It's been a week since the Iranian government announced President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's landslide election victory over popular reformist candidate Mirhossein Mousavi, which sparked lasting, national demonstrations. Protesters believe the election results are fraudulent, and see this moment as an opportunity for change, or perhaps revolution.
Certainly, if a revolution is possible, ...
The Facebook Blog reports one of the fruits of their most recent "Hackathon" (an all-night coding extravaganza) is a cool visualization system that displays all the interactions between users on Facebook. Check out their nifty demo video to see what "Palatir" is all about.
Jake and Amir, my favorite online comedy duo, produced a video called "Twitter," giving me the perfect excuse to share their unique brand of humor on this blog.
Read Amir's Twitter page here: "jakeandamir"
In case you're unfamiliar with Twitter, it's not "an online place that you keep your secrets." In fact, ...
I apologize for going so long without a post. A new website, Remix America, has kept me busy. It's like YouTube for the political realm, but with some advanced features.
You can either upload original video content, or remix other works. The site organizers have amassed a collection of contemporary and ...
This years Olympic events are, for the first time ever, being provided in full on the internet via NBC's website. This is truly great for someone like me, who in years past has had a hard time keeping pace with the Olympics.
Every event. In full. High quality, and streamed right ...
Someone tell me. I'm guessing Facebook started it.
Web design often differs between global cultures, but blue appears to represent social media on websites prominent in the U.S., Europe, South America, and Asia. Interestingly, when blue is not used prominently, a black/red motif seems popular. (YouTube, MetroFLOG, Netlog, Bebo, Tagged, Media ...
I use Google Alerts to stay on top of my company's image in the news and blogosphere. I automatically recieve an e-mail every time something new pops up, so rarely do I have to navigate to a search page and look for myself. Using Google Reader, I also use an ...
Here is a cool new use for all those pictures we all have on our various social networking sites.
Animoto.com is a web application that creates MTV-style videos with the click of a button.
Users simply choose a song and images. Animoto then automatically generates a unique video for them. No two ...
With few exceptions, it is safe to say that the goal of creating a successful social network is to generate profit. While it is tricky to create a thriving social network, it seems to be even harder to make money off of it. This task has proven to be difficult ...
