Marie-Lynn Richard

Social Media & Web Technologist / Entrepreneur / Mom / Crafty Bitch

December 27, 2011
by Marie-Lynn Richard

Project for Awesome – Buying scales for medical personel in Bangladesh

Here is an update from Shawn of UnculturedProject. I love how Shawn documents his projects and tells the recipients of the material where the donations come from. This year the Youtube community has provided scales for weighing babies in Bangladesh. … Continue reading

May 18, 2011
by Marie-Lynn Richard

Managing time to do everything! A few recent projects…

When Facebook implemented their new Page design, my clients’ custom tabs were deprecated to a very discreet place under the profile picture so some of them opted for a custom FBML tab directing users to the additional content they are … Continue reading

August 8, 2010
by Marie-Lynn Richard

When Social Media and Philanthropy Merge

Given the continued disaster in the Golf of Mexico and the urgency of finding solutions to address our cruel and unsustainable chain of consumption, I have set aside all my free time in July, August and September to work on … Continue reading

June 24, 2010
by Marie-Lynn Richard

The Birth of Social Media

When my father bought a Zenith Z-100 I took ownership of his TRS-80 Model II. Back then people were more interested in celebrating the moment over time stamping what they did so there is no date on the diploma I … Continue reading

May 3, 2010
by Marie-Lynn Richard

Statistiques fraîches sur l’utilisation de Facebook et Twitter au Canada

Voulez-vous savoir combien d’usagers Facebook de votre région ont exactement la même âge que vous? Avec Facebook c’est facile en utilisant l’estimateur d’audience de la régie publicitaire(1). Pour Twitter, ça a été une toute autre aventure. Les statistiques que je … Continue reading

April 30, 2010
by Marie-Lynn Richard

Quelle est votre stratégie de URI mobile?

Lors de la création du premier guide de stratégie SEO pour les sites mobiles chez Médias Transcontinental, j’ai du me poser la question « Quel sera le meilleur URI à adopter pour promouvoir un site Web mobile? ». Le reste … Continue reading

February 21, 2010
by Marie-Lynn Richard

Social Games Open a Window we Must Look Into

Here’s my Aha! Moment Popup, courtsy of FarmTown on Facebook. I do not want to tell my Facebook friends that I have spent six months building this beautiful farm to reach the lever where I can buy Junk Cars and … Continue reading

February 20, 2010
by Marie-Lynn Richard

Will your company survive the brain drain caused by Social Media?

This article is aimed at managers who run businesses and teams of multi-disciplinary Information Technology (IT) professionals such as Programmers, Webmasters, Developers, Business Analysts, Subject-Matter Experts and Information Architects. While you are trying to figure out how your big corporation … Continue reading