Great news from the Boulder startup scene: Socialthing!, a lifestreaming service founded earlier this year, has been acquired by AOL for an undisclosed amount (I love saying that). Lifestreaming, for those unfamiliar with the term, is basically a way to aggregate and collect all of your social media activities into a single place. If you [...]
I was scrolling through TechCrunch this morning and found an entry about a new homepagey site (in the vein of Netvibes) that is targeted at women, emphasis on moms. The site is called Nesting and, aside from pulling in RSS feeds and widgets, it has some kind of social networking capability. The design and colors [...]
If you wanna see some examples of major corporations incorporating social media into their marketing check out this article on Mashable. While examples from small and medium-sized companies can be just as powerful – consider Zappos.com’s mastery of microblogging – this list also shows that social media can be done on the cheap. Take for [...]
Wal-Mart, founded in 1962, has decided to update its familiar block-letter logo. As seen below, the new logo eschews the star hyphen, dark blue and blocky lines of the former version for a softer, friendlier look. We see a hint of Web 2.0 in the design with the move to lowercase lettering and lighter – [...]
It’s amazing how many resumes we get at JohnstonWells — and it’s amazing how many of them neglect to highlight emerging/digital/new/social media experience or expertise. These days, we’re looking for candidates who are on top of what’s going on in a tech-driven communications environment that changes literally day to day. I’ve discovered that many millennials [...]
For many Generaton Y-ers, access to Facebook is more important than having a job. According to a study of 1,000 office workers by IT services firm Telindus, 39% of 18-24 year olds said they would consider quitting their jobs if access to Facebook or YouTube were blocked. Predictably, only 21% of 25-65 year olds said [...]
YouTube, the 800-pound gorilla of video-sharing sites, announced some new features recently and we’ve finally gotten around to tinkering with them. Chief among the new features is Video Annotations, the ability to add small text boxes to your videos. This makes it incredibly easy for users to add contextual information, links to other videos or [...]
Many a journalist and many a blogger have declared the death of the press release with probably the most circulated rant – “Die! Press release! Die! Die! Die!” – coming from blogger Tom Foremski. Recently, however, Foremski toned down his assault on the press release, declaring: “Evolve! Press release! Evolve! Evolve! Evolve!” About a week [...]
A location-based social network named Brightkite recently started beta testing – kinda sweet because they’re from Colorado. The company, which is based in Denver, is inviting a limited number of participants to tinker with its new service before the major rollout. It’s really exciting to have a Web 2.0 innovator so close to home. Brightkite [...]
This story made us flip our wigs. Kentucky lawmaker Tim Couch wants to make it illegal to post anonymously online. Trolls beware! In a bill filed last week, Couch would require anyone who contributes to a website to register her real name, address and e-mail with that site. While we doubt the bill will go [...]