ICQ goes GTalk
March 19, 2008 4:12 pm
categories:
Business, cyberculture
Today I saw that the GTalk client that runs inside Gmail is now integrated with AIM. For those like me that comes from older times, this means that you can login with your ICQ number and talk with some other web dinosaur, although science tells us that they are extinct. I didn’t find how to do it on the Gtalk local client, hope that they launch an upgrade on that soon. That would be fun.
The Integrated GTalk + AIM (ICQ) service
EGO revamped
March 11, 2008 11:16 am
categories:
Design & Marketing, Information Architecture
This morning folks here at globo.com launched the new EGO, the celebrity news product. As part of the global redesign, the new version follows the same principles of the previous products upgrade (like g1 or the globo.com homepage) like simplicity, cleanness and interface grid, but brings a better information architecture with new navigation schema, very focused on themes and topics. There’s a demo tour that highlights the new features and improvements that surely worth the click. Congrats to all people involved, and there’s more to come!
IA Summit 2008 with travel discount
March 10, 2008 2:41 pm
categories:
Information Architecture
Jorge Arango, Director of Events of the Information Architecture Institute, asked me to share this information with all the IA Community here in Brasil. So here it is:
The 2008 IA Summit will be held in Miami, Florida from 10-14 April. Miami is a major point of entry to the United States, which makes it a very convenient meeting point for many people traveling from abroad, especially those coming from Latin America.
The IA Institute has obtained a special discount with Copa Airlines of 20% of the airfare to Miami for registered Summit participants. To use the discount, passengers must go to their nearest Copa Airlines ticketing office and present discount code D01818, as well as proof of participation in the Summit (e.g. registration letter). The discount is valid for travel to Miami (and back) between 5-19 April, and cannot be applied on top of other promotions.
Carol Leslie has also posted a note about that:
Pensando em diminuir os custos de viagem para quem vai de longe ao IA Summit, o pessoal do IA Institute conseguiu um desconto de 20% nas passagens de avião via Copa Airlines. Funciona assim:
Para pedir o desconto você deve ir a um escritório da Copa Airlines e apresentar uma prova de inscrição no IA Summit e código de desconto D01818
O desconto vale para viagens de ida e volta a Miami entre 5 e 19 de abril.
The more we spread the word, the more people will have the chance to know it! Unfortunately I will not be able to go this year. Just have to wait and see if I can go in 2009!
