Category Archives: Technology

Epic Change - Building a Locally-Led School in Tanzania

By Greg Huntoon | May 31, 2009

Drop what you are doing right now, for about 3 minutes, and you can help build a technology lab for a locally-led primary school in Tanzania. All you have to do, is go to this website Ideablob, and vote for Epic Change in a $10k contest. If Epic Change is still at the top of [...]

Also posted in 417north, Africa, Community, Non-profit, Social Media | Tagged $10k, change, contest, epic change, fundraising, grassroots, ideablob, nonprofit, primary school, tanzania, tweetsgiving | 3 Comments

Fritter? What Facebook’s Opening Up Means for Twitter

By Greg Huntoon | February 6, 2009

Facebook has just made a bunch of significant updates today, most notably opening “up access to the content and methods for sharing through…status, Notes, Links (what we used to call Posted Items), and Video…” Not sure if you read the article awhile back over at AllFacebook, but Nick called it a few weeks back. I’m [...]

Also posted in Business, Community, News, Social Media, Web Apps | Tagged allfacebook, competition, facebook, open api, status, trends, twitter, Web Apps | 9 Comments

To Friend Or to Follow

By Greg Huntoon | January 4, 2009

The connective branches of the web are spreading out at an ever-increasing rate. Have you noticed how many of your old friends from high school and college are showing up in droves on Facebook? If you’re on Twitter, have you witnessed the literal flood of new registrations each day?
As more and more people jump into [...]

Also posted in Community, Social Media, Web Apps | Tagged facebook, followers, following, friending, friends, reciprocation, replies, retweets, Social Media, stream, tweet, twitter | 4 Comments

About Greg Huntoon

An anthropologist and writer by education, Greg converted a lifelong passion and enthusiasm for architecture and technology into a successful career as a designer and art director. Greg is currently employed as the Creative Director of Musicane. He is particularly focused on user experience, branding, social media, site architecture, navigation, and grid-based designs. Read full bio