My First 20 Days with the Nexus One

I was frothing at the mouth when Google was rumored to be collaborating on a phone last year. Being that I hate contracts and was saying my goodbye’s to my awesome Nokia N85, I plunked down $600 and purchased a personalized, unlocked Nexus One. These are my thoughts of the last 20 days.

Interview with Yahoo Sr. Design Specialist Dee Adams

Diversity

While recently attending the IA Summit in Memphis, I ran into Sr. Design Specialist Dee Adams of Yahoo! Inc. Aside from the coolness that she is an avid painter, lover of Opera, and recent Australian native, she also is responsible for the Flickr homepage redesign.
Check out part 1 of the interview I did with her [...]

WorldstarHipHop.com Takes the Crown

News Trends social media

If there is one type of site that possibly rivals Black gossip and celebrity sites, in terms of numbers, it is Hip-Hop sites. Excluding blogs, sites like AllHipHop.com (AHH) and SOHH.com were the de facto kings. Well, according to new numbers, WorldstarHipHop.com (WHH) seems to have taken the crown.

Looking at the 2008 stats from Compete, [...]

That ‘McNugget Lovin’ Commercial

Strategy

Some love it. Some hate it.
To be quite honest, I’ve seen the commercial so many times that I actually sing-a-long with ol’ boy as he gets on his hands and knees and makes a fool of himself. You can’t really deny the marketing machine that McDonald’s commands.
For those catching up, here is the ‘extended’ version [...]

The Ebony Experiment Launches

Maggie and John Anderson, a highly educated and middle-class couple, are launching the Ebony Experiment on January 1, 2009, aimed at reaching multiple social and economic conclusions by shopping with exclusively Black-owned businesses for the entire year.
Teamed with experts such as Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, Steven Rogers, Dr. Michael Bennett, and Walidah Bennett, the goal [...]

A Troubled Marriage: Journalism and Blogging

Blogging Digital Media

The crux of professional journalism is the first amendment of the constitution, enabling the freedom of speech and the freedom of the press. As with most interpretations, the definition of this fact is slanted with the ubiquity of perspective the internet provides. Blogging and its popularity is the quintessential example, and most bloggers just want [...]