Quantifying the value of time spent blogging or commenting
Not on our site, but on political blogging sites. There is truly some useful content out there, and interesting points of views, I just wonder about the value of the time spent commenting on blogs. I...
View ArticleWeb 2.0 police - Chinese for "Open Privacy"
This article via Yahoo provides a nice glimpse into how "user-friendly" a police state can be. The cartoon images are scary to me, not cute, since they could mean death. I know that some programmer is...
View ArticleTips For Increasing Blog Readership and Subscribers
This is an interesting post about increasing blog readership through RSS and email subscriptions. One tip: "Popular bloggers will all say that to build a large dedicated following you must keep a blog...
View ArticleMamas For Obama in PA
Last year when we moved to Pittsburgh, PA we never thought that Pennsylvania would be so crucial in this year's democratic nomination process. We're an "Obama" family, so we decided to do what we could...
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"Look Ma, It's Me": Interface Design & The Joys of Real Time
I just tried to log-in to Edible Office, my urban farm blog, but ran up against the usual roadblocks caused by a combination of multiple virtual identities, internet mergers, and my...
View ArticleFind Us at NetSquared Next Week
Next week, Zoey and I will be at the NetSquared Conference in San Jose, CA and if you're one of the 350 lucky participants attending, we would love to connect with you! NetSquared is a two-day event of...
View ArticleWebsite Redesign Purgatory: Usability and CivicActions'"As Is" Site
I WANT YOU TO READ MORE The CivicActions team is in the process of redesigning our website at this very moment. In my role as information architect, I am helping to design the site's navigation and...
View ArticleThe Way We Work: Tweeting, Twining, Tumbling - Social Media and New Web Services
Recently I've been looking into new web2.0 and, I guess web3.0, and social media trends - sites and services that are popping up like mushrooms after a rain. I've found many interesting one and wanted...
View ArticleFun with Wordle
Inspired by Funny Monkey and their "Wordlizing" of their Knight Drupal Initiative application I decided to have a quick play myself. I thought it would be interesting to see what words CivicActions...
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