Social Media/Community and Web Design Brewhaha
Feb2
NPR’s Scott Simon talks about luck with Dr. Richard Wiseman, author of The Luck Factor. Dr. Wiseman suggests that some people are luckier than others because of how they view the world. The book is published by Miramax.
Lucky people are skilled at creating and noticing chance opportunities, make lucky decisions by listening to their intuition, create self-fulfilling prophesies via positive expectations, and adopt a resilient attitude that transforms bad luck into good.
Jan22
In the seasons following the exits of Ferrell and Fey, Saturday Night Live seemed to struggle not only amping up talent and (let’s face it) laughter, but also viewership. Hold up, I know SNL has had some prior low-points and that in its nearly 4 decades of seasons, it’s had some not-so-stellar stints (that are before my time – Yes, I know who Steve Martin and Dan Aykroyd are), but, I would argue that when Will Ferrell, Chris Kattan, Tina Fey and Jimmy Fallon cleared out, things looked pretty grim.
Enter salvation in the form of:
ANDY SAMBERG
Just because you know how to use photoshop does NOT make you a designer.
Definitely something to think about when designing your next website.
Led by Facebook, Twitter, Global Time Spent on Social Media Sites up 82% Year over Year
According to The Nielsen Company, global* consumers spent more than five and half hours on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter in December 2009, an 82% increase from the same time last year when users were spending just over three hours on social networking sites. In addition, the overall traffic to social networking sites has grown over the last three years.
» via nielsenwire
(via ideasareawesome)
Courtesy of Smashing Magazine.com
