by Daniele Rossi | Mar 18, 2011 | blog, comics
I jumped at the chance to see Joe Sacco speak at the Innis Town Hall last night. He was in town to talk about his journalism in comic book form. I’m trying not to use the term ‘graphic novel’ because he doesn’t like the term. And I agree. There...
by Daniele Rossi | Mar 17, 2011 | blog, creativity
Are we really living in a short attention span world? I’m convinced it’s really only a matter of context. I think this idea of shorter attention spans only relates to digital media. People still read long books which seem to be getting longer, we sit in...
by Daniele Rossi | Mar 16, 2011 | social media
Let’s look at the big picture by taking a step back and see that Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, YouTube, Tumblr, Posterous, Vimeo, Foursquare, Instagram, Gowalla, GetGlue, MySpace, Buzz, DeviantART, Google Reader, Digg, Forrst, Livestream, dribbble, Reddit, Badoo,...
by Daniele Rossi | Mar 11, 2011 | user experience
Here it is. The most simple explanation of how to properly design a website* for the user. *by ‘website’ I also mean mobile site, of course.
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...
