Archive for September, 2010

Developers, your IE6-related woes are over. Google’s taking the “beta” sticker off a handy line of code that will make older versions of Internet Explorer use Chrome’s Webkit-based rendering engine rather than its own default rendering engine. This time last year, we told you that Google was working on improving the woeful Internet Explorer experience [...]

Harvard research director Carrie James took the stage at Mashable’s Social Good Summit earlier today to encourage us all to mentor young people on using social media for social good. The online behaviors of youth and how to improve and correct them are part of how James feels new media can be used to address [...]

While much of finding what works for your business on social media sites is a process of trial and error, recent stats from e-mail marketing firm ExactTarget (which recently acquired social CRM platform CoTweet) shed some light on how the Facebook population uses the site, and specifically, how it interacts with brands. First, the good [...]

Ever wonder how those savvy though somewhat annoying know-it-all’s can always quote the latest statistics or tell you exactly which color converts a sale and why your email newsletter template simply won’t do? Well I won’t tell you to join the ranks of the snobby-but-accurate, but I will share with you some business intelligence tools [...]

It’s rare that you’ll see a well-rested, socially adjusted, and emotionally fulfilled individual publish rants to a blog or Twitter page. But if you take sleep, confidence, and satisfaction from the happiest of people you’ll quickly see sniveling, snapping beasts emerge. They’re not evil. Just fatigued. Unfortunately, “I was tired” won’t fix the damage caused [...]

Publishing flyers is most impressive and cheap way of advertisement if you are running a night club, selling drinks, marketing radio station or promoting any concert. It is also very frequent task among non-profit organizations and academic institution. Designing an impressive flyer is very important if you want to sell the show, here are few [...]

Dan Klamm is the Outreach & Marketing Coordinator at Syracuse University Career Services. This post was co-authored by Kelly Lux who is the Social Media Manager at Syracuse University’s iSchool. Connect with them on Twitter @DanKlamm and @KellyLux. Location-based apps aren’t just for badges and discounts. Geolocation can have a real effect on education at [...]

WordPress is a fantastic, easy to install application that’s packed full of useful features. It’s all ready to rock straight out of the box, but there’s a few easy customisations you can make with a cocktail of plugins that will enhance the functionality as well as offer crucial protection. This is my collection of post-install [...]

As web designers, it is our job to grow with the trends of the Internet. As new technology emerges, it’s our position to jump on board and see where it can take us. This includes trends all over the web, typography being a major player. Many designers don’t consider type as a field of interest [...]