Jan
30th
2011
How to (fully) integrate YouTube into Facebook
posted in: Programming
How to (fully) integrate YouTube into Facebook

There is tons of traffic out there for the taking on YouTube. It's the second largest search engine in the world behind Google. Growing your audience on your YouTube channel isn't easy, and sometimes, it's nice to get a helping hand. :) This tutorial / overview shows you just how easy it is to...

Jan
27th
2011
Vid.ly – video encoding made simple
posted in: Reviews
Vid.ly – video encoding made simple

With the expansive number of different video container formats floating around the web at the minute, coupled with Google's announcement that it is axing support for the H.264 video codec from its Chrome browser, we, as HTML5 developers are left in something of a quandary. To make your video watc...

Jan
26th
2011
Pope gives Facebook his blessing
posted in: Facebook
Pope gives Facebook his blessing

Turns out the Vatican wants to get all hip and cool, and down with the young folk. In a digital address entitled "Truth, Proclamation and Authenticity of Life in the Digital Age," Pope Benedict XVI gave social networking his blessing, but warned that it cannot replace real human contact. The pr...

Jan
24th
2011
Why you absolutely need a Facebook landing page.
posted in: Facebook
Why you absolutely need a Facebook landing page.

About three weeks ago, I wrote a post here on how to integrate Wordpress with Facebook. Many of you have probably found this blog post as a result. Part of the overall idea was to provide extra content inside the Facebook ecosystem, and relied on this simple concept: Offer something extra via you...

Jan
23rd
2011
Imogen Heap announces crowd sourced music plans
posted in: Facebook
Imogen Heap announces crowd sourced music plans

If you needed any further evidence of how the music industry continues to be shaped by the internet, Grammy award winning musician, Imogen Heap has announced that she plans to release a crowd sourced song. The artist plans on taking a slower, but more collaborative approach to her music, collecti...

Jan
23rd
2011
Tweet mirror brings social media to the high street
posted in: E-commerce
Tweet mirror brings social media to the high street

Social media has already impacted the high street. With discount and reward based startups such as Foursquare and Groupon leading the charge, and Google to follow suit, we can see a definite trend developing where online is the starting block for consumer buying decisions. One company that has tak...

Jan
22nd
2011
Angry Birds – as played out in real life
posted in: Facebook

I definitely don't condone throwing stuff at your kids, but if they are enjoying the process this much - hey what the heck. This is what happens when you get yourself a couple of angry birds soft toys, and combine them with some imagination. :o)...

Jan
22nd
2011
7 of the best online collaborative drawing tools
posted in: Resources
7 of the best online collaborative drawing tools

Sometimes, the best way to communicate with someone else is to get out a piece of paper, and draw something out in black and white. The web makes collaborative communication easier than ever before, and now you don't even have to be in the same room as the other person to show them exactly what y...

Jan
20th
2011
Silk – Magical Interactive Artwork.
posted in: Facebook
Silk – Magical Interactive Artwork.

Incase you weren't already convinced of how awesome javascript and canvas can be, feast your eyes on this little beauty. 'Silk' was created by Yuri Vishnevsky a freshman at a university in New Jersey, as an experiment in computer generative art.  Don't however, expect things to work in Interne...

Jan
19th
2011
Thing a Day launching on Friday, get involved!
posted in: Facebook
Thing a Day launching on Friday, get involved!

Thing-a-day is a yearly creative sprint where, every year in February, participants commit to creating one new thing a day and post it on a collective blog. This year, for the fifth year running, the project opens on January 21st, (that's Friday this week) and participants have complete creative con...

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