Happy St. Patricks Day
Tis the day to indulge in that green beer and good ol Irish cheer. So what if you are not into green beer but a total web 2.0 geek. Well you are in luck as there are many ways to celebrate. Here’s the scoop…. Back in 2008 here’s what Google Maps did to celebrate.. Google did not feel like celebrating today : ( Design for global learning conference. Some iPhone and iPad apps e.g. Lucktricity and Leprechaun Beer Pong Of course a survey via social networks, see results. There must be more, what have I...
Read MoreData visualization
Data visualization has enabled us to make sense of large and complex data sets. From a corporate perspective this is great as it enables us to save time, money, improve efficiency and in turn increase profits. Teachers use word clouds to help kids make sense of words, web designers add this to make websites interesting. Here are some data visualization tools that I have come across that are interesting. Ushahidi, which means “testimony” in Swahili, is a website that was initially developed to map reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election fallout at the beginning of...
Read MoreIt is social media, so use the media
Last week I spoke at the OCRI Zone5ive event about the must have social media tools to engage customers. At one point one of the slides had these words “it is social media….. start using the media” So I always try to walk the walk and not just talk about what others are doing or how to do it. These awesome photos were taken by Victor Turco. The complete set is on the Virtual EyeSee fan page on facebook. So the next time you have an event take some photos. If you don’t have a budget for a professional, then take...
Read MoreMust have social media tools to engage your customers
I presented at the OCRI, Zone5ive event today and I focused on must have social media tools to engage your customers. As I was preparing for this presentation I needed to figure out a starting point as customer engagement is as vague as being “green”. So I took a look at the websites of companies that typically attended these events to find a starting point. To explain where I came from I used the analogy of social media being the invitation to the house party and the house being the company website. I went further to stress that if the house either did not exist nor was...
Read MoreTapping into Twitter with Social Signage
I am very excited as I am going to be at GTEC on October 7th this time it’s to introduce a very interesting concept that is called Social Signage. This is a joint venture between Corner Portal and Virtual EyeSee. This concept is geared towards museums and galleries to drive new traffic to their exhibits. Typical visitors generally fall into 3 categories tourists members occasional visitors Most of these institutions are very heavily funded by various foundations and tax dollars. The revenue generated by visitors is minimal. This has been the model for quite some time but Social...
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