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I’m so pleased to introduce you to our new web designer here at Big Big Design: Danielle Nicol. Danielle worked with us previously as a contractor, helping us build new sites. She came on board full-time this month, and in addition to working on new websites she’s helping support our existing clients. Danielle has been […]
Continue ReadingOn Friday I spoke on a panel about Media, to the current class of Leadership Butler County. My topic was “New Media,” though when you think about it, the Web has been around for a couple of decades so it’s not so very new any more. Here’s the presentation I gave: What's new in "New […]
Continue ReadingDan Wilkerson at Lunametrics has published a comprehensive social media sizing chart, showing the sizes for things like cover images and profile images on Facebook, background and avatar and cover images on Twitter, and more. Excellent resource!
Continue ReadingBlogs are front porches reinvented for a digital age, perhaps—platforms that take the inside out and bring the outside in, corridors of courtesy in a digital and fast-paced world. Kathryn McCollough considers the role of porches in community life, and whether blogs might be a form of virtual porch. (Thanks to Chris at gunky.org for linking to […]
Continue Reading…the rise of the hashtag’s commercial possibilities shouldn’t lead us to overlook what is truly remarkable about it. This bit of utilitarian Web ephemera, invented with functionality squarely in mind, has blossomed into a marvelous and underappreciated literary device. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/magazine/in-praise-of-the-hashtag.html
Continue ReadingTomorrow and Sunday, join lots of interesting folks at Podcamp Pittsburgh, to discuss the online world and what you can do with it (and what you can do for it). I’ll be there to catch up with old friends and make some new. I’m also giving a talk Saturday: “My Website Was Hacked! Now What?” […]
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