This is my first panel submission for SXSW Interactive, and I’d like to quickly sate why I think you should vote for it.

Rock Web Form Design like an 80s Hair Band
Have you ever listened to some music while your working and found the symphony of ideas. You were just thinking that there were too… [more]

See, if it wasn’t for Flickr, I would never have known that our President takes meetings with pirates.

So, yaaaaarrrrrr the President?

I would support the initiative to have more transparency in government anyway, but I love how this new administration is using social media to provide these views inside the Oval Office.

On Flickr they are literally… [more]

I'm gunning for you, hippo

I am really sucked in by the simple marketing / brand exposure campaign from the Canadian based mortgage community company, Smart Hippo. They are setting up a Twitter-based Scavenger hunt, leaving clues on their feed to find one of these stuffed hippos (pictured).

I love scavenger hunts and immediately without thinking… [more]

I’m on Facebook, you probably are too. What about your organization? Have you taken the time to make a page or group for your brand? Here are five great reason why you should get your organization on Facebook today.
1. It’s where your audience is.
Even without knowing who your organization is or… [more]

Currently on the Google search results page there is an option to custom rank the results to your own preferences (hat tip to TechCrunch for pointing it out). I couldn’t initially see the user value, because if I know I like a specific site, like delshakes.org I will just go to it directly instead… [more]

I have seen the RedBox DVD rental kiosks popping up in a lot of places, most conveniently in my local Giant grocery store. It is convenient because when I am getting groceries I can pick up a movie, but it’s also inconvenient, because it requires a special trip back to Giant the following day… [more]

Actors are not too different from bloggers. They have a talent of expression that they want to share with an audience. Their traditional avenues, on stage and on film, are equally costly and sparse. Unfortunately, a great many actors are convinced those are the only avenues and will give up their passion… [more]

It’s April Fool’s Day. In the first few hours of the day alone:

the Motley Fool has announced they are done with dishing out financial advice,
Techcruch is suing their crush Facebook,
YouTube is hijacking some content and redirecting you to a Rick Astley video (Rickrolled, it’s being called), and the one I enjoyed uncovering the most
Google… [more]

The Super Bowl advertisers pay for the opportunity to speak to an exceptionally massive and captive audience. Let’s take a look at how excelled and who completely missed the mark.

Best in Show:
The Coke ad with the parade balloons
This was just a feel-good commercial from being at the parade to seeing the essence of toddlers… [more]

Editors can be so easily overlooked when talking about creative types. It is often forgotten that amidst the scanning for spelling or punctuation errors, they have to creatively synopize and sell the article in only a handful of words.

I really enjoyed this article headline from The Motley Fool (circled below), it made me… [more]