Technology Reading List – Web Design & Search Engine Marketing News

A small human-like robot flys around recording playing music, recording video and giving you messages. This is an exciting promo video to entice students to think about a career in Computer Science. I can’t wait for the personal robot to finally transition from science fiction to household appliance. In another article I’ll re-post here Bill Gates talks about robotics being the next great thing and about how robotics is in it’s infancy where PCs where 15 years ago. It’s very interesting, I’d love to see more videos like this.

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The next major wave in entertainment technology is only two years away from making a huge splash on audiences across the world. Dreamworks just announced that starting in 2009 it will release all of its features in 3-D.

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“It’s now been more than two years since the first story was submitted and dugg on Digg. Since then you guys have helped Digg move from a personal project amongst a group of friends to a huge online community. Now, your contributions in submitting, digging, and commenting on content have propelled Digg to a point I never dreamed of ”

The Social Media Concept is still in it’s infancy and already Digg has 1 million users. I expect to see it double in size again in the next 2 years even when faced with some new competitors, (unless Google joins the race, they could definitely take a large cut out of any social media site’s audience, even diggs)

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You don’t have to pay a lot (or anything) to get good info about your website or blog’s traffic and visitors. This article compares 6 free traffic analytics packages and why you should (or shouldn’t) use them. I have used 4 of these and still like Google Analytics the best out of the free ones.

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“A researcher at Stanford has created an alternative to the mouse that allows a person using a computer to click links, highlight text, and scroll simply by looking at the screen and tapping a key on the keyboard. By using standard eye-tracking hardware a doctoral student has developed a novel user interface that is easy to operate.”

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Opportunity cost and prioritization are harsh taskmasters. When you have a lot of resources and assets to put to work, the marketplace expects that you will use them in the best possible way. If you don’t, those resources go somewhere else. So, sure, a SuperBowl ad makes your business go up. But does it go up as much as if you had spent the $2 mill

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Excellent list of 10 must-read design blogs that anyone who’s into graphic design or web design should check out.

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Smaller companies in markets with heavy PPC competition would probably see more of a return on their investment by using those resources for an organic SEO campaign combined with some targeted website advertising (like buying sponsored listing on appropriate portals and niche directories.

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Beyond the hype, the idea is really a very good one As I looked further into the concept of an interactive internet/television hybrid, it got me thinking about the myriad possibilities. How about television shows where you, the viewer, get to choose the plot direction.

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Andy Hagans offers an in-depth guide for webmasters to responsibly leverage social media. The article covers several topics including titling, content architecture, formatting, the major social media sites, and ethics.

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