Posted By gsteen - July 7, 2011
Last week Google unveiled Google+, its new social networking site, to a large but limited circle of technologists and journalists. The service seems to be designed to compete with both Facebook and Twitter, but targets Facebook more directly by attempting to supplant it as the center of online friendship. Everyone that tries Google+ seems to love it. Many tech writers have been raving about it in reviews and several people
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Posted By gsteen - June 23, 2011
In the olden days, advertising campaigns had a digital arm and a traditional arm. The TV spot would be akin to a short skit while the banner ads would replicate the idea with 100,000 pixels or so. The tightest integration would occur on the campaign microsite, where the TV spot could be viewed in a browser. Yes, the advertising industry was vastly different in 2006.
Today, traditional and digital advertising bleed
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Posted By gsteen - February 3, 2011
Thingd (pronounced “thing dee”) is organizing the world’s objects. To say “Facebook for things” would be an oversimplification, but it’s a good start. Imagine a comprehensive database of all commercially produced goods on earth. The information is primarily compiled by machines, but users can add objects as well. More often, users will find objects in the database and claim ownership or interest. The data can be used by services built
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