Creative & Digital | 12.04.06
Highlights in creative, digital and business news. Reads that I find interesting and informational about strategy, design, visualization, creative thinking, social media, visual media, and the collective web.
- The impact of an executive's word is immense, and if your execs aren't effective digital social networks, you're missing the boat. As I hammer out social media strategies and toolkits, one of the recommendations that's always included is reverse mentoring.
Managers Need to Up Their Game with Social MediaUsing social media to accomplish a meaningful purpose involves more than providing new technology and praying for success. Successful mas...- In light of my team's web redesign project – one aspect of which is a news page – these two Nieman Lab stories are compelling.
Nick Diakopolous: "computer science and journalism have a lot in common... They are both fundamentally concerned with information. Acquiring it, storing it, modifying it, presenting it. " Diakopolous identified 27 computing concepts that could apply to journalism
A new framework for innovation in journalism: How a computer scientist would do itWhat if journalism were invented today? How would a computer scientist go about building it, improving it, iterating it? He might start b...- A recent Pew study makes the case for going mobile (or at the very least, responsive in your web design), particularly if you provide "news"-like content.
News-to-go is here to stayFor anyone who can remember being floored by the mid-1980s Chrysler sedan that warned "your door is ajar" in delightful monotone, it's st...- This is BIG. Ustream had already integrated Facebook comments into chatter when viewing live events on their site. But that a live stream can now be dropped into a Facebook Timeline will only increase audience engagement and event visibility.
Ustream Bringing Live Video To Facebook TimelineLive video-streaming provider Ustream is integrating Facebook's timeline for profiles with the goal of allowing users of the social netwo...- And for those of us mulling over how to creatively use Instagram, here are some examples of how both the images are being used, as well as the Instagram API.One of the cool API applications it the overlaying of photos over a map.
- INSTAGRAM | Examples of how brands are using Instagr...Here are some more examples of how brands are using Instagram and our API to create compelling visual experiences for their fans. You can...
- Lastly, for those of us suffering week's end mental block... take a break. Re-energize, but away from your office.
Desks, Where Creativity Goes To Die | Fast CompanyAlong with many thousands of others, I attended SXSW this month. And while there, I learned some important lessons (other than "exercise ...
