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Saturday, June 14th, 2008 Posted in Web 2.0 | No Comments »

I subscribe to ESPN's Insider service... and I've written many times about why. Today, while listening to my favorite radio show (The Thundering Herd), I noticed that ESPN started pushing ads ... Read more..

beRecruited.com Appears on Atlanta’s 790 The Zone (WQXI)

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 Posted in Web 2.0 | No Comments »

beRecruited's CEO Jeff Cravens joined Atlanta's 790 The Zone sports-talk show The Afternoon Saloon. Jeff discussed sports recruiting, the beRecruited service and still found time to joke with local hosts ... Read more..

15 Websites / Services I’d Actually Pay For

Thursday, May 8th, 2008 Posted in Mobile, Web 2.0 | 43 Comments »

One measure of a service’s utility and stickiness is its ability to charge for usage. Consequently, I regularly find myself asking, “Is this important enough to me that I’d pay ... Read more..

Buzz Bissinger, Will Leitch and the New Media of Content

Thursday, May 1st, 2008 Posted in Pop Culture, Sports, Videos, Web 2.0 | 4 Comments »

Two nights ago, Bob Costas hosted Buzz Bissinger (author of Friday Night Lights), Will Leitch (founder of the web's largest sports blog, DeadSpin) and Braylon Edwards (starting wide receiver on ... Read more..

ESPN Knows Online – ESPN360 and ESPN Podcasts

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 Posted in Sports, Web 2.0 | No Comments »

I think ESPN and their online efforts go overlooked - mostly because they are so dominant on television and radio. But I have been *very* impressed with their online efforts ... Read more..

beRecruited Partners with ESPN on NCAA’s National Signing Day

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008 Posted in Sports, Web 2.0 | 1 Comment »

Over the last couple years, NCAA Football's National Signing Day has become a big business. ESPN aired all-day coverage on ESPNU and ESPN2. Online, ESPN simulcast the entire broadcast ... Read more..

Designing a Great Search Box - Yahoo & Chickipedia are Great

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 Posted in Web 2.0 | 1 Comment »

The search box is often overlooked despite being such a critical launching point for the user experience. The search box shouldn't necessarily be an afterthought. Whether it is in the ... Read more..