Research on U.S. Net habits suggests that if this sentence takes longer than a second to load, many citizens will have clicked elsewhere already. If you've got the patience (or are European) read on for more shocking data on not dawdling.
After the first decade of the century saw the United States' share of global-travel spending plummet from 17.2% to just 11.6%, Congress is initiating a new marketing campaign to give America a makeover.
There is a reason that companies like Facebook, Google, and Twitter get so much attention from the business world. Obviously, they possess a certain level of influence over the people, but perhaps more importantly they each carry a tremendous amount of data about how people live and what they do. It is through our activities in real life and online that businesses and even governments are able to get their messages out to us more efficiently. What can we learn about ourselves through our actions on social media?
I ask five "big questions" about government social media use to put technology, government, social engagement, citizens, and business together in a larger perspective: Who are the public faces of government agencies online?
So the sting (or afterglow, depending on whom you ask) of last week's midterm elections is wearing off. Time to step back and get some perspective on the matter. Like, say, a century's worth: Matthew Ericson, deputy graphics director at the New York Times, found these amazing olde tyme election results maps.
Most of the major countries around the world have national design councils. These organizations are funded by governments with the purpose of helping their country's businesses become more competitive and improve their triple bottom line -- the social, environmental and business indicators -- by adopting design as a key business strategy.
In an interview, Reed Hastings made a joke that some (humorless and over-sensitive types) have taken as anti-American. He was forced to apologize, but dropped a hint about Netflix's future in the process.
