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Here at Advomatic, we're getting pretty good at the whole widget thing. The data thing has been our forte for a while, but now there's the widgets that we keep nailing, and of course we're still pretty good at the whole the speaking truth to power thing. Let's discuss:
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Advomatic Has Been Winning
From praise to prizes to cash, Advomatic projects have been on a roll recently. It's a pleasure to offer this run down of some recent client-partners and the encomiums heaped upon their websites:
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We Made a Widget
MAPLight.org
Our team has been so hard at work over the last few months that we've had little time to brag about the accomplishments we've achieved for our clients. Well, this time, we have to make the time. Introducing the Maplight Presidential fund raising... more
Our team has been so hard at work over the last few months that we've had little time to brag about the accomplishments we've achieved for our clients. Well, this time, we have to make the time. Introducing the Maplight Presidential fund raising... more
What "Never Ending Friending" Means
Ever since NewsCorp put out that self-aggrandizing study on how MySpace is the best place ever to buy advertising, I've been thinking about what it means. The study was designed to double monthly advertising revenue from $30m to $60 and so much of the methodology is about brand identification... more
Staring into the abyss: 10pm EDT
One of the tasks that seems to persistently find its way to my doorstep is building calendaring systems. Always maddening, incredibly frustrating and never as easy as it seems it should be, building a system that deals with events and dates and times is a rite of passage for many developers. You... more
Drinking Liberally in the news
Living Liberally
One of the great orgs we actively support, sponsor, and are building a new website for, is Drinking Liberally (DL). I personally host a DL event at the Mayan theatre in Denver... more
One of the great orgs we actively support, sponsor, and are building a new website for, is Drinking Liberally (DL). I personally host a DL event at the Mayan theatre in Denver... more
The Fish Ladder of Greater Participation
How do you promote deeper participation from your web membership, collect valuable demographics from them, and avoid triggering common negative reactions to data collection?
With a clear set of objectives for your web site, and some new ways of structuring features, you can help... more
How Social Networks Think
I've had difficulty explaining my networking concepts without resorting to some exasperated cliche like, "that's just how I think about it."
Well, turns out that scientists at the National Institute of Mental Health are... more
The Internet as Third Place
Ray Oldenburg is an urban sociologist who writes about the importance of informal public gathering places. In his book The Great Good Place, Oldenburg demonstrates why these gathering places are essential to... more
Societal Culture and the Internet's Clusters
China's "Netizens" number 130 million - and are growing 30% every year. Second only to the U.S., China is installing Broadband everywhere and internet cafes are the size of K-Marts and as abundant as Starbucks.
In 2005, Dr. Guo Liang of the ... more
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Julie will have to chime inAdam Mordecai
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