I was using Flickr the other day to upload and organize some pictures I took over the 4th of July weekend, and it got me thinking about how banks and credit card companies should be using tagging, and effective use of Ajax, to super-power their standard web-based service applications. So, that got me thinking about…
Month: July 2007
Weekend off
I’m taking the weekend to spend it with the in-laws, so posting might be light over the next two days. I might post up some more pictures if I get any good ones.
Second Life IA Summit Redux: Session Two
It’s going to be my first time attending a Second Life event. I already checked into Second Life, and “teleported” to IAI’s Info Architecture island to check things out. Next in the IA Summit Redux series is Peter Morville’s “Information Architecture 3.0.” Peter will deliver a 60 minute version of his preconference workshop tomorrow —…
Doctor’s Orders: At Least Once a Year
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } La Ceiba 120, originally uploaded by josuesierra. It’s a sure-fire way to get the creative juices flowing. My wife and I enjoyed a weekend at a small hotel outside La Ceiba,…
Perspective on the Susquehanna
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } 100_1530, originally uploaded by josuesierra. Here is a shot I took while boating on the Susquehanna this last July 4th week. We boated down the river to a nearby township to…
A look back to my recent vacation
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } La Ceiba 132, originally uploaded by josuesierra. My wife and I enjoyed a week of rest in the Central American country of Honduras, which included a weekend at Hotel Helen in…
Closer look at alternate-reality games
Earlier, I wrote about a mystery movie trailer I saw before the Transformers movie. It turns out it may be a part of a complex game-based buzz-marketing technique called Alternative Reality Games. The trailer reveals it’s for a 2008 Paramount film from wunderkind producer J.J. Abrams (“Felicity,” “Alias,” “Lost”), and virtually no other details, so…
TechCrunch: Slideshare Adds Audio Synchronization
Yay! I love SlideShare and now I like it even more. TechCrunch had the scoop. Tomorrow [today actually] they’ll announce a much-requested feature – synchronization of audio files with slides. This is a great additional feature. We’ve had lots of requests to upload presentation decks to Slideshare after I’ve spoken at conferences. Now, if I…
Tarquini : Blasting the Myth of the Fold
This was an interesting article for me as I come from a Journalism background. This article is a must read if you are involved in web layout design. It deals with the classic battle to place all the “good stuff” above the fold, which usually results in a crammed and cluttered layout. Stop worrying about…
A la carte Pricing for XM-Sirius?
Sam Diaz is covering news on the announced a la carte pricing if the proposed XM-Sirius merger goes through. It’s the one thing that Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin has been sweet on: a la carte pricing to give the consumers ultimate control over what they pay for. The cable companies have resisted –…
Ejovi: Lessons in poverty: Always ask
I have been following Ejovi Nuwere’s “Lessons in Poverty” series. Though I don’t always agree with his worldview, he has interesting first-hand experience and his life is certainly an inspiration for what is possible. In his latest post, he writes about the power of relationships, and a humble and simple request for help from someone…
Viral Marketing at Work
I saw the trailer for some mysterious movie or some sort of project — the trailer didn’t say what it was about. I got a sense it was for a Godzilla movie, but thats just my idea. Then I found this blog post. The rumors began when a trailer appeared in front of the movie…