Monthly Archive for February, 2010

Four social networks that get it right.

Here are four networks that “get it”. I’ve linked to my own accounts on each of these sites — just in case you wanted to, you know, friend me on one of them…

Nokia listens.

You wouldn’t expect the world’s largest mobile phone maker to take design cues from a humble Canadian blog, but here we are…

In defence of Adobe Flash…?

If you believe Steve Jobs and an army of Apple apologists, Flash is the very scourge of the web — with sloppy, buggy code that no turtleneck-wearing cappuccino-sipping Mac fan in their right mind would want any part of.

On the other hand, Flash-based games on the web are pretty fun…

Instead of “making it”, just make art.

As a retired comedian who’s still active in my local performing community I’ve been trying to figure out how all the bright young actors I know can possibly make a living amidst a deluge of user-generated content.

I found my answer in a book by Richard Florida. A lot of you are not going to like it…

A perfect primer for bloggers.

Is blogging still relevant in the age of social media? Scott Rosenberg thinks so, and I’m inclined to agree…