When was the last time you saw 1/4 million people at the ballet? Thanks to clever use of social media - that's just what happened to the Royal New Zealand Ballet. They are a great example of an organisation that's doing a lot right in the social media space.  Here's some exam...

If you're one of those people who has a hard time conceptualising something as vast as space, then fasten your seat belt and check this out:    Thanks to the fabulous TED conference (which I've blogged about many times since a...

I have been reading, with great interest, a fascinating study from Latitude Research and Read Write Web who have asked children (under 12) what they want from computers and the Internet in the future. Unsurprisingly, they said games first and foremost, but what did surprise the authours was t...

We've blogged before about how exciting it is to see the evolution of gestural interfaces. Instead of users having to click a mouse, or touch a screen, they simply wave their arms and their gesture is interpreted thus changing or manipulating the content on screen. Our own Webby Honoree ...

Apple are masters of introducing new toys that the world lusts after before anyone's even really sure why. The most recent highlights have to be the iPhone and the iPad. Early adopters of both are instantly in the seriously cool camp. Web browsing was never so hot as on these devices. But how is that browsing experience really? For any sites that have Flash - you will in fact be viewing the (often poorer cousin) HTML version. While your device may be cool - your content may not..