Strides: Commentary on Social Media and Web 2.0

Gov 2.0 and the Democratization of Government Data

admin — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:00:27 +0000

One of the most prominent features of the new decade is the move by governments to open up access to their data. Federal, state and local government entities have begun to proactively share their data though websites such as data.gov and Massachusetts Open Data Initiative. Citizens too are increasing engaging with this data in interesting [...]

WordPress Announces “Like” and “Reblogging” Features

admin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:54:02 +0000

Today WordPress announced the addition of two new features: the ability to quickly reblog posts and “like” posts, in an effort to make its platform more social. The reader is presented with a “Like” button, which gives instant feedback to the author. As new users click on the like button, the counter increases. Nothing new [...]

Contesting the Death of Traditional CRM: Social CRM is a Process and not a Technology

admin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 01:55:44 +0000

With Creative Stride’s enterprise clients increasingly interested in Social CRM, which is presented by market research firms as a pill that they must swallow to remain alive, we provide some insights into the uncritical use of the term by technologists spellbound by the social web and offer a perspective on how the “social” relates to [...]

Govenment 2.0 and FedSpace: A Social Network for Federal Government Employees

admin — Mon, 31 May 2010 20:56:16 +0000

While Government 2.0 is in nascent stages, social networks that cater to the government have been around for some time. Intellipedia and A-Space in the Intelligence domain are but two examples. NASA also rocketed into social networking last June with Spacebook. According to Federal Times, the US Government will be launching FedSpace, a new Facebook-like [...]

Creative Stride Wins ITS43 – Technical Specialist Statewide Contract

admin — Sat, 22 May 2010 17:44:41 +0000

s Creative Stride, one of Boston’s leading SOMWBA-certified new media, technology and marketing communications firms, has been awarded the ITS43 – Technical Specialist Statewide Contract. Creative Stride was specifically selected for the Software and Systems Development category, which includes all aspects of planning, design, coding, testing, validating, and maintaining a software application or system. The [...]

Adobe Flash vs. HTML5: Creative Stride’s Commentary on Steve Jobs’ Verdict

admin — Tue, 18 May 2010 23:32:21 +0000

In a long letter Steve Jobs has provided reasons why Abode’s Flash is not allowed on iPhones, iPods and iPads. Adobe also ran a full-page ad in various newspapers articulating key company beliefs and its founders John Warnock & Chuck Geschke suggested in a letter that Apple‘s decision to reject open-standards may undermine Apple’s next [...]

Monetizing iPad Content—One Successful Example from the Publishing Space

admin — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 22:36:43 +0000

Apple’s iPad is the new game in town. In spite of its many drawbacks, it is likely to have groundbreaking applications in some verticals such as publishing and healthcare. Not surprisingly, Silicon Valley’s leading venture capitalist Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers is putting $100 million towards funding developers building for the iPad device. The fund [...]