January 2009
Dutch marketing and design firm Spranq has come up with a great idea: a font that saves both money and the environment by cutting ink usage by up to 20%. And the new font, called the Ecofont, is... Read More
Twitblogs is an interesting development, now in alpha testing, designed for “long winded” Twitter life streamers. It allows any Twitter user to either tweet normally, or opt for more "macro"... Read More
Recently social bookmarking site Ma.gnolia experienced startup hell: complete and possibly irreversible data loss. That brings up an interesting discussion topic. What's the best way to manage... Read More
Most of the world's more than 1 billion net users come from wealthy nations and there is a growing divide between those who have access and those who don't. At this point, just making access... Read More
Adobe announced today at their developer conference in Japan that they've reached 100 million installs of the AIR runtime, and that Flash Player 10 penetration has his 55% in just two months.Read More
There have been a few different attempts at making advertising work on Twitter, and so far, none of them have succeeded. The Branch has a new approach to Twitter advertising that just might work:... Read More
Not every webmaster or site owner has the time and/or resources for in depth SEO. Even those that do would be well advised to employ Wall’s new toolbar for spot checks, SEO quality control, keyword... Read More
The WhiteHouse.gov site is CC licensing all its material, and if you peek behind the covers (view source), you will see some RDFa. Granted it is a small start, but it is a start.Read More
It’s quiz time again and this around we’ve got a double hot prize up for grabs! One lucky quiz participant is going to walk away with their very own copy of Adobe CS4 Web Premium AND Flex... Read More
Google has long been an advocate for network neutrality in the US, and their latest salvo in the effort to make sure ISPs must treat all traffic equally is the backing of a new lab that provides... Read More
While the rest of the world watches revenue shrink, Netflix just reported profits surge 45% and their subscriber base continues to grow. How do they do it? CEO Reed Hastings shares his keys to... Read More
Entertonement raised $5 million in venture capital money for their sound clip database, and has grown steadily over the past 5 or 6 months. How have they done it with little to no advertising or... Read More
How would you like the opportunity to write daily on topics you are passionate about, the ability to work from home with autonomy, and directly influence the front page content on one of the most... Read More
It's not every day that a traditional publisher takes a previously printed book and puts it on Wikipedia for anyone to edit. But that's exactly what publisher O'Reilly did this week with a book... Read More
