Rich Media + Analytics
Adobe acquires web-metrics firm Omniture...now what?
17 Aug
Epic Fail: Bank of America’s iPhone Efforts Are Really, Really Lame
Epic Fail: Bank of America’s iPhone Efforts Are Really, Really Lame
We were expecting banking giant Bank of America to hit this one out of the park. Boy were we wrong. If they awarded razzies for apps, BofA would sweep the "total disappointment" category.
01 Aug
Proximity In Practice: Location-Aware Services Are Coming of Age (Finally)
Proximity In Practice: Location-Aware Services Are Coming of Age (Finally)
Applications that harness real-time location data bring new and exciting capabilities to the mobile experience. A new crop of smart, connected, and location-aware apps are exploding on the scene, and will remake searching, mobile retailing, and social networking.
12 May
To Follow or Not To Follow, That Is My Twitter Dilemma
To Follow or Not To Follow, That Is My Twitter Dilemma
As an information source, it's hard to beat Twitter's massive crowdsourced filtering of web content. The core of this experience is the stream of updates from the people you follow, just like the news feed in Facebook (without the ads).
06 Apr
Larry Lessig on Consumer Generated Content
Larry Lessig on Consumer Generated Content
The Internet's own libertarian hold forth at the TED conference.
20 Mar
God Bless Dave Eggers: TED2008 Prize Winner
God Bless Dave Eggers: TED2008 Prize Winner
Kinda restores our faith in humanity.
19 Mar
The Revolution Will Not Be Sync’d: Google Calendar-Outlook Sync Comes Up Short
The Revolution Will Not Be Sync’d: Google Calendar-Outlook Sync Comes Up Short
Collaborating across organizational boundaries, especially when those boundaries are defined by Outlook-Exchange, remains a friction-filled exercise in frustration.
16 Mar
New Crush: Nicole Atkins Is Our “Shore Thing”
New Crush: Nicole Atkins Is Our “Shore Thing”
We tend to fall in love easily.
27 Feb
TED@Aspen
TED@Aspen
A mixed day; lots of excitement going in so the reality is always a bit less than anticipated. Looking at my the volume of my notes, a few fascinating speakers stand out:
18 Feb
On the Pitfalls of “Big Bang” IT Initiatives
On the Pitfalls of “Big Bang” IT Initiatives
A great deal of attention is being focused on social media in the enterprise ( "Enterprise 2.0"). McKinsey, IBM, SocialText, and Forrester are all touting the benefits of social computing for solving business problems.
18 Feb
WPP Digital Innovation @ Retail Conference
WPP Digital Innovation @ Retail Conference
This week in Santa Monica, WPP is hosting the Digital Innovation at Retail event (registration here). The event is designed to bring together clients and agencies within the agency network to focus on big ideas and trends that affect retailers.
11 Feb
Upcoming Event: Why Social Media Matters in B2B
Upcoming Event: Why Social Media Matters in B2B
Sean O'Driscoll is the invited speaker this week at VML's Seattle office, part our "Lunch and Learn" series (tho this one is taking place at 9am so its more of a "Bagels and Brainstorm" or "Coffee and Powerpoint" kinda thing).
10 Feb
TED@Aspen 2008
TED@Aspen 2008
The TED Conference is starting in a couple weeks, and we at Bigfathuge are getting mentally ready. The TED organizers sent out books (links posted later) for advance reading. Sheesh! Homework for a conference?! We haven't felt the need to cram for finals like this since freshman philosophy with Dr. Richard De George.
01 Feb
Networking Done Right: The TED Conference Exemplar
Networking Done Right: The TED Conference Exemplar
Leave it to the TED Conference folks to reinvent conference networking.