Archive for 2009
Average teens don’t use Twitter
An interesting post on Teens and what they think/use for social media networks. Some information is just about teens themselves, but worth a read for the Twitter info… I was surprised to find that email is deader than ever among teens. As more of their parents and teachers are getting on Facebook (or MySpace), they see little reason to email with anyone. Thus, email is increasingly needed for having an account on various sites and for getting access to or sending attachments. But even when teens do use email for “work”, they do not use it for social purposes. …Many teens... [read more]
Wolfram|Alpha…the anti-Google?
WIRED Epicenter has an article on the new search engine called Wolfram|Alpha being released this month that will challenge Google in the search arena… The product of four years of development, Alpha is an engine for answers. Its ambition is to delve into “all the knowledge in the world,” Wolfram says, to find and calculate information. Though Alpha’s interface evokes Google ― whose co-founder Sergey Brin once spent a summer interning for Wolfram ― it’s more like the anti-Google. Type in a query for a statistic, a profile of a country or company, the average airspeed of a sparrow... [read more]
Media browser for kids
I’m testing out a new media browser called KIDO’Z with my son, and think its good enough to pass along here. I found out about it through TechCrunch, here’s the blurb from their newsletter: KIDO’Z is a pretty nifty Adobe AIR-powered desktop browser app that gives kids a safe and fun environment to play games, watch videos and/or visit pre-approved websites. When you first install the AIR app as a parent, you can configure the age and gender of your offspring as well as your location and preferred language (there are 17 available). What’s nice is that all these settings are... [read more]
WebPub Presents…Web Apps: The Collision of Design and Business with Jared Spool
May 28, 2009 Topic: Web Apps: The Collision of Design and Business Speaker: Jared Spool, UIE Time: 12:00p–1:00p Location: 46-3001 Who has the best practices for web app design and what do they do to make world-class applications? Jared will share the latest research in the techniques and methodologies that can make a huge difference. Thousands of sites have the same web app: the e-commerce checkout process. They all do essentially the same thing: exchange the site’s products for the customer’s money, simultaneously arranging for delivery and payment. Yet, every single one is... [read more]
Access Oriented Web Design with Scott Jehl
“Access-Oriented Web Design” is an approach for safely applying progressive enhancement in websites and applications so they deliver an accessible and functional experience to the widest audience possible. Web design guru Scott Jehl from Boston’s The Filament Group discussed “Access-Oriented Web Design: Building highly-interactive web apps that work for everyone” at our April 2009 WebPub presentation. Scott specializes in website design and development, is a member of the jQuery and jQuery UI design teams, and runs WriteMaps, an application for planning websites.... [read more]
