Have you seen these crazy looking things? They look like an empty crossword puzzle and they keep popping up all over the place. These are QR (Quick Response) codes. Popular in Japan, they are quickly making an impression in the United States. With your smartphone (iPhone, Blackberry etc.) you can download an application and scan…
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So Many Internet Changes in Just One Week
We all made it back safe and sound from Sage Insights. We met lots of great people and got to connect with many of our customers face-to-face (which is priceless). During the conference we got to talk shop with lots of interested parties. One major underlying theme in our conversations about social media is that…
What the Twitter Bug from Today Should Make Very Clear to You
This afternoon Twitter had a bit of a snafu on their hands. A bug was created that could make users force others to follow them. If you had a close eye on your follow count you may have noticed that you were following more people than you chose to follow manually. In the process of…
What Does a Search Engine See?
I like to imagine that search engine spiders are funny little cartoon characters that surf the internet and check out all the web pages it has to offer. It’s fun for me to daydream scenarios of the spiders saying things like “Oh, is this an entire website developed in Flash? On to the next one!” …