Widgets cont…

The future of widgets: upside On December 1, 2008, AdAge featured an article by Bob Garfield called Widgets Are Made for Marketing, So Why Aren’t More Advertisers Using Them? Southwest Airlines, the article explains, created the “Ding” widget which allows Southwest Airline flyers to receive fare information on flights that interest them. It sits on [...]

Widgets

Recently, particularly within the last few years, widgets have become a huge online phenomenon. Believed to have received popularity from the social networking site MySpace, today an Internet user can find a widget almost anywhere that suits their needs and interests. First of all- what exactly is a widget? Since the creation of the term, [...]

Text Messaging & Driving

Text messaging is a relatively new form of communication that has come about in the technology age. And it’s not just the youth that are doing it. Whether it’s an “I got home safe” text to parents, a more discreet form of flirting, or a tool used to make plans amongst friends, text messaging has [...]

Mer+ge

My girlfriend, who is a senior point guard for Boston College, started her own clothing line called Mer+ge. The concept behind the company is to merge art with science and reinforce that, despite the differences between us, we are all human. Her shirts have powerful messages, are really cool looking, and are super comfy (they [...]