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Rule in the New Frontier: Facebook’s Terms & ConditionsPosted on February 23, 2009

Did you know the 175 million Facebook user population is larger than the sixth most populated country in the world? This could make Facebook’s founding father and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, the most influential 24-year-old in the world. However, Facebook’s recent debacle of amended, and then quickly reinstated, Terms & Conditions, which ignited millions of Facebook "citizens" to voice their opinions, proves that the power still belongs to the people. Read the full post »
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Ad Age Cites r+r Work as Shining ExamplePosted on January 13, 2009

We are pleased that the Ad Age article called our work, on behalf of Weber Grills, a "shining example" of what manufacturers should be doing on the Web. Here's part of the article that we (for obvious reasons) particularly liked: Read the full post »
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Coming CleanPosted on October 31, 2008

In chatting with Roy Sekoff, editor of the Huffington Post, at the Webby Connect conference last week, I couldn’t help but spill it out like a sinner in a confessional: I am seriously addicted to the election. Read the full post »
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Web App Keeps Kids’ Lunch Money SafePosted on October 20, 2008

SchoolTipline.com is a Web-based application that serves the digital-age tattletale. In a time where kids are born with a cell phone in their hand, the days of the anonymous tip box outside the principal’s office are nearing an end. “SchoolTipline provides administrators with an affordable and easy-to-use Web-based service through which they can send and receive timely information and manage feedback...” Read the full post »
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Dell’s “Iron Man” Promotion: Blurring the LinesPosted on October 06, 2008

Is Dell’s announcement that it will sell and preload the hit movie Iron Man on new computers simply a marketing tactic, or could this, perhaps, become the start of something big? This appears to be the continuation of a trend that further blurs the line between the computer as an entertainment device and a piece of functional hardware. Read the full post »
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