Much of the buzz in interactive this week has been about SXSW, which starts today! To pay homage to the event that has helped make so many fabulous sites, technologies and applications popular, I’m waxing concise, Twitter-style—all articles are summarized in just 140 characters or less. Here we go!
~AngieGoogle launched a new Labs tool called, Google Public Data Explorer, which allows you to analyze large amounts of public data on popular search topics using colorful and pretty visual representations. The charts and maps created through Public Data Explorer can easily be changed to represent different time periods.
~Angie
What’s been happening in the exciting world of interactive marketing this week? Patents were handed out like wieners at a cocktail party, Yahoo! celebrated its 15th birthday, users get all stary-eyed over Google’s customizable search and education is a main focus with Transformation 2010 and SMX West. And tons more, of course.
~Angie
Without further ado, here’s your weekly roundup of interesting articles and timely news for the interactive marketing industry. Enjoy!
~Angie
In this month’s issue of “Meet the Authors,” we’re going to profile our newest fearless leader, Alex Porter. After serving as VP for some five years, Alex was promoted to president of Location3 Media at the beginning of February. Essentially, Alex has been carrying out presidential duties for some time; it’s only now been made official. Besides running Location3, Alex is also an active board member with the New Denver Ad Club and helped the Colorado AMA develop their new Digital Dynamics educational webinar series. But Alex isn’t commander in chief in every area of his life—at home, there’s no question that his two boys rule. Read through all of Alex’s blogs and learn some fun facts and quirks about him below.
~Angie