Facebook is a reminder that the simplest ideas are always the most valuable. Or, as I tweeted earlier tonight: Dumb ideas can be monetized better because the world is full of dumb people. A whole lot about Facebook, looking at it even semi-objectively, is just plain dumb. Putting up a Facebook page instead of a website comprised of HTML, JavaScript, good design, database hooks, and rich media is dumb. That kitteh photo on your profile is dumb. FarmVille is dumb. [...]
FlySw.at is a ticketing system we built at Engage to handle internal support requests for our web products. While we subscribe to the philosophy of not re-inventing the wheel, we are also about providing custom and specific solutions to problems that can’t be optimally solved elsewhere. After trying fantastic systems like Zendesk, Assistly, and Lighthouse, we needed something more activity centric, simple and integrated with Basecamp. Three hackfests later, FlySw.at was born (we love corny [...]
The Hospital Corporation of America’s (HCA) Good Government Group has been a great partner of ours for more than a year now. In preparation for 2012 legislative sessions in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina, the Good Government Group tasked Engage with redesigning their site to more effectively engage their members and to communicate HCA’s impact in the respective states to legislators in a more compelling way. This was our solution. We spent a lot of [...]
Eric Wilson
Like the rest of the political world, we turn our attention on this week’s show to Florida. Justin Sayfie is the founder and publisher of SayfieReview.com, which is a must read for anyone following politics in Florida. You can follow Justin on Twitter. Remember to follow us on Twitter and Facebook. A subscription to the Engage show on iTunes is free and ensures you never miss an episode. Listen here
Eric Wilson
This week, we had such a great guest on the podcast, we couldn’t wait to get it up. So here’s an early version of this week’s podcast. Remember to subscribe on iTunes so you’ll never miss an episode. Our special guest this week is Jacob Soboroff, who is a correspondent for AMC News and is the Executive Director of Why Tuesday? Keep up with Jacob on Twitter. Engage Show 52: Jacob Soboroff // Listen Now
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