Monthly Archives: November 2006

When User-Generated Content Doesn’t Work

User-generated content is defined by Wikipedia as “on-line content that is produced by users of websites as opposed to traditional media producers such as broadcasters and production companies.” If you’ve been at all involved in interactive marketing over the past year you’re no doubt knee …

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Chicken Soup for the Accessibility Designer’s Soul (Increasing Section 508 Awareness)

Life isn’t easy at 5 foot nothing. Take it from me. When I first learned to drive, I realized that I had a choice. I could either press the pedals or see over the dash – but not both. Nothing fits. Pants are always too …

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MTV and Coke Bridge the Gap Between TV and Video Games

MTV has a new show called Blastazoid. I randomly saw it the other day while trying to find something to watch in high definition (HD). If you don’t have HD yet, you probably don’t know that there are currently only certain channels that are available …

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Second Life Millionaire

I continue to be fascinated by the economy of virtual worlds. There are many virtual worlds which I have participated in (lived in?) where there were some exchanges between those economies and real US dollars. I remember the first time I saw someone selling 100,000 …

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Tis The Season To Be Spending – Online

As we sit down at our desks this Monday after digesting a weekends worth of Thanksgiving meals and leftovers, many of us will find ourselves going online to shop in the cyber equivalent of “Black Friday,” which has traditionally been the busiest shopping day of …

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