New Media/Social Media have had some stunning influences on recent elections all over the world. In Britain’s election this past May, when the long-standing Labor Party was forced to give way to a Conservative/Liberal-Democrat coalition, the Guardian newspaper and blog crowned it “The First Social Media Election.” Australia had a similar outcome of a hung […]
Net Neutrality Challenged/Postponed (Lost?)
The issue of net neutrality has vexed us at MKCREATIVE for a while, and most of our readers know that we have run a few stories on it. We return to the issue now because the de facto closing of the legislative calendar for campaigning has left the issue sorely challenged by mobile-phone companies and […]
Millennials And Their Smart(er)phones
Perhaps the most influential gift of the Baby-Boomer Generation is the consciousness we all have of our own generations, be they the Quiet Generation, Generation X, Y, or Millennial. The language of generations and of the ways they communicate have become a part of everyone’s lexicon (Baby Boomers using ‘twitter’ as a verb, for example). […]
Mobile Applications Make A Viable Mobile Economy
The researchers and pollsters at Neilson.com have recently released some statistics that show how important portable devices, especially smartphones, have created a growing industry in themselves and in the software and applications that run them. Working through our email is by far the most common activity, taking up about 40% of our mobile/online time (Besides […]
George Soros Enjoys Close Ties With Charm City
George Soros has made billions – yes Billions- of charitable donations over the years, and he has most recently given over $100 million to Human Rights Watch (HRW) in an effort to encourage its autonomous status. His wealth comes mostly from his work as a co-founder of the Quantum [Hedge] Fund through the 1980s, but […]
Sober Reading For Those Who Want To Be Energy Efficient: Plan And Invest
The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America recently published a statistical report concerning people’s perceptions of their choices to be more energy efficient. The report was written by Shahzeen Z. Attaria, Michael L. DeKayb, Cliff I. Davidson, and Wändi Bruine de Bruinc, who brought their own skills as […]
#Fundraising: Crowdsourcing Platforms Designed For The Mission-Based Community (Part I)
“Crowdsourcing” is the buzzword of the moment (though coined in the ancient world of technology back in 2006) and pertains to making an open appeal or project to a community and having those connected to that community take on the appeal or project and running it amongst themselves. It assumes the existence of a community […]
Net Neutrality Debate Gets The Treatment
Sometimes serendipity meets synchronicity on anyone’s social-network radar, and a few different views of the same issue materialize before our very eyes. We had a moment of such pleasure today as we were directed to an infographic entitled “15 Facts About Net Neutrality.” Over the last couple of weeks we have posted a number of […]