Posted on December 30, 2014 9:48 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Technology | Web
Conventional wisdom among designers led to most early websites contained in a horizontal rectangle that required no scrolling. Employing an old newspaper concept, designers resisted putting any content “below the fold,” or beyond the bottom of the visible browser window, since readers didn’t scroll. If you wanted your content to be seen, it needed to be above the fold.
There is a growing…
Posted on December 26, 2014 12:51 pm by Shel Holtz | Legal | Mobile | Technology | Wireless
UPDATE: According to reports on January 15, Marriott has abandoned its effort to get the FCC to revise its rules to allow them to block guest WiFi, mainly due to public pressure.
Dear Marriott:
Your focus on the business traveler experience has made your hotels my first choice when I have to hit the road for work. However, your anti-consumer stance on…
Posted on December 23, 2014 1:32 pm by Shel Holtz | Wearables | Technology
As a gadget freak, I’m usually happy to eschew conventional wisdom and buy the first generation of new tech. I know they probablyh won’t work that well and that the best features will come in later iterations. I don’t care. I just gotta try it.
With smart watches, though, I became the embodiment of the wait-and-see approach. It’s not that I haven’t tried a smart watch before.…
Posted on October 10, 2014 5:14 am by Shel Holtz | Visual Communication | Advertising | Brands | Business | Content Curation | Facebook | Marketing | Measurement | Mobile | PR | RSS | Social Media | Social networks | Technology
Flickr image courtesy of Tim GreenWelcome to the Friday Wrap, my weekly summary of stuff I have found in the last seven days that didn’t grab the big headlines but is still important, interesting, and/or worthwhile for communicators and marketers. I collect these on my link blog, which you’re welcome to follow.
Privacy advocates will hate Sensiya—A new tool, Sensiya, will tap smartphone…
Posted on July 25, 2014 11:39 am by Shel Holtz | Social Media | Technology
With apologies to Monty PythonIn the late 90s, some organization declared the World Wide Web was over. The prediction of the web’s demise was based on the decline in the number of corporate press releases announcing the launch of a new corporate website. (I have tried to find that report. I’ve come up empty, but my memory of the report is so clear…
Posted on July 18, 2014 8:36 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Blogging | Brands | Business | Channels | Customer Service | Marketing | Media | PR | Publishing | Research | Social Media | Technology
Bacon-wrapped hot dog Flickr image courtesy of Arnold GatilaoThe Friday Wrap (which is what you’re reading) is a curated rundown of news, reports and posts from the past week that, while they didn’t go viral or attract much attention, are still interesting and useful for communications professionals. I select Wrap items from my link blog, which you’re welcome to follow.
French blogger fined…
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