#apowerfulnoise Uses Twitter for Charity
If you are like me, you have been wondering “what can twitter do besides connect me to a copious amounts of social media experts”. You may even be contemplating the value of the service vs. the time spent and wondering if it is worth your time or if it will ever produce anything amazingly [...]
Continue reading...Big Box Black History
Thursday, February 19, 2009
This year marked a historical year in black history. As celebrations happen in communities throughout the world, there are also things going on online. The three best known Big Box stores (Walmart, Target and Kmart) have found their way online to celebrate black history month. They all took very different approaches and [...]
Continue reading...10 Tips to get the Most from Virtual Conferences
Thursday, February 12, 2009
A few weeks ago, I was a virtual attendee (due to a family full of sick people) at my first tweet-up. I was quite excited, there was streaming video and chat, which meant a dedicated computer at the event for the purpose of streaming online. However, within 5 minutes, I knew this virtual [...]
Continue reading...DayInBlackHistory.com
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
When I think of Black History and try to pull together a comprehensive archive of what it means, the first place that comes to mind is the DuSable Museum in Chicago, but that is probably because I am from Chicago. The Museum is small, and focuses on the Midwest, but it is full of [...]
Continue reading...Sister 2 Sister Magazine Relaunch
Monday, January 26, 2009
Sister 2 Sister magazine, a black entertainment and celebrity lifestyle magazine that targets black women, recently relaunched its website using the drupal platform. Drupal is a great out of the box open-source solution for building communities and blog networks, that’s if you have a developer that knows how to customize it. I was excited [...]
Continue reading...Inauguration 2009
Friday, January 16, 2009
The world is abuzz with anticipation as Washington D.C. gears up for the inauguration of the 44th president elect, Barack Obama. This election is historic for everyone, especially the global black community. With the inauguration 5 days away, I decided to see what was happening in the online world so that we can [...]
Continue reading...Boondocks’ Bootleg
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
I am sure everyone saw all the news reports about the rise in online video viewership noting that 77% of all internet users are consumers of online video content. That is a 34% jump over last year according to comscore. The internet is a great tool for artistic expression through video without the [...]
Continue reading...Going Mobile in 2009
Friday, January 2, 2009
Most sites can’t exist as just plain text. Sites are meant to be dynamic and visually appealing. This doesn’t always work when crossing over to a mobile platform. With mobile browsing increasing, more and more people are asking, “what can I do to optimize my site for mobile browsing?” Luckily, smart [...]
Continue reading...Track Santa 2008
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
It’s that time of year again. I heard that in Australia they already started getting their presents dropped off, and honestly, I am a little bit jealous. But I can wait until tomorrow morning. In the mean time, I will continue to watch Santa’s Progress on NORAD’s Santa tracking website. This [...]
Continue reading...Dos and Don’ts for the New Year
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Over the past few weeks I’ve seen a lot of talk about Black sites/browsers/people trying to self segregate on the internet because they were openly targeting a black audience. As a result, I decided to put together a list of Dos and Don’ts for the New Year so some won’t make the same mistakes twice. The [...]
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