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Jeromy Stallings

DevelopmentMarketing

Targeting Niche Communities

Niche Information and Reviewing Much like cloud computing, in the near future, we will be taking our networks with us wherever we go. As long as we “allow” the sharing of information to our networks, there will soon be a day when you can log on to Amazon and not read random people’s reviews of products but instead read the reviews written by people within our personal networks. These networks are quickly becoming our best currency on the web; the integration…
September 3, 2009
DesignDevelopment

Online Trends: Building a Better Planet

You know that long-running Twix commercial where the guy and girl are at a party and he tries to lure her to his apartment, saying, "I thought you were someone who wanted to blog about your ideals" and she replies: Oh, blogging! I LOVE blogging!"? That commercial shows that Madison Avenue is aware of a trend online: the marriage of political activism and the blogosphere. A connected trend: online communities forming and coming together to build a better planet --…
September 3, 2009
DevelopmentMarketing

Recent Happenings Online

We've noted a few moves and changes in the online world that is of interest and importance to us all, and how our online behavior if affected. For instance, eBay announced it was selling a controlling share in internet calling service Skype to private investors led by Silicon Valley-based Silver Lake Partners. The deal, which includes a pay out of $1.9 billion for a 65% share of the company, ends a tech marriage that never really found its promised synergy, even as…
September 2, 2009
DesignDevelopment

The Buzz is “Intelligent Search”

The Term “Intelligent search” is the buzz term that’s been at many fingertips and lips lately, connecting it to “artificial intelligence.” Does this conjure images of SkyNet and androids replacing humans? Hollywood seems to have us believing that “A.I.” means robots, but A.I. starts at the software and usability level. Intelligence search, the first major move toward technology that “thinks” for itself, is the latest trend in search engine processing, and the wave for tomorrow’s Web. 3.0 and 4.0. (more…)
September 1, 2009
DesignDevelopmentMarketing

Mickey Mouse vs. the Hulk? — Major Moves in Online Animation!

We just love animators and illustraors here at Ninthlink -- our participation at the San Diego ComiCon and involvement with planetillogica attents to our committment to artists of all types out there, in the physical and digital world. So this perked our ears up with great interest, when we heard that a major ad agency had found a way to crowdsource the largest community of animators on the web and help these folks with their campaigns. Social animation studio Aniboom entered…
August 31, 2009