Since October, 2013 I’ve been working on a new learning platform for Razorfish. Called Razorfish University, this new self-directed university-modeled blended learning portal will provide employees with on-the-job resources, formal training modules, links to additional external training (like Lynda.com), videos, webinars and workshops, and communications capabilities. The responsively designed site will be accessible inside and outside the Razorfish network and on...
Last Wednesday I gave a presentation on Entity Search at SMX East. Here are the slides from that presentation, along with a video screen cast that I recorded to explain the deck. What do you think about my take on the coming Entity Search revolution? Leave your thoughts in the comments. The Entity Search Revolution...
A few weeks ago I received an email invite to the first NYC Google Glass Explorer Social. I was pretty excited. Being a Glass Explorer I often wonder what other Explorers are doing and how to meet them. Enough of us put this sentiment out there in the digital space and it seems Project Glass...
As I mentioned in a previous post comparing Google Glass to another augmented reality glasses product, I’m not really into the idea of surfing the Web on Glass. Not because I think browsing content via augmented reality is a bad idea, but because the current Internet experience is based on a desktop/smartphone/tablet paradigm, and because Glass...
Yesterday I read an article in Metro New York newspaper and came across a typo. The headline stated that a van had burst into flames outside the Flatiron building in Manhattan, but the first sentence went like this: “A fan burst into flames outside the Flatiron Building at little after 11 a.m.” So immediately I thought,...
A lot of people are interested in international SEO and consider ccTLDs as the proverbial magic bullet to global search success. I would like to clarify Google’s stance on geo-targeting, why ccTLDs may or may not be the best international SEO strategy for your brand, and the role of hreflang in international SEO. Here are 6 common...
A startup from Venice, Italy called GlassUp intends to compete with Google Glass with a pair of glasses that don’t include camera or video capabilities. The prototype is a “receive-only” device that lacks mechanisms for responding to text messages and emails. Its projected screen is monochrome (think old-school UNIX command line) and it places the...
As sophisticated smartphones and faster internet connections gain greater market share, accessing the Web via mobile devices is becoming standard practice. 45% of all consumers use a smartphone for in-store product research and browsing, 72% of tablet owners make purchases from their devices on a weekly basis, 60+% US accessing mobile Internet. Mobile is no...
A few years ago I read “Drop that Knowledge”, a powerful and informative book challenging the notions of truth and who speaks it. It guides you through the experiences of an organization that’s mission is “to create an environment in which young people can generate powerful, socially meaningful, urgently needed content in an environment promoting positive...
In 2010 I began learning java programming with the goal of creating a series of mobile apps for literacy education. We know from research that a child’s competence in literacy in early childhood sets the stage for their success in these areas later in life so leveraging mobile technologies to create learning opportunities outside of...
I’ve had Glass for about two weeks now and had the opportunity to capture some happenings around the city. For the most part, everything will be published to my Google+ profile, so be sure to follow me there and on Twitter. #ifihadglass. In February of this year Google announced the #ifihadglass competition as a means...
The Google AdWords Keyword Tool is something that webmasters and SEOs have long relied on to discover the best keywords to use on their websites. If you’ve logged into the Google AdWords Keyword Tool recently you may have noticed an alert from Google that the tool will soon be no more. In its place, Google...
