Despite their clever names and appealing graphic design, transit smart cards do not exactly make a fashion statement. But a graduate of the Royal College of Art (UK) is about to change all that. Benjamin Parton has turned Transport for London’s Oyster card into a wearable and fully functional accessory. Called Oi, the card canRead… Read more »
Here’s another quick one page guide, this about about Google Docs. If you can’t see the embedded version below, you can head to the Kind of Digital site and download a PDF. What is Google Docs? View more documents from Kind of Digital Possibly related posts: What is blogging? What is Facebook? What is RSS?Read… Read more »
HopStop, which provide transit, pedestrian, and bicycle directions, added a carbon emissions savings calculator on all search results. Users searching for local directions can quantify the positive impact of their transit-based travel on the environment in relation to driving a car and also identify the transit, walking, or biking route that minimizes their carbon footprint.Read… Read more »
The Washington City Paper profiles Dan Stessel, chief spokesman for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (DC) and the driving force behind the agency’s new social media strategy. Stessel came to WMATA in May and started tweeting almost immediately. Riders, who had been used to automated service alerts on Twitter and not much else, tookRead… Read more »
Julie Perlmutter and I designed a new training for improving corporate blogging operations, modeled after the Sales Lab Status Meetings. This was a one time, interactive presentation for bloggers and managers investigating how to improve their blogging programs. Most of the participants got the BlogLab handout a week before the program. We told everyone itRead… Read more »
Those that are fans of Jim Rome are familiar with the Triple U – things that were texted to him that were unfunny, uninspired, and unreadable that we hear almost every day. These evolved into a general doctrine of things you don’t really want to say or do. For example: 1) Two coworkers happen toRead… Read more »
One little enhancement I’ve made recently to my social media training and crisis communications platform, the Social Simulator, is a domain-specific URL shortener. The idea is, since we’re simulating Twitter and now Facebook in a private environment, we really ought to offer simulation participants the ability to post short, trackable URLs like they would onRead… Read more »
Timing is everything in the job search. This statement is true when it comes to applying before a job deadline, applying early and often, getting your references to reply quickly, and most of all when dealing with job interviews and offers. If you are lucky enough to have had multiple job interviews, you will likelyRead… Read more »
A quick “infomercial” for a great service I’ve discovered…digital information meets the traditional offline print industry. A common misconception about printing is that companies that offer offset printing and digital printing services are the same. However, offset printing and digital printing are two very different printing processes. There are fewer restrictions and therefore many moreRead… Read more »
Day 8 The great construction mystery: Why aren’t the standard frames made to fit the standard inlets? Well, the inlet frames I picked out were placed on the structures today! I went out to work with the crew while they were placing them to make sure they fit and they were set at the rightRead… Read more »