Submitted by kristiewells on Thu, 2009-07-30 12:31
When Designing Websites or Applications, Think About User Experience
We caught up with Brendan Lee, Loni Peristere and Juan Bonfante at the recent CaT conference, and asked their opinions on the need for great user experience. It was no surprise, they all had some. :)
Developing Apps for the Real Estate Market
Over the next couple of weeks Chuck will be taking a look at various vertical markets (Real Estate, Financial Services, Retail and Gaming, for starters) to offer suggestions and advice on how you can integrate Ribbit functionality into the applications you are building to extend communications and better the user experience on both sides.
His first dip into this pool is around Real Estate, where he provides three examples of
Ribbit HQ on the Move
We have outgrown our digs (again), so the time has come to order a stack of packing boxes, wrap the foosball table in cellophane and throw the 1000+ stuffed frogs lying around the office into plastic bags to prep for our move.
We are staying in the same building, just moving down one floor and gaining a ton of square footage that should hopefully last us a long while. Well, it will as long as we quit pouring water on the marketing people...
Ribbit in the Wild: SimplePhone and Rocketvox Case Studies
We recently caught up with Joe Farrar at SimplePhone and Rick Peters from Rocket Technology Labs to see what they have doing with the Ribbit API, and what their plans are for the future:
SimplePhone
SimplePhone is a desktop-based Adobe Air phone application integrated with Ribbit that allows callers to place voice calls using a computer microphone, SimplePhone integrates with Broadsoft’s globally-recognized VOIP platform for carriers, and will be offered as an add-on service to S
Making Banner Ads Cool Again
At the CaT conference in New York, we announced a new program for agencies to bring voice, messaging, and rich communications to their client's campaigns.
We started with the standard banner ad.
The White House Launches Video 'Chat' on Facebook
A post from Mashable just came across my desktop and caught my eye. The Obama administration launched a live video chat today via Facebook to engage more citizens in a discussion.
I personally feel this is a great use of Social Media by the administration.
New York Roundup...
We had a good time in New York at the Creativity and Technology event last week where we showcased the Ribbit platform, launched a brand new shiny site and met some of the top creatives in New York.
For me, an even better time was at the Bayou the night before where I was able to put a face to the names I see in our deve
New York City Bound To Make Nice Nice With Digital Agencies
We are just a few days away from the Creativity and Technology event being held at the Metropolitan Pavilion on June 3rd where we will pull the curtain back on one of the shiny objects our team has been hard at work on. We won't be so bold as to say it will change the world of advertising as we know it...but hoping once you see what we cooked up in action, those words will cross your lips.
Chuck Freedman and Brendan Lee Presenting at Flash On Tap
Brendan plans to show off a little something he has been doing with Augmented Reality, but we thought we would stop and take this moment to see if there was a way to up the coolness factor just a wee bit more. He is a pretty creative sort, so if there was something you would like to see him talk about, leave a comment here and we'll get him on it pronto.
Augmenting Reality: Brendan Gets an A+ on the Coolness ScaleBrendan Lee waxes philosophical on different ways we can create futuristic telephones, and demos one facet of his upcoming talk at Flash on Tap.
