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Quote | Strategy

comScore provides mobile social media insights

15 May 2012

The 25.6 million Twitter mobile users had an average engagement of nearly 2 hours during [March]. By comparison, people visiting on their computers spent just 20.4 minutes on Twitter.com…

Mobile Metrix 2.0 findings from comScore's latest press release

In terms of mobile trends, what is perhaps even more significant than the above statistic is this: The average U.S. smartphone subscriber spent 441 minutes engaged with either the Facebook app or mobile site. This is in comparison to the 391 minutes that the average Facebook user spends interacting with the desktop site. Yowza! Mobile! I expect to see the same trends when I check the analytics of my soon-to-be wildly popular dating site, OkDeluded (OkStupid was taken).

Article | Development

Tizen Developer Conference

11 May 2012

Tizen is a new mobile software platform that is part of the Linux Foundation and runs HTML5 based apps. They held a developer conference down in San Francisco. I flew down to find out more information about this new operating system.

Tizen Developer Conference Stage

Quote | Strategy

There won't be a Web 3.0. We now have Mobile.

10 May 2012

We’ve had Web 1.0, and we’ve had Web 2.0 but there won’t be a Web 3.0. We now have Mobile.

Dave Allen, director, interactive strategy for NORTH from The web is its own thing

Article | Work

Creating Contiki's Mobile Site, Part 1: Design Strategy

9 May 2012

Over 10% of Contiki’s traffic is coming from mobile devices, with over 58% being iOS, but the mobile bounce rate of 8.25% is more than the site average.

Why? Well…

Article | Studio

First Ever Planet Argon Foosball Tournament

4 May 2012

Today was our first Planet Argon Foosball Tournament. The competition was fierce.

Photo | Studio

New studio distraction

3 May 2012

New studio distraction

I’ve been wanting one in our studio for years…

Article | Work

Making a Virtual Meeting Spot

30 Apr 2012

Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to meet the people you’re about to tour across a country with before you leave?

Video | Misc

Finding Portland

25 Apr 2012

“Finding Portland was produced, shot, and edited in 51 days during March and April at the invitation of TEDx Portland, where the video was unveiled to a sell out crowd of 650 and met with a standing ovation. Filmed in Portland and the Columbia Gorge, this time-lapse piece offers a new perspective to the City of Roses. From a Portland Timbers season opening soccer game, to the top of the Fremont Bridge, to an aerial shot of Oneonta Gorge, Finding Portland tells the story of a city and its many faces.”

“Comprised of 308, 829 photographs taken from over 50 unique locations, it took an average of 3.8 hours to make each second of this film. The intent of the project was to place our cameras in unique locations across the city, achieve significant ranges of dynamic camera motion, and pursue cutting edge time-lapse techniques.”

Fascinating perspective of our little city.

Photo | Studio

Brighton Pier

23 Apr 2012

Brighton Pier

While in the UK last week, Joshua and I took a day trip to Brighton.

Link | Work

Contiki Exchange

23 Apr 2012

View the Exchange

Planet Argon contributed to the design and development of ‘the Exchange’, a new addition to the Contiki site that aggregates the activity feed of the entire community. When users share travel tips and advice, the latest fashion trends, or upload new photos, ‘the Exchange’ curates these feed items into a centralized hub.