Archive for October 2007
Blogger Wins Defamation Suit
Posted by: kegill on: 31 October 2007
A South Carolina US District Court Judge threw out a defamation lawsuit filed against a blogger who “published articles on the internet critical of the Plaintiffs’ business.” Here is the key section of this 16-page ruling:
[In] determining whether Smith was engaged in news reporting or in news commentating, the court has applied the functional analysis [...]
Digital Native Commentary
Posted by: kegill on: 31 October 2007
Karl Fisch, an educator who developed Shift Happens, describes the world inhabited by his seven-year old daughter, contrasted with his world at seven:
Her world at seven: cell phone with free long distance, laptop, wireless broadband access, interactive web-based software. (And if I’d brought a webcam they could’ve videoconferenced as well.)
My world at seven: wired phone [...]
Blacklist This Marketing Firm
Posted by: kegill on: 31 October 2007
I’m being spammed.
I know it’s probably gauche to be POed or annoyed at spam as 2007 comes to a close, but I am.
The firm? Health Care Audio Info.
HealthCareAudioInfois a marketing and information company representing [...]
“Experience Is the Product”
Posted by: kegill on: 29 October 2007
SlideShare is featuring a presentation on experience design from Peter Merholz from AdaptivePath. Good points about the importance of simplicity. (And how hard that is to achieve.) Good branding for his firm, too. [Hint: watch fullscreen. If anyone can tell me how to hear the sound, I'm all ears (no pun intended!).]
Smartphone Isn’t
Posted by: kegill on: 28 October 2007
My Windows Mobile Blackjack (Cingular/AT&T) announced, when I woke it up today, that it (Windows Mobile took credit) had reset my time back an hour because of Daylight Savings Time (DST). I thought that was a little strange, because I didn’t think it was this weekend.
But I was happy to have snagged an extra hour [...]
AP “Great Ideas” 2007
Posted by: kegill on: 28 October 2007
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The Associated Press Managing Editors has released the 2007 Great Ideas as a PDF. Download the entire document or by chapter. Here’s Chapter 7: Online and MultiMedia (pdf). Tip: Guy Kawasaki via Twitter.
Halloween Guide To Zombies
Posted by: kegill on: 24 October 2007
From my friend Lee LeFever at CommonCraft. Prepare to giggle!
Great Use of Google Maps
Posted by: kegill on: 23 October 2007
- In: Convergence| Web/Tech| Web2.0
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KPBS has created a Google Map of the San Diego County wildfires. They show open and closed evacuation centers, large animal evacuation. They also have a feed on Twitter.
The KPBS map has more info than the LA Times map.
With either map, click on an icon to find out more information about that location. Great [...]
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