The Starter League – Tomorrow’s entrepreneurs go to school
Here’s an interactive article I recently wrote for Chicago Made. I used Creatavist to build it – it’s a bit of a hassle to work with, but it can produce…
Author: Mike Murphy
Chicago Made website design
This past week, I designed and coded a news website for my Producing A News Website class at Medill. In about two days, I came up with a look and…
Thrifty City website design
Designed and coded a magazine website for my Magazine & Interactive class at Medill. We were given about five hours to design the site, which was to be populated with…
Bringing coding to the masses
Originally appeared on Medill Reports What is holding you back from building a website or app? Is it fear that you’ll fail, that it’s too complicated for someone who didn’t…
Retailers get personal with smartphone marketing—maybe too personal
Originally appeared on Medill Reports The next time Chicagoans walk into a store on the Magnificent Mile, they might get an unexpected greeting from the store via their smartphones. A…
Profits up sixfold as Netflix looks to build on its ‘House of Cards’
Originally appeared on Medill Reports Netflix Inc. earnings shot up sixfold for the fourth quarter and all of 2013, reflecting the impressive addition of 4.07 million new subscribers in the…
Chicago, retailers and restaurants saddle up to the Year of the Horse
Originally appeared on Medill Reports When Chicagoans walk into department stores downtown this month, they shouldn’t be surprised to be greeted with a red envelope and a cheerful “Gong Hei…
Facebook creates Paper; investors hit like
Originally appeared on Medill Reports Facebook, the world’s largest and most profitable social network, may soon directly take on the traditional media outlets that have been losing market share to…
Yahoo not yodeling over weak sales
Originally appeared on Medill Reports Much like the VCR, rotary phones and dial-up modems, Yahoo Inc. may be slowly headed for the digital dumpster. Analysts argue that Yahoo is losing…
Web business costs may rise after court ruling
Originally appeared on Medill Reports It may soon become more costly to run businesses that use more than their fair share of Internet bandwidth, thanks to a ruling in a…