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The Bivings Report - Oct 6, 2008
Many product-selling websites include a lot of Web 2.0 tricks to convince the Internet surfer that the product is worth checking out. Heck, even Cheerios has a website which includes a flashy splash intro. Most product …
Also tagged: video, web 2 0, advertising
The Bivings Report - Sep 2, 2008
As if our web developers didn't already have enough standards-fudging and code-juggling to optimize websites for every conceivable end-user browser, Google launched the public release of Google Chrome today — and I was …
Also tagged: internet, web 2 0, google, open source, chrome, google products, google chrome, google chrome reaction, chrome review, new browser
The Bivings Report - Jul 22, 2008
Announced yesterday on the Facebook blog, the redesign of Facebook has finally arrived. After several delays to the new aesthetic, the developers have finally released the new platform to the masses. More AJAX …
Also tagged: other, microsoft, web 2 0, design, social networks, advertising, sites, website review, design reviews
The Bivings Report - Jul 15, 2008
We just recently finished updating most of the Wordpress sites we maintain to Wordpress 2.5, so our normal process would be to monitor for security issues and wait a bit before upgrading again. However, in reviewing …
The Bivings Report - Jul 2, 2008
As we develop websites at The Bivings Group, our designers often sketch out designs on pen and paper before creating more formal wire frames or draft design compositions. Given the work we do, I was happy to come …
The Bivings Report - Jun 13, 2008
The Las Vegas Sun is known for having one of the best websites of any newspaper in the country. The reputation is warranted. In my experience as a web developer, I’ve found many sites that do a few things well. A site …
Also tagged: video, web 2 0, media, sites, website review, newspaper study
The Bivings Report - May 23, 2008
As we previously posted in a study on American newspapers and their use of the internet, the formatting of newspapers and the internet don't really go hand in hand. It has been a struggle for the folks at McClatchy and …
Also tagged: other, newspaper study
The Bivings Report - May 13, 2008
After the debacle that was my use of Twitter to predict the outcome of American Idol, I decided to attempt redemption in the form of another online tool. After doing some research, I realized that many fans of reality …
The Bivings Report - May 10, 2008
I posted a link on our Twitter account a few days back about Jim Brady from the Washington Post’s call for commenters on newspaper websites to post using their real names. In doing away with anonymous commenting, he is …
The Bivings Report - May 3, 2008
Fledging company UserVoice is attempting to provide focus groups to those companies that cannot afford focus groups. The site's general idea is to moderate user ideas and complaints by means of formal comment boxes …
Also tagged: social networks, economics, sites, website review