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Lessons Learned from The Gap Logo Fiasco

October 14th, 2010

I feel bad for the Gap. I really do. When a company botches something so badly over and over again after trying time and again to do the right thing, it’s hard to not feel a bit sorry for them.
And I honestly believe that they came at this whole process with the best of intentions. [...]

Is User Generated Content Dead?

May 19th, 2010

I bet many of you recall hearing the following at meetings and conferences over the past few years: You don’t own your brand.  Your customer does.
Really?  If you’re like me, this sentiment always felt a little like over-zealous clap-trap.
I think it’s time to admit that this epiphanic belief that was all the rage a few years ago [...]

Wikia Search introduces user-generated search

June 12th, 2008

Is the future of search user editing, or do we prefer machines to do the thinking for us?

picture: wikipedia
Article excerpt:   Wikia Search, an open-source search engine, introduced a number of new features yesterday that allow any user to delete, add, highlight, annotate, rate and/or change the order of its natural search listings.  Jimmy Wales, co-founder [...]

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