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Klout: Passing Trend or Web 3.0?

August 29, 2011 by Marcus | 1 Comment

Klout is only just starting to hit the mainstream of the general public, but is it a passing trend, or a glimpse into the future of the internet?

What is Klout?

Klout is an online service that’s been around for about two years. It’s essentially social media analytics for an individual’s influence across their social network. It gathers data from your social activity and how your network responds to the content you post or the subjects you talk about. Continue Reading →

Up in smoke: Social Media

August 14, 2011 by Marcus | 0 comments

Imagine how life would be if one day you woke up and all your favourite social media sites had disappeared. All your friends, photos, messages and events. Poof, gone.

‘Up in smoke’ is the photo-set’s concept of networks literally going up in smoke. They’re visualised  purely on the colours found within their logos. Continue Reading →

August 13, 2011
by Marcus
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Scrolling Main Page Action

Just checked my inbox to find an unexpected email from my good man Josh over at providedesign. It contained my awesome new scroll feature on my home page portfolio, cheers buddy.

Previously it used to jump to the relevant section: now it scrolls. The main benefit is that people can actually see it’s one page so they can scroll about instead of going back to the buttons each time as if they were individual pages.