Posted by Jordon Meyer on January 12th, 2010 In General
Google announced today that they are no longer censoring its search engine in China. This is a monumental move towards giving Chinese citizens the right to search for all of the true information available in the world. The Chinese government currently censors a lot of information for many reasons. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Matt Latzke on January 5th, 2010 In Design, General
Design is directed toward human beings. To design is to solve human problems by identifying them and executing the best solution.
-Ivan Chermayeff, Chermayeff & Geismar
Graphic design at its heart is all about problem solving. Designers are given problems such as: “What’s the best way to advertise our show?” Or “How do we communicate to our customers that our product has been improved?” From these problems, it’s the designers job come up with the best solution to meet the customer’s needs.
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Posted by Jordon Meyer on December 29th, 2009 In General
67% of us at Lightburn own an iPhone. Here are the 9 iPhone apps that we couldn’t live without in 2009. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Scott Wintheiser on December 17th, 2009 In Promote
First there were content filters. Followed by the “spam” button. Now major ISPs are looking at a new way to determine whether your message hits inbox.
Engagement.
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Posted by Scott Wintheiser on December 16th, 2009 In General
Google announced today that it’s getting into the URL shortening business with its own goo.gl. Why? Google says they are doing it to protect the user. They will make sure the links aren’t pointing to malware or viruses. To me the real reason is obvious. Google will now be able to collect traffic information from beyond google.com or AdWords, helping them better determine which sites are relevant.
To start, the service will only be available within the Google toolbar and Feedburner, but is expected to be available to the public down the road.
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