by Daniele Rossi | Mar 10, 2011 | creativity, social media
Here are two clever ways to explain the somewhat abstract idea of blogging (and social media in general, of course) using real, physical methods (what a concept!). The first is described in Paper Blogging. Teaching students how to blog using a bulletin board (to pin...
by Daniele Rossi | Mar 6, 2011 | comics, creativity
I always love fresh, new ideas that are a little bit “out there” but you know they would totally be successful once tried out. One such idea comes from Mathew Hoy, web designer, games podcaster and comic nut. Mathew shares his idea in his Ignite London...
by Daniele Rossi | Mar 3, 2011 | user experience
One of my favourite sessions at this past weekend’s PodCamp Toronto 2011, was given by Brian Cugelman about the psychology of websites. Humans treat computers like humans. In a nutshell, computer systems or websites which appear friendly in looks, wording, and...
by Daniele Rossi | Mar 2, 2011 | blog, creativity
I love it! My year-long wait (no camera and the old “never buy a 1st generation Apple product” rule) was worth it. Now I “only” have to wait one more month for it to ship into my eager creative hands. The features I’m excited about: The...
by Daniele Rossi | Feb 28, 2011 | news
It’s Mobile Monday here on my blog and this week’s featured mobile developer is Brad Crafton who created Friend Trend. Finally a way to filtre out trending topics on Twitter unrelated to you! 1. In about 100 words, what does your app do? Friend Trend is an...
by Daniele Rossi | Feb 24, 2011 | social media
Open source citizen mapping platform Usahidi has been successfully was used in helping citizens, relief workers, etc. in crises around the world such as the Kenyan post-election violence, Haiti earthquake and most recently, a snowstorm in Toronto. Yup, you read it...
by Daniele Rossi | Feb 20, 2011 | news
I’d like to start blogging about mobile apps made by my fellow Canadian design and dev talent. Feel free to contact me if you are a Canadian mobile developer or designer and you’d like me to feature your app. I cover all platforms. Today: Next Streetcar...
by Daniele Rossi | Feb 18, 2011 | social media
Here’s episode 2 of the PodCamp Toronto 2011 video podcast. This time we brought the camera outside (it was -14C!) to feature an artistic side to Toronto. Update: And here’s episode 3 …and the official video
by Daniele Rossi | Feb 12, 2011 | social media
I’m on the organizing committee once again for PodCamp Toronto 2011. And this year I proposed that we produce a video podcast to engage our audience in a slightly different way from before. Over the years, PodCamp evolved from being a podcasting conference to...
by Daniele Rossi | Jan 23, 2011 | social media
I am excited about the two speaking proposals I submitted for PodCamp Toronto 2011. The first will be my presentation lengthly entitled “You have the awesome ability to make positive changes on the lives of people all over the world through your podcast and...
