Just a terrific, creative and well-timed use of the Facebook Timeline by Nike Basketball. Coinciding with the NBA Playoffs – and a handful of new sneakers for top stars like Lebron James, Kobe Bryant and …

Fun and interesting screenshot below from my Facebook newsfeed just a few minutes ago. These two posts appeared beside one another and were not clustered under a topic (ie ‘Masters’ or ‘Golf’) by Facebook.

If you’ve been watching any television recently, you’ve surely seen the barrage of ad spots for Google Chrome, Google Plus, and Internet Explorer 9. I understand Google’s effort but am generally confused by advertising specifically …

This cracks me up: ESPN (who has been criticized for not generously citing sources in the past) ran a front page article on UCLA’s troubled basketball team. In citing the source as Sports Illustrated, ESPN …

File this under ironic advertising: ESPN is running a campaign for Nationwide insurance, whose advertisement coincides with today’s Nationwide Series race at Daytona and has featured a Danica Patrick crash (“Spnning out of control: Danica …

I write a lot about tailoring your web experience for the environments where it is (and can) be used. That is particularly important for mobile which has its own UI needs, requirements, opportunities and challenges.

You’re probably familiar with Vibram 5 Finger Shoes that have become somewhat popular. They became popular in part because they were so different, unique and noticeable. When someone wears a pair – you visually take …

By now you have surely heard of P90x – the ultra-popular home workout program that become famous for the never-ending infomercials. After the success of P90x, parent company Beachbody recently released P90x 2… and in …

Sports fans today got a Black Friday present: the 149 day NBA lockout is on the verge on ending.
And the result is a good thing for fans: the season will be 66 games (a better …

ESPN is getting closer! I have written a lot about ESPN’s usage – and potential usage – of Twitter. I have criticized and applauded. Here is an example of ESPN continuing to improve.

I am a sports nut. That shouldn’t be news if you follow me here or on Twitter / Facebook. I also spend my professional life on the web and looking at new technologies. In part …

In April, I wrote a response to Mark Cuban’s “Does ESPN.com have a Twitter Problem“. My premise was that Twitter is a huge, (relatively) under-utilized platform for ESPN to break news, engage with fans and …