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The Winter 2010 Knoxville Social Media Summit on Feb. 24 was a great event presented by the Knoxville Social Media Association and sponsored by the Knoxville News Sentinel and Metro Pulse that included a packed room at the S&W Grand, great insight from the panelists and some serious brainpower.
Three panels dealt with social media and issues in health care, journalism and business. Comments from attendees can be seen on Twitter by searching for #knoxsummit. Read the rest of this entry »
Apple released the iPad and the debate instantly began to rage. Does it have enough features? Is it powerful enough? Is the screen too large or too small? Is this a game-changer?
My vision of the iPad legacy is not as a game-changer, but certainly a catalyst. Here’s why: Read the rest of this entry »
To be fair I have to disclose I’ve been using Twitter since the summer of 2007 and Foursquare for about two weeks. Is it fair to compare the two? Well, sure it is. Read the rest of this entry »
Several of us at Moxley Carmichael decided to make some predictions for 2010. These are random at best and a bit eccentric. In other words, there’s something for everyone!
Tami Hartmann, Writer
Skype me
I sat down in my kitchen in Knoxville this morning and spoke to my son face-to-face – as he was in Prague. Skype has been a wonderful communication tool while he has been studying abroad this semester. A fabulously inexpensive (free, actually) way to keep in personal contact with one another. I predict that this technology will become an important feature on mobile devices, keeping families close in years to come. Read the rest of this entry »
Several of us at Moxley Carmichael decided to make some predictions for 2010. These are random at best and a bit eccentric. In other words, there’s something for everyone!
Lauren Christ, Account Executive - bio
Smartphones
Smartphone popularity increases. Many professionals can’t imagine surviving without constant connection to e-mail, calendar entries and contacts, but just a mere 17 percent of Americans currently use smartphones. As data plans become more affordable, network speeds become faster and a greater variety of devices are made available, more Americans such as stay-at-home moms and college students will upgrade to smartphones. Read the rest of this entry »
Several of us at Moxley Carmichael decided to make some predictions for 2010. These are random at best and a bit eccentric. In other words, there’s something for everyone!
Charley Sexton, Creative Director - bio
Mobile design
Designing for mobile devices will play a larger part in online design. Up until now it has been the top tier Web sites that are formatted for mobile devices. We’ll see this climb the Web-development priority ladder as mobile browsing increases and the technology to auto-format Web sites for mobile devices becomes more common. Read the rest of this entry »
This battle has historical significance and has potential to be much bigger than phone versus phone.
There is no question Apple is on the cutting edge of design — so cutting edge they can make techy, geeky stuff pop-culture cool. There is also no question they want total control over everything they do. Sometimes this works, sometimes not so much.
This was bound to happen. Robo.to came out of private beta in August, allowing users to add a four-second video to their Twitter updates. The service enables people to enhance the conversation with video updates on a topic. Have a comment about Kanye West? Now you can show your real feelings.
If you’re not familiar with Facebook Lite, it’s a more simple, faster loading version of Facebook created in response to criticism about Facebook’s occasionally slow performance. You can see it at http://lite.facebook.com. Any Facebook member can use Lite by logging in as before. You’ll find all your information and friends are still there. No changes there and no need to sign up again.
While the reviews I’ve seen have been positive, and I agree it does load faster, I’m wondering if this is a smart move. Not from a user perspective, but from a business perspective.
A co-worker sent me this New York Times link saying he thought it was interesting. I consider this not only interesting but also the future of world news vs. local news. For fun, let’s label these macronews (news across the world) and micronews (news down the street).
