Daniel DiRico

There was once a time when the home page of your web site was regarded as the front door to your business. It was the one page that demanded constant attention and resources. Above all other pages, it consistently delivered the highest amount of web traffic to your site. Unfortunately, things aren’t quite that easy in [...]

One of the great things about the continued growth of the internet and the social connections it creates, is the often overlooked fact that all of this technology actually is making us smarter as a society. Yes, this occurred to me today as I was watching this TED video about marshmallows and teamwork. Since the introduction [...]

Design and technology have always had an interesting relationship. If you look at design trends and the impact of design on the products that we use every day, there is an interesting cycle that seems to repeat itself. Throughout history, there are bursts of incredible achievements in aesthetics, design and usability that seem to rise out of [...]

When it comes to modern day web use, you may have noticed a rising trend during the past few years. You have a plethora of passwords to remember. The root causes of this trend are simple enough to understand thanks to the proliferation of SaaS and cloud computing, but the quest to find a solution to [...]

There has been a lot of discussion lately about the measurement of social media and its return on investment (ROI). The expectation for 2010 is that we’ll see corporations large and small begin to clamp down on any social media marketing (SMM) spending that does not contribute to profits. The big problem of course is that [...]

Well everyone likes to speculate about the next big move by Apple. And lately the word on the street is not about the rumored “tablet” that everyone has been talking about for over a year now. No, this speculation is not about a device, but instead about digital media distribution. You could be forgiven just five [...]

For those of us on Facebook, you are probably aware of the new privacy settings that were developed. It seems to be rolling out this week and I happened to see the new settings alert upon login this afternoon. See screenshots at the end. One thing seems certain with this move by Facebook — as real-time [...]