Bean Beat

Working the Web

Fresh, free interactive ideas served up daily
You’re crazy not to follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Delicious. Why? We post daily gems on the latest in gaming, usability, online membership tactics, mobile content delivery, educational studies, brilliant online marketing, social networking trends, cool new technologies… you get the picture.

What are you waiting for? (P.S. If RSS is more your style, you can follow our Bean Blog too).

Here are a few recent posts from our @BeanCreative Twitter account to whet your appetite:

• Kaiser Foundation study shows 8-10 y.o. kids consume an average EIGHT hrs of media daily! #education
• Study on ages of social network users has some surprising stats
• Get beyond the buzz of HTML5… Gizmodo explains what it will and won’t do, and why you should care
• “If it doesn’t spread, it’s dead” – how to give your content wings
• Meet the new tech, same as the (really old) tech… Why #3DTV will FAIL: The glasses

Bean Buzz

Do you know a special someone with a flair for FLAIR (Flash, Flex, AIR)? Bean’s hiring!
We’re on the prowl for a killer interactive designer/developer who uses design, Flash and Actionscript to blow people away with interactive experiences and looking to work with a bunch of folks who like to create awesome interactive stuff while having a good time doing it.

Know anyone who fits the bill? Have him/her check out the details on beancreative.com.

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Judging the Webby Awards
With an impressive SIX Webby nods to our name, it’s no surprise that Bean Creative has a good eye for interactive innovation. Bean president Layla Masri was invited to judge the web’s top annual award – check out her take-aways for what makes a website Webby worthy.

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“Pimp My Site Architecture”
Our popular series of web workshops for museums returned this week when Beaners Layla Masri and Emily Grossman presented at the Museums & the Web 2010 conference: “Pimp My Site Architecture: Reorganization and Usability Tools and Tactics to Reinvigorate Web Sites on a Budget”

Latest Launches

SUPER WHY iPhone and iPad game
Now the hit preschool PBS KIDS series, SUPER WHY, has a wonderiffic iPhone and iPad app – a collection of four games centered on the four main characters of the hit series, each teaching key preschool literacy skills. In just two months, the iPhone app was crowned the #1 kids educational game! And the iPad version launched on the official release date of the iPad on April 3, 2010, putting PBS at the forefront of tablet technology innovation. Continue reading »

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Washington Week with Gwen Ifill
A massive site reorganization, striking redesign and a new content management system for Washington Week with Gwen Ifill brings TV’s longest running prime-time news program into the 21st century. Ms. Ifill gushed, “It’s gorgeous.” Nuff said. Continue reading »

— Happy Spring from the Bean Team!