NowPublic Blog » NowPublic http://blog.nowpublic.com NowPublic.com Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:31:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 The news is now competitive: New member ranking system http://blog.nowpublic.com/2008/05/the-news-is-now-competitive-new-member-ranking-system/ http://blog.nowpublic.com/2008/05/the-news-is-now-competitive-new-member-ranking-system/#comments Thu, 15 May 2008 20:02:26 +0000 Jordan http://blog.nowpublic.com/2008/05/the-news-is-now-competitive-new-member-ranking-system/ We’re introducing a comprehensive member ranking system on NowPublic. Essentially it’s a way to identify the most active and effective newshounds on the site.Your stats – number of stories, comments, “good stuffs” etc.- will be counted and compared with other members to create an extensive leaderboard. Each action on the site will be weighted differently in determining scores (hint: the most influential stats are stories, comments, good stuffs, and front page stories). Details will be tweaked as we go along, and we’ll be looking for feedback to improve it. Let us know your thoughts in the forum once you’ve checked it out. 

]]> http://blog.nowpublic.com/2008/05/the-news-is-now-competitive-new-member-ranking-system/feed/ 0 Michael Tippett, Founder & President, NowPublic http://blog.nowpublic.com/2007/10/michael-tippett-founder-chief-marketing-officer/ http://blog.nowpublic.com/2007/10/michael-tippett-founder-chief-marketing-officer/#comments Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:49:40 +0000 Michael Tippett http://blog.nowpublic.com/2007/10/michael-tippett-founder-chief-marketing-officer/ An Emmy nominee and successful entrepreneur for almost two decades, Tippett is recognized an as international expert on emerging news models.  In 2005, Tippett co-founded NowPublic.  The company has been named one of the top five most useful new sites on the web by The Guardian and Time magazine named it one of the Top 50 Websites for 2007.

In 1995, Tippett founded the WebPool Syndicate, one of Canada’s first Internet companies.  After the success of the WebPool venture, Tippett travelled to the United States and worked for some of the largest web companies in North America, including TheGlobe.com, Afternic and Register.com.

Outside of his role at NowPublic, Tippett is a member of the University of British Columbia’s School of Journalism Advisory Board, Capilano University, Bachelor of Professional Communication Advisory Committee and is also a board member of CABINET, a Vancouver-based arts organization.  He is also an advisor to The Wireless Innovation Network British Columbia (WINBC).

He has also contributed to digital culture in fields such as media arts. In 2004 he collaborated with Kate Armstrong to produce Grafik Dynamo, a net art piece that loads live images from blogs and news sources on the web into a live action comic strip. Grafik Dynamo was a commission of Turbulence, made possible with funding from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.

Tippett graduated from Queen’s University with a degree in Philosophy.

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Status etc: http://twitter.com/mtippett

Personal Blog: pre.posterous.com / tippett.org

News: http://my.nowpublic.com/mtippett

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeltippett

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