Themeforest.net is the premier template design media company on the internet. They provide high end custom themes for coding platforms such as WordPress, Joomla, Magento and HTML. Their themes for WordPress are reasonably priced and very sophisticated. They offer 100′s of different themes for every application from Ecommerce to photo galleries, providing custom design aesthetics for each theme. Most themes are extremely easy to integrate and offer a very powerful back-end dashboard. This also makes for easy updating and customization. Check out our list of great wordpress themes that would be perfect for your website.
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This is an awesome theme for someone that’s looking to build a sales website for cars, boats, planes, etc. We really like the look of this theme and think that the overall layout is great. It’s a very unique wordpress layout and is perfect for a local car club or a small dealership. This layout also features the newest jQuery for awesome animation features.
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This is a great theme for any restaurant or food blog. The small design features give it a good feel and the site is very easy to read. Are personal favorite feature is the ingredients list in the “learn how to make section”. Anyone looking for a good food theme, here ya go.
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Anyone looking for a general business theme, this one has you covered. It has a great layout and the white space makes for easy customization of the website. This theme also comes with a built in mobile device detector that will convert your website into mobile version for easy viewing by customers. This feature is great for any new age business that relies on the internet for business.
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This is a great website for a small hosting company. We liked that it has little hosting packages on the homepage. The lines and looks of this website are very pleasing. This website proves that wordpress can take on any face.
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This is one of the best real estate themes for wordpress that we have ever found. The overall layout of the website is perfect. The slider isn’t to big and is in a perfect location to show off those truly amazing homes. The placement of the search bar is also good. This theme also has an awesome color integrator that allows you to turn your website into any color possible with the press of the mouse.
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This website is completely out of the ordinary. Most wordpress themes have some kind of grid or table layout. This one is completely different than any other wordpress theme out there. The circular design and awesome pop-up slider make for a very sophisticated look. This theme would be perfect for a female products or fashion website.
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This theme transforms any general website into a professional website. We love the quesiton and answer theme. It most cases this theme isn’t useful but because it has a very unique look it made this list.
This is the perfect theme for a manufacturing company. The white space with advanced image slider give for an engineering type look. We choose this wordpress theme because of the professional layout.
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We liked this theme because of the cool slider with the station TV screen. The overall look of the theme is very organized and allows for a lot of different information. The text in the slider area also gets picked up when the website is crawled by a search engine. This makes for a practical website and more business.
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This theme is perfect for a business that wants to fully customize there website. It has over 40 different color combination’s and 10 different jQuery slider combination’s that are sure to make a fully unique looking website. The minimal content design is good for a website where looks are better than text.
Many new website developers are turning to the usability and content management systems that WordPress has to offer. The platform, useability, power, search capabilities and design allow for a dynamic web 2.0 website that is perfect for the modern day business. Many businesses are currently repping static html websites that look outdated and don’t have the elegant look that a website designed in 2010 has. For this reason many businesses are looking to make the move to CMS based website. Such sites include WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, and Magento just to name a few. Some business are even using a more customizable PHP framework such as: Yii Framework, CakePHP, and Zend Framework. A framework based website is more for large business applications because of the cost of developing the framework. The framework is highly customizable and good for large website applications where budgets are big. For small business, it is much more cost effective to start with a pre-developed framework.
This is where WordPress comes into handy as many businesses want to be able to update there website like it’s their Facebook account. In order to get this instant changeability, businesses need to have their old website converted to a Content Management System (CMS) website. College Start up companies like Fyresite.com are trying to bring this concept to reality. They see the demand for businesses that are willing to pay Web Consultants to implement there CMS website and manage their websites content on a monthly basis. They create content, add specials, make small website adjustments, perform search engine marketing and social marketing tips. Web Consulting is a new job title that were going to start to see a lot more as we move into the 2010 decade and see more busineses stepping toward online marketing.
A web consultant or Internet Agent is a person or company that specializes in all areas of a Website from web development to content creation and search engine optimization. Typically web consultants have been more of a temporary position, offering help when a company is redesigning a website or looking to better market their website. Web consultants are usually kept using a retainer but sometimes can be paid monthly. Many Start-Up Companies will employ a web consultant to help get there website up and running. The web consultant will help with everything from layout and design to function and marketing. Generally a web consultant will move on once the website is up and running. As society moves into web 2.0 and the need for constant content management is essential, businesses will start to hire web consultants to work full time on their website. Tasks can include blogging, updating content, social marketing, search engine optimization, analyzing traffic, building backlinks, and managing directories.
Many web consultants and internet agents specialize in search engine optimization (SEO) and Pay-Per-Click advertising (PPC), helping to create a website that is well designed and functional for business. They will analyze the business industry and appropriate the key terms correctly to help receive more average daily and monthly hits may monitor the Internet for these popular word searches themselves or take advantage of other programs designed to inform users of high volume Internet searches. SEO specialists will incorporate those popular search engine words and phrases in the copy they create to make sure the website receives maximum exposure. The original website creator may continue to monitor the site to track how many visits it receives or install a program that can track the activity for the business.
Web consultants and Internet Agents often are marketing experts as well. They are well-versed in the economics of a website and understand the supply and demand of customers to assure success of a website. The web consultant may partner with another full-service ad/marketing consultancy, work together with a companies marketing team or create a custom campaign tailored to a companies target demographic.
A marketing strategy often includes a thorough study of a company’s competition, keyword analysis and target market. While each business wants to portray a comparative advantage with their products and services, it is useful to understand what strategies are working for businesses in the same industry. Web consultants and internet agents can paint a picture for business owners to help understand what their website needs.
Analyzing and evaluating the target market for a website is essential. A web consultant will help analyze the web traffic data for particular keywords to help maximize effectiveness in the target market. This will help with Website ROI (return on investment) and overall business. Pay-Per-Click advertising can be a major part of an online business. PPC campaigns help get instant results while a SEO campaign is being developed. Web Consultants and Internet Agents usually specialize in PPC campaign development. They will go through a company’s PPC campaign to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of the campaign, helping to deliver maximum ROI.
Overall web consultants and internet agents are an up-and-coming industry that will get larger as more and more businesses rely on the internet for business. Check out fyresite.com to hire your web consultant today
As we head into 2010 the internet is turning more and more into a day-to-day business operation. Websites need to be easier to update and adjust information in a matter of minutes. In order to accommodate this new change in internet business operations, businesses need to start to implement a CMS or Content Management System in there website. Content Management Systems allow users to publish new content in an organized and easy fashion. Some of the most common CMS website platforms are WordPress, Joomla and Drupal. All of these CMS/Blog platforms are free open source programs that can be downloaded directly from there home website.
With everything becoming digital and mobile, a Content Management System is the best way to update your business for the 2010 era. Switching your HTML website to a CMS platform is the best business decision that you’ll ever make. Information changes so quickly these days and a Content Management System allows your business to keep up with the information revolution. All CMS platforms also make it very easy to connect your business advertising pages to your website such as Facebook.com, Twitter.com and Flickr.com.
Content Management Systems help bring businesses to WEB 2.0, an internet where everything is connected to everything and there are no boundaries between social media sites, search engines and business websites. This blending of the internet is what brings more web-traffic, higher revenue and more profit to a 2010 business. The internet is the best way to keep up with your clients. Print media and marketing is slowly but surely become obsolete and out-dated. Look into getting a Content Management System integrated into your website, it’s the best thing you can do in the Information Generation.
April 26, 2010 admin
Wordpress
These days everyone is about “do it yourself”. Everything from home repair to computer maintenance can be done by just reading a How To book. Websites such as Intuit and Godaddy make it seem like anybody who’s anybody can build a website from scratch with little knowledge. After countless hours in front of a computer, I can officially say that not everyone can build a good looking, modern website with little knowledge. But after much research, there is a way to step foot into the online world with a professional website platform that is easier to use and maintain than most.
The website platform I am talking about is WordPress. WordPress is a php/jquery based webplatform that makes it easy to design and develop a professional and functional website that will also rank well on search engines. WordPress is a simple website platform that makes it easy to customize a website. For a small business or the “do it yourself” person, this is the perfect web platform to build a website. It can be designed and maintained by someone with simple knowledge of wordpress. There are a number of wordpress forums that can help anybody learn the basics.
One of the benefits of WordPress in a large list, is the easiness of access to your wordpress website and the dashboard. The Dashboard is whats behind your site. It’s transparent so nobody can see it be its how you edit and manage a wordpress website. The Dashboard gives you the power to create webpages, organize navigation, upload media (pictures, movies, powerpoints, PDF’s, etc.), change the website theme, add widgets, write blog posts, watch website traffic and use hundreds of powerful plugins. The usability, function-ability, and power of the wordpress platform is what makes it ideal for small, medium and even large websites (cnn.com, ebay.com, & yahoo.com just to name a few).
Whether is just blogging or running an advanced E-commerce website, wordpress can handle whatever you throw at it. It’s these reasons that we choose to build our clients websites from wordpress. Its not just useful for its accessibility but because the whole reason to have a website is to bring you business. I laugh sometimes because i look at these gorgeous flash websites that look stunning and can really “awe” a client; But it’s like building a Bill Board out in the Desert. Flash websites don’t rank on search engines and therefore are not good for bringing new business! Good thing for wordpress that it has integrated flash with content building, allowing a search engine to find the content while the client stares at the flash. So not only is wordpress great for design and User-ability but it’s great for bringing business and achieving the outcome your looking for, Profitability! We love wordress and you should to! If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at info@fyresite.com
The Team
April 5, 2010 admin
Web Design
We are currently in a modern website transition. Moving away from the old, simple, HTML based website to a new elegant php web 2.0 based website. This transition is great for business, all the small web design firms are turning profit in this recession economy, but this also increases competition exponentially. Niche markets are the focus of small businesses seeking work, there they’ll find numerous small budget jobs in volume. Small businesses across the nation are transitioning to the 2.0 web that allows customers to find a business over different communication avenues such as: Facebook, Twitter, City Search, Google Locals, youtube, etc. These different sites can all generate traffic for a business, increasing the number of sales that a company can do monthly. That is why it is essential for a small business to have the latest website and online marketing campaign. Here are some styles that a Web 2.0 website carries.
Simple Layout
We’re seeing more simple 1- and 2-column designs than in previous years. The overall feel you get from most modern websites are simple, clean, high resolution and condensed.These pages read in a straightforward way from top to bottom, and you don’t find your eye skipping around trying to work out what to look at. It’s a much calmer and more solid browsing experience than in times gone by.
Centered Orientation
Most websites now a days are all centered in the middle of the screen. The center around the central axis. Years ago most websites enjoyed being centered around the left margin of the screen. Now with larger monitors being the norm, websites are centered around the center of the browser simply because there is plenty of room
Design the content, not the page
Good modern web designs put less energy into designing the page background and rather focus on designing the content itself. You’ll notice most modern websites will have a very ordinary background such as: a gradient, 2-tone, or white. Instead you should focus on the banners and pictures to accentuate your websites styling. Many websites are using bright or pastel colors. It is important when designing a website for Search Engine Optimization to have large amounts of content on the homepage. This is essential for ranking high.
Center Content
When the content sits in the centre of the screen, it feels up-front, confident and easy to read. It also gives a sense of simplicity and balance, which reflects the move towards clean, more Zen, design. Most Businesses like it when their client doesn’t have to scroll down to see the most important content.
OVERALL
These design tips are to help you create the best possible impression on your websites traffic. The better the impression, the better of converting an onlooker into a client. Ultimately design is only one aspect of a good website. Functionality for a business is the other key aspect. If a website isn’t converting business then you could be wasting money on hosting and online advertising. This is not functional and must be updated, redesigned or rebuilt for better conversion.
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There are many things that need to be taken into account when building a website. First and foremost, what is the website going to be for? Is it going to be an ecommerce site, a blog, a business site, technical support website, a forum, or a services website.
March 22, 2010 admin
Web Design
One of the best things you can do when developing a website is use high definition photos, videos, graphics and logos. The introduction of the LCD Screen and the 1GB video card has revolutionized graphics. It is now necessary to have high quality images for websites. Anything less will just be tragic and unsatisfactory. High definition photos are a small price for the quality that they bring a website. Check out istockphoto.com for high definition photos, videos, graphics, vector images, and illustrations.
‘According to a recent study, more than 60% of websites lack the proper web programming to be ranked properly by Internet search engines.
According to the Front Page Public Relations report, websites, in many cases, do not contain the necessary titles, descriptions, keywords and other Meta tags required to be read and indexed properly by leading search engines, nor do they include the beneficial language in search results to entice customers to click through to their websites. ‘
1. Search Engine Optimization
2. Usability Testing of Websites
3. Optimized Press Releases
4. Business Blogging
5. RSS and syndication
February 22, 2010 admin
Search Engines
Let’s just get it out of the way: no, Bing is not a “Google Killer.” It’s also safe to say that Microsoft doesn’t see it that way either. My understanding of what Microsoft believes it has in Bing is a much more competitive product than Live Search. I entirely agree.
Over the course of the next two or three weeks there will be countless articles and blog posts discussing Bing and whether or not it can dethrone Google. Microsoft has told me that the company sees Bing as a start (or restart) and that improvements will continue to roll out over time. One can be skeptical of that position or not. Regardless, Bing is a big advancement for Microsoft’s search efforts.
I’ve been using Bing (Kumo) off and on over that past couple of weeks. I’ve used it side by side with Google and by itself. In some cases I’ve been self-consciously testing and comparing results. At other times, I’ve simply used it to find information or navigate to desired sites.
Let me say that this post is not intended to be a detailed discussion of Bing’s “anatomy” and features. Danny and others will delve into those areas and may express different opinions and conclusions than I do here. As an aside, there are range of features that I like quite a bit; among them the “table of contents” that often appears in the upper left column (see graphic below) and the easily accessible search history, which will likely be further developed in interesting ways. (A Silverlight-enhanced version of search history adds more utility and even makes it social.)
My overall assessment is very positive. Kumo, now Bing, has performed well and I’ve been satisfied with the results. There haven’t been any significant deficiencies or missing links (so to speak). While there have been a few occasions where I’ve found Google results to be better, the substantial gap that existed between Google and Live Search is largely gone with Bing.
Microsoft has integrated the Powerset technology to varying degrees and made numerous algorithmic improvements on the “back end” that are largely opaque to me. More obvious are the interface upgrades and changes. While many people are accustomed — even habituated — to the Google UI, I appreciated the often richer visual presentation and generally “cleaner” organization of Bing SERPs.
So now you’re probably thinking will I start using Bing instead of Google?
To be candid I don’t see myself giving up Google, especially given the default Firefox browser integration. But I can also honestly say that while I almost never used Live Search except to write about it, I will indeed use Bing. Unfortunately you won’t be able to try it for yourself until next week when it goes live.
I cannot predict how you or others will react or whether Microsoft’s reportedly massive ad campaign for Bing will drive adoption. Advertising can generate awareness or curiosity but that’s about it. The bottom line is whether people find the results and their presentation to be compelling enough to actually use Bing.
So to provide a more concrete sense of Bing in advance of the launch, I conducted a range of basic searches that one might do in a given week and captured screens from both Google and Bing to offer a visual side-by-side comparison. The following are the queries that I used:
- Bing (couldn’t resist)
- Sonia Sotomayor
- George Clooney
- Hotels, New York
- Playoffs (NBA)
- Prius
- Up (the movie)
- United Airlines
- Best sushi los angeles
February 22, 2010 admin
Internet
My post last week on the Google algorithm gave me the crazy idea to actually attempt to write out a rough outline of what the formula might look like. I’ve taken softplus’ suggestion and given it a go using a massively simplistic weight/factor expression:
GoogScore = (KW Usage Score * 0.3) + (Domain Strength * 0.25) + (Inbound Link Score * 0.25) + (User Data * 0.1) + (Content Quality Score * 0.1) + (Manual Boosts) - (Automated & Manual Penalties)
KW Usage Factors:
- KW in title tag
- KW in header tags
- KW in document text
- KW in internal links pointing to the page
- KW in domain and/or URL
Domain Strength
- Registration history
- Domain age
- Strength of links pointing to the domain
- Topical neighborhood of domain based on inlinks & outlinks
- Historical use & links pattern to domain
Inbound Link Score
- Age of links
- Quality of domains sending links
- Quality of pages sending links
- Anchor text of links
- Link quantity/weight metric (Pagerank or a variation)
- Subject matter of linking pages/sites
User Data
- Historical CTR to page in SERPs
- Time users spend on page
- Search requests for URL/domain
- Historical visits/use of URL/domain by users GG can monitor (toolbar, wifi, analytics, etc.)
Content Quality Score
- Potentially given by hand for popular queries/pages
- Provided by Google raters (remember Henk?)
- Machine-algos for rating text quality/readability/etc
Obviously, this isn’t a perfect summation of the algorithm by any means, but I have a strong suspicion that if we were to see the exact algorithm in perfect form, we’d see that a lot of these factors are strongly reflected in the weighting. There would most likely also be a lot of the factors from this list, but for brevity’s sake, I figured I’d keep this post short and sweet.
What do you think? Any big oversights or complete goofs in the above formula?
p.s. Yes – I do think Google is using manual boosts, particularly when the query is of a navigational nature and they’d like to place the source at #1, despite the fact that it might not be strong enough to rank there by itself.
February 22, 2010 admin
Internet
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A tag cloud (a typical Web 2.0 phenomenon in itself) presenting Web 2.0 themes
The term “Web 2.0” (2004–present) is commonly associated with web applications that facilitate interactive information sharing, interoperability, user-centered design,[1] and collaboration on the World Wide Web. Examples of Web 2.0 include web-based communities, hosted services, web applications, social-networking sites, video-sharing sites, wikis, blogs, mashups, and folksonomies. A Web 2.0 site allows its users to interact with other users or to change website content, in contrast to non-interactive websites where users are limited to the passive viewing of information that is provided to them.
The term is closely associated with Tim O’Reilly because of the O’Reilly Media Web 2.0 conference in 2004.[2][3] Although the term suggests a new version of the World Wide Web, it does not refer to an update to any technical specifications, but rather to cumulative changes in the ways software developers and end-users use the Web. Whether Web 2.0 is qualitatively different from prior web technologies has been challenged by World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee, who called the term a “piece of jargon”[4] — precisely because he intended the Web to embody these values in the first place.
February 22, 2010 admin
SEO
Search Engine Ranking
SEO is short for “search engine optimization.” To have your site optimized for the search engines means to attempt to have top placement in the results pages whenever a specific keyword is typed into the query box. There are many search engine optimization services to choose from, so here are some things to keep in mind when seeking SEO services or developing an SEO strategy of your own.
Search engines have two types of listings: those that are paid for, which are usually distinguished as “sponsored links” and those that are organic.
To the right is a screen shot of a Google® search results page. The listings in red are paid ads, and the listings in the green area are organic results.
Organic Listings
Organic search engine listings are those that appear down the middle of the page. Search engine optimization services are devoted to optimizing sites to appear in the organic listings space. See the diagram above to see where organic listings and paid listings appear in the Google search engine results page.
Spider-driven search engines such as Google®, Yahoo!® and MSN® use “robots” or “crawlers” to score websites across the Internet. Robots “spider/crawl” each site and “score” pages based on how relevant they are. A website’s score or placement within a spider driven search engine is derived from hundreds of variables such as link popularity, density and frequency of keywords in page content, HTML code, site themes and more. You will want to focus many criteria in your SEO strategy to position yourself well among the major search engines. Here are two of the most influential factors:
- Link Popularity
Spider-driven search engines use robots to spider websites across the Internet by traveling through links from web page to web page. A website’s score or placement within a spider driven search engine is derived from hundreds of variables such as, link popularity, click popularity, keyword density, website themes and more.
Google is the most popular spider-driven search engine. Its database currently has about 4 billion pages indexed and is known for finding the most relevant information. When Google spiders the Web, it finds sites by traveling through links. The more sites that link to you, the more important the engines believe your content to be. You should focus on getting many important sites to link to your site. You can do this in many ways: submit to online directories, exchange links with business partners and industry-related sites, or participate in Link Building.
- Page Content
Search engine spiders can only spider through text. They will use the content on your site to determine what your site is about, which in turn will help to decide how highly your site will be ranked for specific keyword phrases when visitors type them into the search engines. For this reason, keyword research is critical to obtaining natural search engine placement and should be at the top of your list when mapping out your SEO strategy.
You will need to know how many people are searching for your keyword phrases and what kind of competition you are facing when attempting to obtain a top spot in the search results. Keyword research, text writing, submissions and site analysis are all included with our search engine optimization packages.
Why Search Engine Optimization?
Studies have proven that top placement in search engines generally provide a more favorable return on investment compared to traditional forms of advertising such as, snail mail, radio commercials and television. Search engine optimization is the primary method to earning top 10 search engine placement. Learn more about the search engine optimization process and discuss an SEO strategy for your site when you contact a search engine specialist today.
Paid Listings
Yahoo!’s Pay-Per-Plick (PPC) Program shows paid ads at the top and right of the results pages. websites that show up here bid on keyword phrases and pay Yahoo!® a small fee each time the ad is clicked on. The more you bid per phrase the higher your ad will appear on the results page. Yahoo! PPC is a great way to help drive traffic quickly to your website. You can set a daily budget. When you max out your budget, Yahoo! will pull your ad for the remainder of the day.
A comprehensive search engine marketing campaign may encompass both organic optimization for long-term success and a pay per click campaign for immediate results. Feel free to contact a search engine marketing consultant at 1-877-438-8599. We can help put together a marketing strategy for your site’s needs.
Each organic search engine ranking places emphasis on variable factors such as the design and layout, keyword density and the number of relevant sites linking to it. Search engines constantly update and refine their ranking algorithms in order to index the most relevant sites. Other variables that have an impact on search engine placement include the following:
SEO Keyword Research: Choosing the right keywords is critical to SEO success.
301 Redirect: The primary search engine friendly way to redirect your domain name.
Link Popularity: Work to increase traffic by exchanging or achieving links from many high-ranking sites.
Web Themes: Create a content rich site broken down into “themes.”
February 22, 2010 admin
Web Design
Developers Track – Call for Papers
The Developers Track call for papers focuses on the general WWW development community. Participants are invited to present new trends and interesting ideas, code and APIs of applications, platforms and emerging standards. Demonstrations of technical “nitty-gritty” are strongly encouraged.
Keynote Speakers
Vint Cerf
Vint Cerf is vice president and Chief Internet Evangelist for Google. He is responsible for identifying new enabling technologies and applications on the Internet and other platforms for the company.
Widely known as a “Father of the Internet,” Vint is the co-designer with Robert Kahn of TCP/IP protocols and basic architecture of the Internet. In 1997, President Clinton recognized their work with the U.S. National Medal of Technology. In 2005, Vint and Bob received the highest civilian honor bestowed in the U.S., the Presidential Medal of Freedom. It recognizes the fact that their work on the software code used to transmit data across the Internet has put them “at the forefront of a digital revolution that has transformed global commerce, communication, and entertainment.”
Vint has received numerous awards and commendations in connection with his work on the Internet, including the Marconi Fellowship, Charles Stark Draper award of the National Academy of Engineering, the Prince of Asturias award for science and technology, the Alexander Graham Bell Award presented by the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf, the A.M. Turing Award from the Association for Computer Machinery, the Silver Medal of the International Telecommunications Union, and the IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal, among many others. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from UCLA and more than a dozen honorary degrees.
danah boyd
danah boyd is with Microsoft Research New England and a research fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.
Dr. boyd’s research “Taken Out of Context: American Teen Sociality in Networked Publics” focuses on how American youth use networked publics for sociable purposes. She examines the role that social network sites like MySpace and Facebook play in everyday teen interactions and social relations. Her interests reside in how mediated environments alter the structural conditions in which teens operate, forcing them to manage complex dynamics like interacting before invisible audiences, managing context collisions, and negotiating the convergence of public and private life. The MacArthur Foundation funded the research as part of a broader grant on digital youth and informal learning.
At the Berkman Center, danah co-directs the Internet Safety Technical Task Force to work with companies and non-profits to identify potential technical solutions for keeping children safe online. This Task Force was formed by the U.S. Attorneys General and MySpace and is organized by the Center. She maintains a blog on social media called Apophenia.
Carl Malamud
Carl Malamud is founder and director of Public.Resource.Org a nonprofit corporation that has placed over 90 million pages of U.S. government documents on the Internet, including a large number of judicial opinions, public safety codes, and other materials that were never publicly available before. Public.Resource.Org has also been responsible for removing information that contains Social Security numbers and other protected private information from the Internet, and running a series of audits that have resulted changes in both the U.S. Congress and the federal judiciary. Public.Resource.Org also runs FedFlix, a program that digitizes government videotapes and then puts them on-line as a public domain stock footage library.
Previous to running Public.Resource.Org, Carl was the Chief Technology Officer at the Center for American Progress, and the founder of the Internet Multicasting Service, which ran the first radio station on the Internet, put the U.S. SEC and Patent databases on-line, and created the Internet 1996 World Exposition. He is the author of 8 professional reference books and has done stints as a visiting professor at the MIT Media Lab and Keio University. He received the Berkman Award from Harvard University and the EFF Pioneer Award.
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