HELL: Helping Everyone Live Longer is a non-profit that gives out bicycle helmets for free, no questions asked. It started when Zack Smith was looking for a voice — a way to quell the rage felt when a girl he loved was tragically hit by a car and killed while riding her bike in Allston, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'myspace'
We Want To Change The World
November 18th, 2008 No Comments
Tags: balls · bicycle helmets · bottom line · broadcast · collective · digitally · helmet · iraq war · megaphone · myspace · obama · rage · rallies · sense of the world · slackers · vehical · vietnam war · white house · word-of-mouth · zack smith
Nike Takes The “Social” Out Of User Communities
August 27th, 2008 4 Comments
As an active runner who owns a Nike+iPod Sports Kit, I find their upcoming million person race a little strange.
Here’s some more backstory:
Nike is gearing up for The Human Race 10k on August 31st, where 1 million+ runners will don their iPods to race in 25+ locations around the world at the same time. The [...]
Tags: innovation · myspace · nike · social marketing
Myspace, A Place For CAPTCHAs
August 14th, 2008 No Comments
Using MySpace these days, you come across more CAPTCHAs than you do content. It’s frustrating “solving” these all the time, and sometimes downright ridiculous.
In the words of my former boss, Harley Manning, “You can’t annoy someone into liking your brand.”
Tags: brand strategy · captcha · myspace · social media · usability · user experience
Some Thoughts on MySpace’s Redesign
June 18th, 2008 No Comments
MySpace is rolling out their new re-design, as of yesterday, which the brilliant folks at Adaptive Path played a large part in. I’m always impressed by their work, but I was surprised by the screenshots of the redesign I saw on Valleywag who notes:
“When Fox Interactive began interviewing Web designers for the job last [...]
Tags: danah boyd · facebook · fox interactive · friendster · myspace · myspace redesign · scobelizer · social media · undesigned · urban youth · usability · user experience
lowercase letters and the new myspace aesthetic…
February 25th, 2008 1 Comment
lowercaseletters
just look better.
But customizing Myspace profiles with a template or silly color scheme does not. And lots of young people are catching on to that. Young people are more design-savvy and creative than ever before. They know good design when they see it.
And they realize MySpace is over — it has become a breeding ground [...]
Tags: design · myspace · personalization · social networking
