Absence

Again sorry for the down time, have been busy with school work. Hope to have something going again by introducing my doctorate works.

Sorry for the down time on this Blog, but it has taken a back seat to personal issues this past week.

My Daughter's Wedding.

Design and the Social Media

So you want to design a webpage, blog, facebook, or twitter page, here are some guidelines to help you along your way.

Social Network Design: Examples and Best Practices

Design and the Social Media

Here is another piece on design and the social media.

Yes, Your Social Media Strategy Needs Design

David Armano looks at "social media" as a design problem and notes that Wikipedia describes design as;

" The planning that lays the basis for the making of every object or system. It can be used both as a noun and as a verb and, in a broader way; it means applied arts and engineering. As a verb, "to design" refers to the process of originating and developing a plan for a product, structure, system, or component with intention."

So maybe it is time to approach social business by design.

Design and the Social Media

Interesting information from MASHABLE The social Media Guide recognizing what Yochai Benkler said about collective communities in his book on the Wealth of Networks.

If you’re a creative person, there’s no better way to improve your craft than by getting social. You can start by following designers and design blogs on the major social networks, but if you’re looking to really explore others’ work and share your own, design communities are key.

“Society6 is an online community that allows artists to showcase their work, sell prints and find others to collaborate with,” says Mathers. “Behance, This is Central Station, Creattica and Design Taxi are some other great creative communities that I have used that help designers connect and promote their work.”

Like any social network, the value is in sharing. “I upload any recent work I have to Society6 and Behance and use both platforms to interact with other creatives, find people to collaborate with, send and receive feedback, and generally communicate with others in similar industries,” says Mathers. “Both sites, particularly Behance, received a healthy amount of traffic … [they] are an excellent way to gain exposure in front of the right people.”

Design and the Social Media

I see the talk about the use of cartoons in the other blogs so I thought I would jump on the bandwagon; see, influenced by the social media. The article associated with this cartoon, written by Tom Fishburne, offers some good information on the affects social media has on design, and possible legal implications that can occur if not careful, WJS.

Design and the Social Media

A Better Design bears more fruit,

Excerpt from: Bringing Google, Facebook, Twitter together: Third Party Grows Rapidly in 2010

"Who Sets the Terms

A decade or so ago, Google transformed the perceptive of the web by offering the "I'm feeling lucky". This amazing product (at the time) offered a knowing of the "best hit" for a term being searched. In a subtle, but important way, a taxonomy for the web has been introduced for the web. This default view is now monetized - and controlled - by Google in how it links to top level documents on the web.

We're starting to think of Facebook's platform to be like Google. In a way, it is indexing the world of information, not by most linked, but by most liked. Like Google, when this filter is applied to the good old fashioned web, it shows that the world's content is valuable, and it can be monetized."

The following article tells how a particular design came about and shows how society can dictate design and influences development of Web sites and e-mail marketing for clients in social media.

Merged agency adopts new logo design

Design and the Social Media

The area of DESIGN has a large affect on the Social Media. The way webpages, advertisements, home pages, and even your blog pages are designed can influence sales, visits and so forth. Vandelay Designs has a good piece about How Design Impacts Social Media.

Welcome

Welcome to my 1st Blog.

The Social Media Business Category in which I have chosen to work is DESIGN.