by Chris Snider | Dec 13, 2011 | Digital ideas
I know several “print” designers who have yet to take the leap into web design. Heck, I doubt some of them ever will. Even if they never decide to learn HTML and CSS, there is an easy way for print designers to make their company’s better:...
by Chris Snider | Nov 30, 2011 | Digital ideas
Want to gain more Facebook Likes? Strike a deal with one of your rivals. That’s what the University of Iowa and the University of Nebraska did in connection with their Nov. 25 football game (the schools’ first meeting since Nebraska joined the Big Ten...
by Chris Snider | Oct 19, 2011 | Digital ideas
I noticed a couple instances today where reporters did a great job using social media, and I felt it was worth pointing them out. The first one was from Tony Leys of the Des Moines Register. Leys wrote a story about a cemetery that is still in need of work after the...
by Chris Snider | Mar 20, 2011 | Digital ideas
I was looking for a session called “The breakout technologies of the next four years – and how media companies should use them” at last week’s South By Southwest interactive conference in Austin. But apparently it was nowhere to be found. Fair...
by Chris Snider | Jan 17, 2011 | Digital ideas
This is part of an occasional series dedicated to the ideas that pop into my head: When a sports team wins the SuperBowl/World Series/state bowling title, it’s fairly common practice for the newspaper that covers said team to put out a book. Next time your team...
by Chris Snider | Jan 13, 2011 | Digital ideas
This is part of an occasional series dedicated to the ideas that pop into my head: If you run a website where readers have to create their own accounts, why not sell your default avatar as an advertisement (Tastefully done, of course). Obviously people can upload...
