force for freedom
What if every blog and web site could be a proxy server helping people with censored access to the internet to see everything? What if all you had to do was install a little swatch of code on your site and voila--you could help advance the cause of an open, uncensored internet? There are these cool ...
Twitter at conferences is here to stay
In what may only be a sly little bit of linkbait, Joseph Jaffe calls for a ban on Twitter at conferences. It's an issue that's been bobbing around since the Great Keynote Meltdown at High Ed Web 2009 in October and danah boyd's hard time at the Web 2.0 Expo last month. ...
Shut up and listen: Social Media is not your new megaphone
You've heard social networking is the next big thing for businesses. It's the future of communications, PR and marketing. If you don't want to fall behind, experts say, you better get on Twitter, set up a Facebook fan page, create a YouTube channel. You gotta start pumping out updates, funny videos, and podcasts to ...
Redesign Guidelines for 2010
Now that I'm using this site more actively, it's time for a redesign that can support the site's expanding role as a hub for my work in marketing strategy, branding, and social media. My post about what screensize to design for helps to frame a lot of the points below. To make sure I ...
Study: Cellphones and online social networking improve connections to others, decrease isolation
A new report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project suggests that contrary to earlier concerns about the effects of technology, the internet and mobile phones are decreasing, not increasing social isolation. The findings challenge the notion that technology pulls people away from social engagement. Contrasting with results of a 2006 study [PDF] ...
How wide should my home page be? Revisiting screen and viewport size
How wide to design for? My data on viewport sizes show the quick answer is 960 pixels, but as you'll see, you should pay as much attention to the height of your main content as the width. You want the important content on your web pages to be visible to visitors without them having to scroll, ...