As It Was (May 14th)
Here we go: Last week Zuckerberg took a hit for his college style attire and still made $10 Billion; RIM continued its struggles for relevance; Rovio is eyeing IPO, Foursquare is taking on Groupon; and Target tells the world it’s so over the break-up. Mark Zuckerberg, a social media billionaire famous for his ‘hoodie’ and sneaker [...]
As it Was
(A look at the world as it was on: May 5th 2012) We learned a few interesting this week as media and culture clashed. Former Titans clawed at the dirt to stay relevant, Kings announced trends everyone else already knew about, Stars tore their ACL’s and in the case of Pinterest – attempted [...]
The Power of Influence
Think about your actions on a daily basis and how they influence those around you.
The Man, The Brand: Tim Tebow
A look at How Tim Tebow can help your branding. (Yes, he can do everything)
Social Media Commenting
Recently, the topic of censorship in social media has been a topic of conversation in our office. The general consensus has been that people have a right to say what is on their mind as long as it doesn’t hurt someone else. I was going to write a blog post about how companies should draw [...]
Doubling Down
A question at Stack Overflow caught my eye today: how to “max out” a number. That is, if you’re given the number 1234, return 9999. If you’re given 12345, return 99999, and so on. Most of the answers were fairly practical: converting to a string representation, counting the digits, then constructing a [...]
Designing Facebook Timeline Pages
All around the world on March 30, 2012, 845+ million Facebook Pages will automatically be upgraded to the new Timeline layout, which allows for more design freedom, and creative branding opportunities for business Pages. The new Facebook Timeline Page functions as a mini website, with a large cover image area, and movable content in the [...]
Marketing Trends To Be Into Right Now.
Hello again! This is Pop Art’s Marketing Analyst, Jake, giving you the low down on current market trends. I can’t guarantee I’ve covered everything, but this will give you a general idea of what trends are a current “must have” in the interactive world. Mobile Site: This one is a given. If your company does [...]
How to Avoid Obvious ‘Git’ Puns in Headlines
The headline is self-referential. Like many people over 25 in the tech industry, I have spent a lot of time using Subversion. I liked Subversion: it got the job done, it was a lot better than CVS, and it was pleasantly ubiquitous. Over the last couple of years, though, it’s been harder and harder to ignore the [...]
Git #1: Go Fetch
This will be the first in an series of blog posts on Git. I doubt that anything I say here can’t be found elsewhere on the internet, but maybe my explanation for things will be the one that clicks for someone and if so, this won’t be a wasted duplication of effort. These are not (yet) [...]
