From the monthly archives:

November 2009

Lijit Search: A Conversation with Todd Vernon, CEO

by Ben Taylor on November 29, 2009 · Comments in Interviews, Videos Tagged as: •

Ligit search is a network-based search application for publishers allowing content creators to index and define search across their network, including blogs, influencers, and user generated content from social networking sites. The Ligit search results display works well, better than Google custom search iframes and it is miles ahead of the Wordpress default search, both [...]

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Baratunde Thurston – There’s a Hashtag for That

by Ben Taylor on November 23, 2009 · Comments in Culture, Presentations, Videos Tagged as: •

Absolutely hilarious. Baratunde Thurston is a comedian, vigilante pundit and television host. He is the co-founder of Jack & Jill Politics, blogs for The Huffington Post and his own site baratunde.com, and hosts “Popular Science’s Future Of” on the Science Channel.

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Jeff Jarvis: What Would Google Do?

by Ben Taylor on November 17, 2009 · Comments in Culture, Presentations, Videos Tagged as: • • •

I’m a big fan of Jeff Jarvis. I recently read his book What Would Google Do? (HarperCollins 2009), I found it refreshingly insightful. If you don’t know Jeff Jarvis he runs Buzz Machine, a popular blog about media and news . He is an associate professor and director of the interactive journalism program at the [...]

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Stefana Broadbent: How The Internet Enables Intimacy

by Ben Taylor on November 7, 2009 · Comments in Culture, Presentations, Videos Tagged as: •

We worry that IM, texting, Facebook are spoiling human intimacy, but Stefana Broadbent’s research shows how communication tech is capable of cultivating deeper relationships, bringing love across barriers like distance and workplace rules.

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