Please note: this is a cross-post by Alasdair Munn. You can find his website here. Enter Alasdair Munn: Social Media years are a little like dog years. The signs are out that Social Media has settled into its teenage years. As with teenagers in general there are several teenage stereotypes. The overconfident rebel leader The party seeker and connector The Geek The student The … [Read more...]
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How To Avoid The Deep-End of Social Media
Please note: this is a cross-post by Alasdair Munn. You can find his website here. Enter Alasdair Munn: There is no doubting that the innovation and investment into social media tools, software and applications have come from the commercial sector. By that I mean start-ups backed up by investor capital, which have taken risks, believed in themselves and their ideas and run with them. It is no … [Read more...]
How to Rediscover Web 2.0
Please note: this is a cross-post by Alasdair Munn. You can find his website here. Enter Alasdair Munn: I have not been a fan of the term Web 2.0, mainly because of the many instances where it has been taken out of context. Through revisiting the man who coined the phrase, Tim O’Reilly I have rediscovered that his thoughts and concepts around this phrase not only make sense, but puts … [Read more...]
Social Media and Politics
Please note: this is a cross-post by Alasdair Munn. You can find his website here. Enter Alasdair Munn: Northern California’s KQED Public Television has developed an inspiring tool “You Decide”. You Decide describes itself as an “online devil’s advocate designed to challenge your point of view on current issues.” The debates are centred on the issues that are facing the … [Read more...]
How To Design An Intelligent UI (Beauty) Versus Mere Prettiness
I sometimes get into trouble when I say, “We don’t design mere ‘pretty,’ we design ‘intelligent beauty’.” I suppose I could sound like a Barbie expert or a snob to some, but what I mean is we at tcg are beyond pretty band-aids. Picture a website so well designed, aesthetically gorgeous, and streamlined that searching for the information you’re looking for is actually an enjoyable … [Read more...]
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