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IE 6 is Almost Dead, But Not Quite

Internet Explorer 6 is the bane of web developers existence.  The browser doesn’t support web standards that have become common the last few years, and making sites work in IE 6 adds significant time to the web development process.  Despite the release ...

From TODD ZEIGLER, The Bivings Report,  12 Nov 2009

The Problem with Retweets

Seeing icons and usernames in my stream of people I don’t follow, even with the addition of a little “retweet” icon does not create a richer, fuller experience for me. It instantly makes me assume Twitter is broken and somehow people I don’t follow are ...

From TODD ZEIGLER, The Bivings Report,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Twitter Inc

Celebrating Veterans Day with IAVA

In addition, we helped them launch a redesigned version of their custom Ning social network, Community of Veterans.  Community of Veterans is a members only social network that can be accessed only by confirmed veterans of the wars in Iraq and ...

From TODD ZEIGLER, The Bivings Report,  11 Nov 2009

Using Twitter Lists to Judge Influence

If you’ve used Twitter for awhile, you know that judging the influence of a Twitter user by their number of followers is a dicey proposition.  Lots of Twitter users are obsessed with their number of followers, and work to inflate their stats in ways ...

From TODD ZEIGLER, The Bivings Report,  31 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Twitter Inc,  Barack Obama

ImpactWatch Social Media Monitoring and Measurement – an Interview with Hannah Del Porto

The Bivings Report (TBR) is a source of news, insight, research, analysis and conversation on web-based communications and its increasingly powerful role in the economy, politics and society. TBR content is created, posted and managed by internet ...

From TODD ZEIGLER, The Bivings Report,  29 Oct 2009

The new CNN.com isn’t a news website

As you probably know by now, CNN launched a redesigned website yesterday.   While I like the look and feel, the thing that really strikes me about the new homepage is how little of it is devoted to news.  As you’ll see in the screen shot above, the far ...

From TODD ZEIGLER, The Bivings Report,  27 Oct 2009

Announcing TBGives

It has been a tough year for a lot of people.  Non-profits have been hit particularly hard by the economic downturn, as folks who are normally very generous simply don’t have the resources to help out financially. In an effort to help out in a small ...

From TODD ZEIGLER, The Bivings Report,  26 Oct 2009

CNN to Launch New Website Redesign on Monday

It is pretty much impossible to tell anything from the screen shots, but I’ll not let that stop me from making some superficial observations: As Kevin Anderson observed on Twitter, the new site moves away from the text heavy current design to what he ...

From TODD ZEIGLER, The Bivings Report,  23 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Kevin Anderson,  Twitter Inc

RNC Redesign: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

I’m not breaking any news here by telling you that the Republican National Committee launched a significant site redesign yesterday.  After spending some time going through it, I have mixed feelings about the new site.  While I admire the boldness of ...

From TODD ZEIGLER, The Bivings Report,  14 Oct 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Republican National Committee,  Barack Obama,  Facebook Inc.

A Start-Up’s Tale, Tweet by Tweet

This WSJ article covers how start-ups are document there experiences using Twitter.  It features a quote from TBG’s own David Murray.  The relevant section of the article is below: Over the next few months, Mr. Callahan’s Twitter stream and blog ...

From TODD ZEIGLER, The Bivings Report,  29 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Twitter Inc,  David Murray

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