28 May
Posted by: Nigel Prentice in: interactive, user interface
How does a web interface designer determine in which order to place the “OK” and “Cancel” buttons in their web applications? One of my favorite blogs, Konigi, talks about it.
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The Association for Downloadable Media will announce their standards for downloadable media at the upcoming Ad Tech conference in San Francisco. I spent some time reading about ADM and they are an association of downloadable media publishers who advocate for both advertisers and publishers in the world of downloadable media. Like me, you might ask, [...]
08 Feb
Posted by: Nigel Prentice in: interactive, viral
Being a gaming veteran and an interactive professional, this headline grabbed my attention. Now they are set to release a new MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing) based on their theatrical franchise, Pirates of the Carribbean.
In 2003, Disney released Toontown, its first MMORPG, to garner children’s and tweens’ eyeballs, attention, and parental wallets. This is the [...]
Adam Ostrow over at Mashable covers Google’s recently released financials and marketshare data.
A few highlights from his piece:
“In search, Google maintained 56.6% share, handily beating Yahoo (17.7%) and Windows Live Search (13.8).”
“Other Google properties showed very impressive growth – Picasa up 197%, YouTube 81%, and Blogger 52%. “
So it’s clear that Google is still [...]
I saw this on “The Big Idea” with Donny Deutsch when he interviewed Carmen Electra. Donny usually covers entrepreneurship, small business development, and startup financing, so I’m not sure why he was listening to her. Well, I guess this is an example of how to create buzz, and it never hurts to have a pretty [...]