Posted by Annette | Apr 24th, 2009 12:32pm
The nominees for the 13th Annual Webby Awards were announced last week! I have always been a fan of The Webby Awards since I feel they truly judge and award the work as a whole and not just based on one accept.
There are four main sections of The Webby Awards: Websites, Interactive Advertising, Online Film & Video, and Mobile. Within each of the main sections, nominees are selected in a wide range of categories. The categories for websites include everything from activism to youth.
A personal favorite of mine is the humor category. The nominees this year, in the humor category, include the always hilarious FAIL Blog.
You can get in on the judging action as well by voting for your favorites in the People’s Voice Voting. But hurry, voting ends April 30.
Congratulations and best of luck to all of this year’s nominees and honorees.
Posted in Fun, Inspiring
Posted by Larisa | Mar 27th, 2009 4:10pm
A few weeks ago, I had the good fortune of attending the interactive portion South By Southwest. I attended almost 20 panels, keynotes and conversations over 5 days. The discussion that gave me the greatest pause as this: Who will check your email when you die?
I never thought about long reaching ramifications of this – let’s face it most of us don’t think a lot about what goes on after we leave! But our digital reputation and assets can be a really important part of our lives. So, it turns out state laws differ greatly on the topic of digital asset distribution and access after death.
Also, those T’s and C’s you quickly blow through when signing up for a yahoo account or facebook – technically when they find out you are dead – they remove your accounts! so giving your family access to your stuff isn’t good enough.
What happens when your favorite picture of you grandma that only lives on flickr get’s blown away by the yahoo terms of service?
Lastly, people have of course found ways to monetize this gaping hole in our culture – places like https://www.legacylocker.com/
and http://vitallock.com/blog/ are beginning to get traction
oh! and… www.Greatgoodbye.com will even allow you send personalized messages to your loved one after you’re gone!
Posted in Conferences, Inspiring
Posted by Courtney | Jan 19th, 2009 1:06pm
Projects for 2009 are ramping up and we’re off on another exciting year at EatonGolden. However, sometimes in the throws of it all, we just need to take a minute to come back and regroup. This little 4 minute movie might be the perfect break for a high-stress, fast-pace day.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap081231.html
Posted in Fun, Inspiring, Useful Tips
