Author Archives: Eric Burgess

About Eric Burgess

Eric Burgess is a Sr. Community Manager for Banyan Branch in Seattle, WA. In the evenings he works towards his Master's of Communication in Digital Media at the University of Washington. When he's not writing for Socialrazzi or fashiondad.com, he's likely taking photographs with his Canon T2i or spending time with his family.

Diptic: Tell The Story Contest

Tweet I love Diptic and I’ve been using the app on my iPhone for some time now. It’s really intuitive actually and it can help put all of your photos from one event together in a really cool story-like way. … Continue reading

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Gifture – The Instagram App for Animated Gifs

Tweet A free new iOS App began circulating in the Apple App Store today and it’s called Gifture. It’s created by James McDonald, the Scottish UX/UI designer who, if you’ll recall had quite a bit of fun on YouTube with his … Continue reading

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Sarah Lacy and Michael Arrington Drama

Tweet Nearly a week has settled since PandoDaily’s Sarah Lacy announced in a blog post that former TechCrunch pal Michael Arrington was no longer on the board of her newly launched blog. What’s interesting to me about this story, is … Continue reading

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The Internet is Ruining Your Brain – Infographic

Tweet A new study by Forensic Psychology suggest that online multi-tasking actually raises stress levels and lowers creative thinking overall. Beware power users!!

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Ben Huh from Cheezburger Network to get his own show on Bravo

Tweet The average person on the internet doesn’t know what a “meme” is. I mean, they know what it is, but they don’t know that it’s called a meme. Ask most people about the website I Can Has Cheezburger and … Continue reading

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Microsoft Cliplets: Are They Any Different From Animated GIFs?

Tweet Neel Joshi, researcher in Microsoft’s Research division describes a “cliplet” as: “A type of imagery that sits between a still image and a video and they allow you to capture a moment in time as opposed to an instant … Continue reading

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Windows 8 Start Screen Debacle Leaves Baby Boomers Frustrated

Tweet Last month Microsoft released the much anticipated Consumer Preview version of Windows 8 for those wanting to test drive it. Still far from RTM (Release to Manufacturer), the new Windows OS is already causing quite the controversy with its … Continue reading

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Seattle’s Local Brew Show

Tweet If you’re like me, when the TV show Portlandia first came out you thought to yourself “Give me a break, Seattle can do better.” Well, Seattle can do better and it’s become apparent in the new online show launched … Continue reading

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Can Facebook and Twitter Predict This Year’s Oscar Winners?

Tweet Seattle social media agency, Banyan Branch, listened in on more than 3.5 million posts from Twitter and Facebook over a *one year period and came up with the following predictions for this year’s Academy Awards. Looks like our conversations … Continue reading

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Top 3′s with Tac Anderson

Tweet Tac Anderson is one of the most interesting guys in social media you’ll likely never get to meet in person. I only say this because his career has literally taken him around the globe having moved most recently from Seattle, WA … Continue reading

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