Implementing an example of human-powered physical computing, Popcorn Tweets is a device that Dave Britt and Justin Goeres have connected to Twitter for the purpose of cooking popcorn. Popcorn Tweets encourages and draws from posts mentioning #popcorn, with each one triggering the placement of a kernel onto a heated surface. [via Switched]
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PSFK
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Twitter-Powered Device Connects Popcorn Maker To The Internet Of Things
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(Pics) The Standard X Julia Chiang
Only in New York could the hotels have better art than most galleries. First The Standard brought us Heaven and Hell, now they've recruited Brooklyn-based artist Julia Chiang for an exclusive edition of 50 glazed porcelain apples as part of a project entitled "All For You". The series will be in ... -
Box Bottle Bag: A Collection Of Design And Innovation In Retail Packaging
The collectors of compelling package design at TheDieline alerted us to their newly released work Box Bottle Bag, which features the best manifestations of design and innovation in retail packaging. TheDieline gives their description below: Box Bottle Bag showcases examples of the best of the best from the website, plus never-before-seen ... -
iPhone App To Keep Track Of Our Politicians
Labour MP Derek Wyatt has taken the idea of "public servant" to the next level. Wyatt is allowing his constituents to follow his every movement via a free iPhone app called "MyMP." The app, which is available through the iTunes store, allows people to see where their MP is at ... -
The Ford CNG Transit Connect, NYC’s Next Taxi?
The yellow New York City cab is an iconic element in Manhattan's streetscape. The taxi and limousine commission has put out a bid for a vehicle to replace the last of the aging Crown Victorias. Ford is eager to retain the contract to supply vehicles to the commission. They just ...
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ReadWriteWeb
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Can Google Buzz Succeed Where FriendFeed Couldn't?
9 Feb 2010 | 12:20 pmGoogle just launched Google Buzz, the company's new social networking service which will be tightly integrated with Gmail. There can be little doubt that Google Buzz looks a lot like FriendFeed, the social aggregation service that was acquired by Facebook in August 2009. Today, FriendFeed's developers are Facebook employees and aren't likely to continue to improve the service in any meaningful way, while the active user community on FriendFeed continues to shrink rapidly. Given the similarities between the two services, we can't help but wonder if Google Buzz will be able to succeed where… -
How Google Buzz is Disruptive: Open Data Standards
9 Feb 2010 | 11:31 amGoogle rolled out a social stream service today called Buzz. It looks on the surface like Facebook, FriendFeed and other stream reading and writing services. It will compete with Facebook and Twitter. Under the covers, though, this major product was built by a team of people taking a radical new approach to online publishing: Buzz is all about open, standardized user data. Google Buzz data can be syndicated out to other services using the standard data formats called Atom, Activity Streams, MediaRSS and PubSubHubbub. That couldn't be more different from Facebook. Google has taken open data… -
Mobile Health: Will Network Applications Help Us Get Healthy?
9 Feb 2010 | 11:30 amLast week, we were at the mHealth initiative conference in Washington D.C. The keynotes were all about the impact mobile health applications are having in shaping the future of the health care system. Nothing demonstrates that more than the iPhone. In the 18 months since it was released, it has been perhaps the biggest thing to happen to health care electronic records, which has seen billions of dollars worth of investment in past decades. Mobile and wireless health applications directly impact the individual's health and have the promise of ensuring that when a patient leaves a doctor visit,… -
Foursquare Partners with Zagat, New York Times
9 Feb 2010 | 11:17 amFoursquare has come out strong in recent weeks with partnership deals that look to put it at the top of the location-based app game. Last week, it announced a partnership with Bravo, the style and fashion-centric television network, and today it has come out with a partnership with Zagat, the restaurant guide, and the New York Times. As we wrote last week, Foursquare is competing in an increasingly crowded space. These partnerships may help it attract a whole new audience and remain competitive against other services like Yelp that are just joining in the location-based arena. Sponsor… -
Live Blogging from Google: Launch of Google Buzz
9 Feb 2010 | 11:11 amThis morning, Google is announcing some exciting new features for two of its most popular applications. Team Red, as we affectionately call ourselves, is present at the Googleplex in Mountain View, and we'll be live blogging the event, giving you, dear reader, a fascinating play-by-play. Stay tuned for updates! The event will begin at 10 a.m. Pacific (UTC -8). Just refresh this post to see new content as events unfold. Additional on-the-fly research and images from RWW journalist Frederic Lardinois. Sponsor 11:11: The event is over! Time to chase people down and ask some more pointed…
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Mashable!
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5 Ways Airlines and Hotels Can Drive Revenue with Social Media
9 Feb 2010 | 12:18 pmShashank Nigam is the CEO of SimpliFlying.com, an award-winning blog on airline branding. He tweets at @simpliflying.Social media is no longer the “new” thing, especially for airlines. JetBlue has over one an a half million followers on Twitter. Lufthansa allows passengers to update their Twitter or Facebook status about where they are in the sky. AirAsia drives buzz about its new destinations through custom micro-sites. However, most airlines (and airports and hotels) are still struggling to earn direct revenue from their social media efforts.Yet if Dell can make $6.5 million from… -
Google Buzz: The Official Demo [VIDEO]
9 Feb 2010 | 11:08 amGoogle has just unveiled its latest attempt to become more relevant in the social media space: Google Buzz. The product is integrated within Gmail and will be rolled out gradually to all of the webmail service’s users over the next few days.We’re still digesting all of the implications of Buzz (and will have more coverage throughout the day), but in the meantime, here’s the two-minute demo of the product in action both on the Web and via mobile that Google showed off during today’s press conference:This video from Google looks specifically at the mobile features of Buzz:What are your… -
BREAKING: Google Goes Social with Google Buzz
9 Feb 2010 | 10:21 amIt’s official: Google has just announced Google Buzz, its newest push into the social media foray. This confirms earlier reports of Gmail integrating a social status feature.On stage revealing the new product was Bradley Horowitz, Google’s vice president for product management. While introducing the product, Mr. Horowitz focused on the human penchant for sharing experiences and the social media phenomenon of wanting to share it in real time. These two key themes were core philosophies behind Google Buzz.“It’s becoming harder and harder to find signal in the… -
Facebook Kills Lexicon, Focuses on Analytics for Page Admins
9 Feb 2010 | 10:20 amFacebook has removed its Lexicon analytics app, blogger Steve Rubel noticed last night.Don’t know what Lexicon was? That’s OK, a lot of people didn’t; it was announced very quietly, but it was a neat tool. You could use Lexicon to see how frequently, and when, certain terms were trending in status updates, just like you can use Google Trends to do the same with search terms.For example, our own Stan Schroeder was a bit perplexed a couple years back when the word “sex” had a massive spike in usage on May 30, 2008. It was the launch day of the Sex and the City… -
7 Ways to Promote Your Offline Event Using Social Media
9 Feb 2010 | 10:10 amSusan Payton is the President of Egg Marketing & Public Relations, an internet marketing firm. She blogs at The Marketing Eggspert Blog, and teaches marketing courses at Marketing EggSchool. Follow her on Twitter @eggmarketing.We all know about Tweetups and online events, but what about events that you didn’t specifically invite the Twitterati to attend? Conferences, meetings and parties are all events that might not have started online, but which can definitely benefit from online promotion and mention.Leverage your offline event with some smart social media marketing. Here are…
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NYT: Media and Advertising
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Square Feet: Learning to Live Without Walls
9 Feb 2010 | 12:25 pmGrey dispensed with almost all private offices and hired a workplace psychologist to help employees adjust. -
Findings: Will You Be E-Mailing This Column? It’s Awesome
9 Feb 2010 | 11:00 amA University of Pennsylvania study found that readers of news in print and online had more exalted tastes than might be expected. -
Publishers Win a Bout in E-Book Price Fight
9 Feb 2010 | 9:15 amPublishers have managed to take some control — at least temporarily — of how much consumers pay for their content. -
Advertising: Do-It-Yourself Super Ads
9 Feb 2010 | 8:36 amSome of the most-talked-about ads during the Super Bowl broadcast were those created or suggested by consumers, not advertising agencies. -
N.C.A.A. Fails to Stop Licensing Lawsuit
8 Feb 2010 | 11:08 pmA district court judge denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit headed by Ed O’Bannon and arguing that athletes should be compensated when their images are used.
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Techmeme
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If Google Wave Is The Future, Google Buzz Is The Present (MG Siegler/TechCrunch)
9 Feb 2010 | 11:40 amMG Siegler / TechCrunch: If Google Wave Is The Future, Google Buzz Is The Present — See our live notes from today's Google Buzz event here. — Google has a problem. Despite having their hands in just about everything online, they've never been able to tackle what is a key part of the fabric of the web: social. -
Introducing Google Buzz (Todd Jackson/The Official Google Blog)
9 Feb 2010 | 11:20 amTodd Jackson / The Official Google Blog: Introducing Google Buzz — We've blogged before about our thoughts on the social web, steps we've taken to add social features to our products, and efforts like OpenSocial that propose common tools for building social apps. With more and more communication happening online … -
Google Officially Announces Google Buzz - A Google Approach To Sharing (Alex Wilhelm/The Next Web)
9 Feb 2010 | 11:05 amAlex Wilhelm / The Next Web: Google Officially Announces Google Buzz - A Google Approach To Sharing — Buzz will begin to roll out in the next 9 - 10 minutes. Full roll out over the next few days. - We are updating, bear with us. — As we expected after yesterday's breaking news, Google has officially announced … -
Google Buzz in Gmail (Gmail Blog)
9 Feb 2010 | 11:05 amGmail Blog: Google Buzz in Gmail — Posted by Edward Ho, Tech Lead, Google Buzz — Five years ago, Gmail was just email. Later we added chat and then video chat, both built right in, so people had choices about how to communicate from a single browser window. Today, communication on the web … -
Google Buzz Launches (Andrew LaVallee/Digits)
9 Feb 2010 | 10:20 amAndrew LaVallee / Digits: Google Buzz Launches — Google shared more details Tuesday on Google Buzz. … Buzz, which adds status updates to Gmail, could step up the search giant's competition with social hubs Facebook and Twitter. — Could Buzz be a Twitter-killer? A recap of Google's press conference …
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TechCrunch
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TED: Now with More Elitism?
9 Feb 2010 | 12:33 pmLet me say upfront: I have never been to TED, mostly because I have never been invited and I can’t imagine a world where I justify paying $6,000 for a conference. But I live in Silicon Valley so every year leading up to the star-studded event, I have to hear about it from nearly everyone I know: People who love it and people who hate it. For the last few years, these conversations have gotten ugly. What I’ve seen and heard from the outside depicts the sad transition from what used to be an inventive, elite industry conference that cross-pollinated experts from the worlds of technology,… -
Microsoft Slams Google Buzz
9 Feb 2010 | 12:20 pm“Busy people don’t want another social network, what they want is the convenience of aggregation. We’ve done that. Hotmail customers have benefitted from Microsoft working with Flickr, Facebook, Twitter and 75 other partners since 2008.” – Microsoft statement on Google Buzz. When one of the big guys launches a new product, competitors generally just sit it out and let the press do its thing. But Microsoft made a point of reaching out today with the quote above, criticizing Google Buzz as “another social network” and noting that Hotmail has aggregated Flickr,… -
Yahoo Not Pleased With Google Buzz’s Buzz
9 Feb 2010 | 12:18 pmGoogle officially unveiled Buzz, their major step into social statuses through Gmail today at an event held at 10 AM PT. Within the hour, Yahoo PR was set in motion to let everyone know that they actually did this first, almost a year ago. Here’s the humorous email that was sent out: It’s been almost a year and a half since we first launched Yahoo! Updates – a social feature that lets people share their status, content and online activities and stay connected to what their friends and family are doing on Yahoo! and across the Web – and we wanted to share the latest on what’s… -
Sergey Brin Used Google Buzz To Write His NYT Op-Ed On Google Books
9 Feb 2010 | 11:54 amDuring the Q&A session today following the Google Buzz event, Google co-founder Sergey Brin revealed something both humorous and interesting. When asked a question about practical uses for Google Buzz, Brin noted that he actually used the service to help him write his op-ed about Google Books that ran in the New York Times last year. Brin noted that he was having difficulty with the article because it’s just his one point of view. So he put out his draft on Google Buzz (which Google was testing out internally within the company at the time), and quickly got dozens of comments. Brin… -
Screenshots: Google Buzz In Action
9 Feb 2010 | 11:17 amNow that the Google event is over, the company has started turning on Buzz for Gmail users. Here are some quick screenshots of it in action. CrunchBase InformationGoogle BuzzInformation provided by CrunchBase
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I Believe in Advertising
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Feltrinelli: Blah Blah
9 Feb 2010 | 10:28 amAd for a book written by Daniele Luttazzi, one of the most “antiberlusconian” and controversial comedian in Italy. Advertising Agency: Tita, Milan, Italy Executive Creative Director: Giuseppe Mazza Art Director: Annalisa Martinucci Copywriter: Davide Valenti Photographer: Enzo Monzino Published: December 2009 -
Feltrinelli Publisher: Leash
9 Feb 2010 | 10:03 amAdvertising Agency: Tita, Milan, Italy Executive Creative Director: Giuseppe Mazza Art Director: Annalisa Martinucci Copywriter: Davide Valenti Photographer: Enzo Monzino Published: October 2009 -
Snickers: Game
9 Feb 2010 | 7:53 amAdvertising Agency: BBDO, New York, USA Director: Craig Gillespie Production: MJZ Visual Effects: MassMarket -
Audi First Choice: Labyrinth
9 Feb 2010 | 6:08 am“Now it’s easier to get in. Audi First Choice used cars.” Advertising Agency: DDB, Milan, Italy Executive Creative Directors: Francesco Taddeucci, Luca Albanese Art Director: Mattia Montanari Copywriter: Riccardo Ciunci Post-Production: Mozart Published: February 2010 -
MTV: Happy End, Lie, Tongue
9 Feb 2010 | 12:49 amAdvertising Agency: Jung von Matt/Alster, Hamburg, Germany Executive Creative Director: Armin Jochum, Götz Ulmer Art Directors: Damjan Pita, Andre Price, Johannes Riffelmacher Copywriter: Henning Robert Designers: Johannes Riffelmacher, Andre Price Illustrator: Andriy Vynogradov Typographers: Johannes Riffelmacher, Andre Price
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PR 2.0
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The State of Social Media Around the World 2010
8 Feb 2010 | 3:09 amIf you were to look at Social Media the United States and many other parts of the world, you would believe that the world of Social Media was flat, dominated by social continents including Facebook, Twitter, blogs, YouTube, and Flickr. As we zoom in, we visualize other established and emerging social services that depict provinces and outlying settlements of our social atlas.Upon publishing the original Conversation Prism, which was the culmination of a year’s work documenting and organizing the social web by usage and conversational patterns, the world responded by creating… -
The Roles of Facebook and Twitter in Social Media Marketing
5 Feb 2010 | 4:14 amSocial Media marketing is rapidly earning a role in the integrated marketing mix of small and enterprise businesses and as such, it’s transforming every division from the inside out. What starts with one champion in any given division, be it customer service, marketing, public relations, advertising, interactive, et al, eventually inspires an entire organization to socialize. What starts with one, a domino effect usually ensues toppling each department, gaining momentum, and triggering a sense of urgency through its path. And, it also marks the beginning of our journey through the ten… -
Mobile Internet Market to Eclipse Desktop Internet
3 Feb 2010 | 4:42 amSounds like a sensationalistic headline, but if you read Morgan Stanley’s latest series of reports on the Mobile Internet, you’ll walk away with the same impression.Morgan Stanley’s global technology and telecom analysts documented the rapidly changing mobile Internet market to provide a framework for emerging trends and direction.To set the stage, Morgan Stanley forecasts that the mobile Internet market will be at least 2x the size of desktop Internet when comparing Internet users to mobile subscribers.According to the report, Apple’s iTunes + iPhone/Touch ecosystem… -
The Human Algorithm: How Google Ranks Tweets in Real-Time Search
1 Feb 2010 | 4:57 amIn 2009, Google struck a deal with Twitter, rumored at $15 million, to integrate tweets into keyword related Google searches. And last month, Google also integrated real-time search technology to surface blog posts and news content as they hit the Web – dramatically improving the previous five to 15 minutes its spiders would take to crawl the Web. I should also note that Collecta also offers the ability to search the real-time Web, but its results also include popular networks within the social Web. Between Google and Collecta, Twitter Search is starting to show its age.The opportunities… -
Who is the ME in Social Media?
29 Jan 2010 | 4:11 amGood friend Stowe Boyd recently shared a quote by Gabriel García Márquez, “Everyone has three lives: a public life, a private life, and a secret life.”Indeed, quite simply many of us live life allowing specific, trusted individuals to know us in one or more of our personae. Our moral compass as well as outside influences affect how we balance our three lives. The size and permeability of our personal dividers vary in the separation of each life and resemble doors that open and close based on our desires. We nurture each individually with slight coalescence, but concentrate on…
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Branding Strategy Insider
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Brand Protection in a Global Market
8 Feb 2010 | 9:10 pmNot long ago, brand owners could take comfort in the intrinsic barriers hampering black marketers. While most large cities have places known by its dwellers to be sources of cheap goods of dubious origin, consumers have to consciously decide to explore these markets in addition to or in lieu of conventional establishments. Canal Street in New York’s Chinatown is a well-known example. The street is lined with densely packed shops offering watches, purses, and other luxury items at prices that are corruptively low. Until relatively recently, these markets did not pose a significant… -
Brand Messaging: Visual Over Verbal
7 Feb 2010 | 9:10 pmIn a song, what's more important, the words or the music? I think most people would agree that the music is more important. Take "Moon River," first sung by Audrey Hepburn in the movie "Breakfast at Tiffany's." The song itself won an Academy Award for composers Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer, one of four won by Mercer. Later, Andy Williams adopted "Moon River" as his theme song. Here is the first verse. Moon river, wider than a mile I'm crossin' you in style some day Old dream maker, you heartbreaker Wherever you're goin', I'm goin' your way Johnny Mercer, in my opinion, was the best… -
Brand Naming Origins: Academy Awards 'Oscar'
4 Feb 2010 | 9:05 pmIt’s Academy Award season again, and movie buffs everywhere await the results of the annual competition. So how did Hollywood's beloved Oscar, the 8-pound gold statuette get its name? Most awards nicknames have obvious sources. For instance, The Tony Awards on Broadway are nicknamed in honor of actress/director Antoinette Perry, who died in 1946. The Tony Awards began the next year. The Grammy Awards, given by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, are a diminutive of "gramophone,” coined way back in 1887 to describe a device to record and reproduce sound. -
Legal Influence And Marketing Decisions
2 Feb 2010 | 9:26 pmLawyers are retained to minimize legal exposures and risks. Marketers are employed to sell more stuff. This is oversimplified but generally true. Lawyers can help marketers better understand trademark law, trade dress, copyright law, trade secrets and false or deceptive advertising.Companies vary quite a bit in the power afforded their attorneys. Most use them to deal with corporate legal issues and agreements and contracts. At Hallmark, I was advised by my boss, a corporate officer, that legal advice was just that, advice. He recommended that I seek legal advice when appropriate but that I… -
How Color And Flavor Names Affect Choice
1 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pmIs Moody Blue a better name for a flavor than Glacier Freeze? How will consumers react to a color named Razzmatazz instead of Bright Orange? And what’s wrong with good old Fire Engine Red? Two marketing professors have been studying these shades of meaning and publishing provocative papers on color-coding and what it does to buyers’ expectations. So we went to Barbara E. Kahn (at Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania) and Elizabeth G. Miller (at Boston College) for some answers. Q: Is there anything wrong with good old “Fire Engine Red” to identify a nail polish? We find in…
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Brand New
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Job-Free RSS Feed
9 Feb 2010 | 3:17 amI don't know what other blog proprietor listens to its readers more than I do. Let the record show that I care! If job postings on your RSS Feed are an affront to your online reading habits please subscribe to the Brand New Job-Free RSS Feed. If we start receiving an inundating amount of job postings I will be happy to reconsider the individual postings on the home page; it might become an end-of-week post with all of them together. Let's give it some time. Don't forget to cast your vote about this post online -
Full Time Senior Graphic Designer / Ahead, Inc
8 Feb 2010 | 7:28 pmAhead, Inc. is actively looking for experienced candidates to help in the design of graphics for golf headwear and apparel, as well as potentially doing artwork for labels, hangtags, and design for advertising/marketing materials. Ahead primarily works in embroidered graphics on our caps/garments, but do also work with applique, woven labels, screen print, and several other design techniques. See the rest of this job opening [Ed.'s Note: Thanks to Ahead, Inc. for being the first to post through Brand New. To our readers: this is how you can expect the Brand New-specific jobs to show up;… -
Introducing the Brand New Job Board
8 Feb 2010 | 12:49 pmIt is our great pleasure to announce that Brand New has joined Coroflot, the most dynamic, relevant and effective job board available for designers today. If you know exactly what this means and need no further introduction, make yourself at home and go browse or post a job at the Brand New Job Board — a handy button has been added to the right of the logo. If you would like to learn a little more, keep on reading. For those Looking for JobsThe Brand New Job Board displays all job postings in the Coroflot inventory; you don't need to pay anything to see them. You may filter them through… -
Comcast! You've got some Xplainin' to do!
8 Feb 2010 | 4:31 amBased in Philadelphia, with approximately 100,000 employees worldwide, Comcast is the largest provider of cable, internet and digital phone in the United States with 23.6 million, 15.9 million, and 7.6 million customers respectively. To add to its media influence, this past December, Comcast became the majority owner of NBC Universal with a 51% stake in the company in partnership with GE, who owns the other 49%. Comcast also owns television networks like E! Entertainment, the Golf Channel and Sprouts. With a diversifying range of businesses, the parent company, Comcast Corporation announced… -
Molson Canadian, Now More Canadian
5 Feb 2010 | 3:36 amFirst brewed in 1959 Molson Canadian has never shied away from wearing its Canadian-ness on its sleeve. Whether it be the pseudo rabble-rousing "I am Canadian" ads of the late 1990s, the Molson Mega Keg (an overt play on Canada's love of oversized monuments along the Trans-Canada Highway), or even the brand name itself. However Canadians have always had a bit of a love hate relationship with brands that speak so directly to the notion of being Canadian. So it's no surprise that recent examples of Molson Canadian's overt Canadiana often walk the line between patriotic and palatable by…
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Adrants
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Red Tettmer Gives Us Valentine's Day Sexting
9 Feb 2010 | 10:54 amAs we sit here, stranded and lonely, on a miserably cold and rainy day in a Doubletree hotel in Tampa, we'll take any form of excitement and warmth we can get. -
Hello Ladies. I'm on A Horse. And I Smell Like Old Spice
9 Feb 2010 | 9:25 amIn a witty jab at "smell like a lady" mens' fragrances, Old Spice whips out a full on man's man to tell us what real men are all about. -
In Ad Spoof, Google Kidnaps Steve Ballmer's Wife
9 Feb 2010 | 8:38 amIt's not like a spoof of the Google's Parisian ad which ran during the Super Bowl is any surprise. It's how funny it is that surprises. -
Chevrolet Makes Social Media-Style Road Trip to SXSW
9 Feb 2010 | 5:45 amIn a different kind of Movement, Chevrolet will send eight people on a road trip to Austin for SXSW. -
Adrants Makes Up Awards for Super Bowl Commercials
9 Feb 2010 | 4:26 amEvery year we talk about the Super Bowl. And not becasue it's a sport.
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AdFreak
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Old Spice stresses men's horse-like aspects
9 Feb 2010 | 12:20 pmOld Spice has a thing for horses. First, we had the showering centaur, who was two things in one ("a man and a very smart shopper"). Now, we get two new spots from Wieden + Kennedy, half-aimed at women, starring "the man your man could smell like"—and in each one, the guys ends up on a horse. Why always a horse? Sociologist who've somehow found time to study Old Spice ads believe it's a big anatomy joke. "Drawing in the idea of a particularly potent man being "hung like a horse," the [centaur] ad implies that users of Old Spice body wash are not only 'smart shoppers' and good 'providers,'… -
Google's Super Bowl ad proves spoof-errific
9 Feb 2010 | 8:27 amNowadays, it's a pretty big compliment when someone spoofs your TV spot. The Web is full of takes on Apple's "Get a Mac" spots. Well, make room for imitators of Google's "Parisian Love" spot, which tells a sweet story of romance through Internet searches. The ad has been online for months—and back in December spawned a Tiger Woods-themed parody, courtesy of Slate. Now, Upright Citizens Brigade has its own version (below), in which it sticks to Parisian love-story concept, but with the romance gone awry. With other imitators sure to follow, it appears Adweek critic Barbara Lippert was quite… -
Pissed SE Toyota dealers pull ads from ABC
9 Feb 2010 | 7:33 amAh, recalls. They're never good for business. But is it a wise idea for to cancel your advertising when people report on them? Toyota dealers have started pulling ads from ABC, though right now it's only in local markets in five states. OK, basically it's just Southeast Toyota, whose ad agency, 22squared, informed ABC that the decision was due to ABC's "excessive stories on the Toyota issues." Southeast Toyota sells 20 percent of all Toyotas in the U.S., so it's not a tiny chunk. More important, the headline in The New York Times makes it sound like all Toyota dealers are in on this. ABC says… -
Enjoy a branded great time out in Logorama
9 Feb 2010 | 7:01 amKeiichi Matsuda's "Augmented (hyper)Reality" video, posted here last week, puts consumers inside a world of advertising. But H5's Logorama, screened at Cannes last year and recently nominated for an Academy Award, takes the premise even further, externalizing the marketing experience to the point where human existence has been completely subsumed by a landscape of living ads. (A clip is embedded below. You can watch the whole thing, in two parts, here and here.) Some 2,500 brand IDs appear, and mascots like the Pringles, AOL and M&M's guys, Ronald McDonald, the Michelin Man and countless… -
Tooheys fans not above helping you urinate
9 Feb 2010 | 5:26 amThe price of helping a mate fix a leak at his house? One case of Tooheys beer. The price of helping him take a leak? Ten cases. That math is brought to you by Saatchi & Saatchi in its new "Currency of the Beer Economy" campaign for the Australian brewer. Only Down Under, mate! See three more spots after the jump. One is impressively convoluted, with a guy helping his buddy through a whole relationship with a girl, from first date to breakup. Another involves a grandma and her boyfriend frolicking in the tub. Frankly, no amount of suds will wash that wrinkly image from your mind. Via Ads…
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brandflakesforbreakfast
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making tv more real
9 Feb 2010 | 5:09 amIf you're a fan of the Office, you know that Dunder Mifflin was just acquired on the show, and the characters are going through the typical process of a corporate acquisition.NBC has a great history of tying the on-screen fun to the internet world, and they haven't stopped with the acquisition. Check out the site for the new parent company, Sabre Corp. The employee welcome video featuring Christian Slater is especially heart warming. Thanks, RJ! -
winter olympic fun with samsung
9 Feb 2010 | 5:03 amSamsung just released a series of videos celebrating winter sports in a more fun way than the typical figure skating or half pipe riding. -
don't have a valentine? how about the meter maid?
9 Feb 2010 | 5:03 amSkittles has launched a promotion that's asking you to join their "mob the rainbow." A rainbow mob is like a flash mob, only it doesn't necessarily involve showing up to a particular place, and its goal is to spread happy rainbow goodness. (Like a flash mob for lazy people.)This particular rainbow mob is all about sending some random meter maid a valentine. If we all do it, she'll get a kabillion valentines and be the most loved meter maid in meter maid history. Or, she'll be really freaked out and give us all tickets.Nice idea, and great tie to the rainbow of deliciousness. -
mardi gras, without all of the drunken nakedness
9 Feb 2010 | 4:40 amThis year's Mardi Gras is more than likely going to be better than ever. If you've never experienced Mardi Gras, or - if you've only experienced it as a drunken tourist, you owe it to yourself to check out My Mardis Gras Experience.It's a blogger's experience of Mardis Gras for the first time as a local. They've also channeled in plenty of the typical social media streams, so there's plenty of content for all to see.It's brought us by Tabasco, and promises to be family friendly. So you can show your kids without fear of boobies or man spears. From @scottmonty. -
denny's: the series
9 Feb 2010 | 4:17 amAfter you're done with this morning's free Grand Slam at Denny's, you can enjoy more Denny's internet goodness.Because many people didn't believe that the chicken takeover of the SuperBowl was enough, they've created more. More chicken videos, served up like a second helping of flapjacks. Or another Moon over Miami. (You can actually call Janeth at Denny's too - which is a nice touch.)
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trendsspotting blog
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Is Twitter “Losing” or “Gaining”? Recent Stats
26 Jan 2010 | 8:26 pmRecent analysis by RJMetrics pulled from Twitter’s API may suggest that Twitter is losing popularity: The average Twitter user has 27 followers, down from 42 followers in August 2009. Twitter is losing 20% from its July peak: The monthly rate of new user accounts is currently around 6.2 million new accounts per month (or 2-3 per second). A large percentage of Twitter accounts are inactive, with about 25% of accounts having no followers and about 40% of accounts having never sent a single Tweet. Only about 17% of registered Twitter accounts sent a Tweet in December 2009, an all-time-low. -
Summary: TrendsSpotting 2010 Influencers Series: Trend Predictions in 140 Characters
20 Jan 2010 | 2:41 pmTrendsSpotting Market Research has completed the release of the “2010 Influencers Series: Trend predictions in 140 characters”. We have followed major trends in six of the most promising categories to dominate the web this year: Social media | Consumer Trends | Tech and IT | Online Marketing | Video | Mobile. In this series we featured the predictions of digital and marketing experts on the big changes awaiting us. By adopting the “tweet style” format (limited to 140 characters), we were able to provide our readers with a more focused image of the predicted trends. Many of… -
2010 Mobile Influencers: Trend Predictions in 140 characters (6th report)
18 Jan 2010 | 12:20 am“2010 Mobile Influencers” is the sixth and last report from the series “2010 Influencers Series: Trend Predictions in 140 Characters“. Findings: Major trends in 2010 Mobile: Across many of these predictions, we have identified the following trends suggested to influence Mobile in 2010: # Payment # Commerce #Metrics # Advertising: networks, SMS, display, search, premium # Smartphones: Apple, Apps, iPhone, Google, Android # GPS # Location # Augmented Reality # Gaming # Music # Video 2010 Mobile Influencers: Trend Predictions in… -
2010 Video Influencers: Trend Predictions in 140 characters (5th report)
8 Jan 2010 | 2:39 am“2010 Video Influencers” is the fifth report from the series “2010 Influencers Series: Trend Predictions in 140 Characters“. Findings: Major trends in 2010 Online Video: Across many of these predictions, we have identified the following trends suggested to influence Online Video in 2010: # TV Everywhere #live #mainstream #search #data #direct #mobile #standards #advertising #30- second #YouTube #Hulu #boxee 2010 Video Influencers: Trend Predictions in 140 characters, by TrendsSpotting View more slides from… -
2010 Online Marketing Influencers: Trend Predictions in 140 characters (4th report)
5 Jan 2010 | 8:34 am“2010 Online Marketing Influencers” is the fourth report from the series “2010 Influencers Series: Trend Predictions in 140 Characters“. Findings: Major trends in 2010 Online Marketing: Across many of these predictions, we have identified the following trends suggested to influence Online Marketing in 2010: #social media #games #e-mail #real time #direct response #measurement #mobile #geo-location #video #niche 2010 Online Marketing Influencers: Trend Predictions in 140 characters by Trendsspotting View more slides from TrendsSpotting. TrendsSpotting Market Research is now running its…
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Logic+Emotion
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We Are The Media. Do We Trust Media?
9 Feb 2010 | 9:22 amFirst, an informal disclaimer. While I work for the firm (Edelman) that conducted the 2010 Trust Barometer, the following opinions expressed are personal and I was not involved with the research or creation of the report. That said, I wanted to express a few non data based thoughts around the the specific finding that there is less trust in a "person like yourself".Now, let's get into why this is worth discussing. Based on comments and conversation which I've seen in industry publications and elsewhere there seems to be a concern that this finding flies in the face of social conventional… -
The Unofficial SXSW Survival Guide
6 Feb 2010 | 12:07 pmHaving passed on my slot to the folks at Dachis Group, I will not be speaking this year at SXSW (interactive) but I will be attending. It will be my second time, and I'm happy to share that there will indeed be a sequel to the sleeper hit event last year known as "Allhat". This year we are going with "Allhat II: Return of the Cattle", and it's sure to be even better complete with local live music thanks to the support from Edelman Digital. That said, there were several things I learned from surviving SXSW, and you might want to take some of them into consideration.Go With The FlowSXSW can… -
Why I'm Not Writing a Book (Right Now)
31 Jan 2010 | 8:17 pmThere's really nothing like a book—they are portable, intimate, useful, influential and the good ones tend to go "viral" in the sense that you share them with people you know. And of course today we have new ways to digest them: from audio to Kindles to iPads etc. A question I've been getting a lot lately is:"When are you writing a book"?I've had some interest—from publishers you've heard of. But the answer is:"Not right now".My logic is simple. One cannot serve two masters—and serve them well. Either my full time job or the book would suffer. So the time is not now. I've got things to… -
Six Ways to Find Social Media Talent
29 Jan 2010 | 6:40 pmMore articles on Harvard BusinessAs organizations move their social media strategies from theory to practice, they discover a difficult truth they must confront: Finding the "perfect" social media talent is practically impossible. To start, the field is flooded with thousands of self proclaimed "experts" who have reinvented themselves to take advantage what looks like a growing business opportunity. Maybe they do know social media, but many don't. They need to be vetted. More broadly, most candidates for social media positions fall at the ends of a spectrum. On one end is the person who… -
The 5 Reasons You're Failing In Social Media
21 Jan 2010 | 1:28 pm1. You really don't want to engage directly with customers, employees, etc.—you just want them to hear what you have to say. 2. You're not ready to create new roles, update process, re-distribute resources and budgets, re-train people, and revise old policies. 3. Social media actually threatens how you make money—but you pay lip service out of fear.4. Politics.5. You see it as a career advancing opportunity as opposed to a significant business transformation.Reverse any of these, and you've likely improved your chances of succeeding in a business environment that's becoming increasingly…
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PRSA Tactics and The Strategist Online
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PRSA to Address Intellectual Property Protection
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For teens, blogging is so 2006, Pew survey finds
4 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pmFor teens, blogging is so 2006, Pew survey finds -
Mechanical fix might not solve Toyota’s accelerating PR problem
2 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pmToyota's effots in the wake of the recall may not be enough to convince a skeptical public that its latest fix will prevent vehicles from accelerating out of control - especially if the company had known about the problem previously. -
What’s top of mind for PR pros in Los Angeles?
1 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pmWhat’s next for the PR profession in Los Angeles? The following highlights from the panelists in the “State of the State of PR” event, hosted by PRSA’s Los Angeles Chapter, look ahead at the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. -
Writing the conversation: How social media is redefining PR’s content creation
31 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pmThe explosion of social media, combined with the decline of traditional media, presents a new challenge for PR writing.
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Ogilvy PR 360 Digital Influence Blog
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Snowcial Media: Tales from Snowmageddon 2010
9 Feb 2010 | 9:52 amSnowmageddon. Snowpocolypse. Kaiser Snowze. The 2009/2010 winter season in DC has gone by a lot of names. One of the most notable side stories in my (social media crazed) mind is the role that social media (or should I say snowcial media?) has played in everything from storm tracking, to commiserating, to clean up efforts. Particularly noteworthy is the way “traditional” players got in on the action. The Washington Post’s Capital Weather Gang A blog at its core, the Weather Gang blog became my go-to for all things weather related. They give insightful, accurate… -
Putting the Social in CSR
8 Feb 2010 | 4:54 amThis week I participated in a Social Media Week New York panel “Putting the Social in CSR” along with Bonin Bough from Pepsico, Deb Berman from Just Means, and Chrysi Philalithes from (RED). Its an extremely timely topic and one we have been thinking a lot about from a number of different angles. The great news? Social media provides the media for corporations to leverage their Corporate Social Responsibility investments to yield greater fruit for both the customer and the beneficiary. The time-worn model of CSR of “Purchase X and we’ll contribute to Y up to $Z… -
OPR Mini-Study: Media Perception and Usage of Social Media
5 Feb 2010 | 12:52 pmSocial media continues to evolve, shaping not just our thoughts on connectivity and information consumption online, but how it applies to our everyday lives. This is not breaking news. Still, there are many people, brands and companies that are still dipping their toes in the social media pool, trying to gauge the value of social media platforms and leveraging these sites to connect with their key audiences. As a digital strategist with a traditional public relations background, I can see the value in both online and offline media, but note the increased convergence between the two… -
TGIF: Facebook Friday- Happy 6th Birthday Facebook!
5 Feb 2010 | 11:57 amThis week, Facebook Friday will look at six of Facebook’s top news stories and how they affect brands. As a bonus- a link to a bit of Facebook psychology. Facebook recently introduced per-post analytics for Facebook pages- these show up only for authenticated pages (see below). For each link, video, wall post, or other content a page administrator posts you’ll be able to see the number of impressions it has gotten along with a feedback percentage (formula: comments or likes/impressions). Facebook provides some good explanation of each number means on their blog. Does anyone have… -
Where’s Your Heart?
4 Feb 2010 | 9:00 amNational Wear Red Day at Ogilvy PR If you haven’t realized it by now - RED is one of our favorite colors here at Ogilvy. Not only does it represent our brand and our company mentality, but it also stands for a cause close to our hearts (no pun intended). Heart disease is the #1 Killer of Women - It is the goal of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s (NHLBI) Heart Truth campaign and Ogilvy to build awareness and provide resources for individuals, especially women who are less aware of their top health risk, to help reduce their risk of heart disease. (disclosure: The…
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TREND HUNTER - The Latest Trends
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Traumatized Toystrations - The Yenifer Cano 'House Things' Portfolio Binds Childhood Playthings (GALLERY)
9 Feb 2010 | 12:40 pm(TrendHunter.com) At first glance (and even the second and third), I couldn’t quite believe that the Yenifer Cano ‘House Things’ collection was illustrated. So detailed the images are, I thought they were simply vintage… -
Aviation-Inspired Fashions - The Acne SS10 Collection Takes Notes for Amelia Earhart (GALLERY)
9 Feb 2010 | 12:30 pm(TrendHunter.com) Seems the Amelia Earhart fashion phase is not at an end, at least not yet, considering the latest Acne SS10 collection. Inspired by this formidable female aviator, their loose interpretation is actually… -
MJ Action Figures - The Michael Jackson ‘Thriller’ Figurine (GALLERY)
9 Feb 2010 | 12:20 pm(TrendHunter.com) For those of you still mourning the iconic King of Pop, the Michael Jackson Thriller Figurine is for you. Gone are the long lonely nights where you tossed and turned in bed, wondering how you were going… -
100 Unique Theme Restaurants - The Most Offbeat Places to Eat and Drink Around the World (CLUSTER)
9 Feb 2010 | 12:10 pm(TrendHunter.com) Over the last few years, I’ve seen some very unique theme restaurants from around the world; that an hotels belong to my favourite topics to cover, which is why I’m so excited to have some of the most… -
Saucy Wordvertising - Cheeky Valentines Day Ads by RobertRedd.com (VIDEO)
9 Feb 2010 | 12:00 pm(TrendHunter.com) Anti-Valentines day parties are all the rage. Or maybe you are one of those romantic types who can’t wait to be showered in chocolate, flowers and red foil (maybe massage oil)? This ad for RobertRedd.com…
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Uncrate
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Ralph Lauren Polo Olympic Games Collection
9 Feb 2010 | 9:31 amAs the official outfitter of the 2010 U.S. Olympic team, you'll no doubt be seeing plenty of the Ralph Lauren Polo Olympic Games Collection ($10-$425) over the next few weeks....Visit Uncrate for the full post. -
Canon EOS Rebel T2i
9 Feb 2010 | 8:57 amAnd so the DSLR wars continue. The Canon EOS Rebel T2i ($900) is the latest salvo from Canon, offering a number of improvements over the T1i it replaces. Highlights include...Visit Uncrate for the full post. -
Atlantic Records Time Capsule
9 Feb 2010 | 7:54 amFounded in 1947 by Ahmet Ertegün and Herb Abramson, Atlantic Records has come a long way in the last sixty-plus years, and the Atlantic Records Time Capsule ($200) chronicles the...Visit Uncrate for the full post. -
Creed Private Collection Tabarome
9 Feb 2010 | 7:32 amIt's not very often we cover a product that isn't going to be made anymore, but that's precisely the case with Creed Private Collection Tabarome ($405). Because the quality and...Visit Uncrate for the full post. -
NASA Space Shuttles
8 Feb 2010 | 2:29 pmNASA's official night launches might be over, but you can recreate them with one of the remaining NASA Space Shuttles (roughly $28 million). Space Shuttle Discovery has already been sold,...Visit Uncrate for the full post.
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Core77
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Free Fonts for Creative Types
9 Feb 2010 | 11:26 amOnce you've finished signing up for a chance to win the Eames House Tour with House Industries, checkout this awesome collection of free fonts collated by the design blog unstage. Our pick: Public Gothic by the crew over at Antrepo.(more...) -
Jitterbug: A study of kinetics in pine and white tape
9 Feb 2010 | 10:47 amSimple, yet mind-blowing, Ryan McCaffrey demonstrates a study of kinetics made from rhombic units cut from pine and white tape. Holds its shape in certain orientations, but I still can't quite figure it out. (more...) -
Making it work in the recession: ID'er turned metal fabricator James Woggon
9 Feb 2010 | 10:40 amMaybe you graduate with a degree in ID, but times are tough and you can't find a job. What to do? Would you try to put your hand skills to use and take a job as, say, a metal fabricator on an assembly line to pay the bills? [photo credit: Gary Porter] That's the situation ID grad James Woggon found himself in, and after the recession claimed his lighting and furniture design studio he signed on with Wagner Companies on their assembly line. Wagner makes these neat Lumenrails, handrails with a self-contained light, which are essentially aluminum/stainless steel extrusions with a slot to… -
Stockholm Furniture Fair: 48m2 by Beckmans College of Design
9 Feb 2010 | 10:15 am48m2 is a collaboration between product and graphic design students at Beckmans College of Design in Stockholm. The first group created a series of products and the second a tight campaign for their exhibition. Furniture was developed by the product design students for a 48 square meter apartment, with the intent of "questioning and twisting preconceptions of home styling". In response to this work, the advertising/graphic design students developed a killer campaign for the exhibit, creating the concept "Same but Different," described below: Is a chair always a chair, an apartment always an… -
Core77 Gallery: New York International Gift Fair 2010
9 Feb 2010 | 8:35 amOur gallery from the January edition of the New York International Gift Fair 2010 is now live. Core contributor Rain Noe shares the best from this show, with new work from products from Kikkerland, Boym Studio, Gaia & Gino, Joseph Joseph, and more! >> view gallery(more...)
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TheDieline.com
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Student Spotlight: Malgosia Valie
9 Feb 2010 | 10:35 amOne more from recent grad Ashlea O'Neill:"Malgosia Valie is a women’s makeup company that embodies boutique beauty. The elegant product design coordinates a standard black range and a unique flower range for spring.The Malgosia Valie logo incites simplicity by combining the ‘M’ and ‘V’ acronym within one shape. This design’s crisp layout and subtle insignia speaks of classic refinement, and the contrasting colours - delicate and bold - reinforce the air of class." -
WineSide Trial-Sized Wine
9 Feb 2010 | 10:32 amWineSide created these sample-sized tubes of wine so consumers could better try before buying--especially useful if the bottle is expensive. The engineered glass tubes have screw tops and are made to protect the flavor of each wine. They offer a range of different wines, from Chateauneuf du Pape to Muscat in sizes of 6cl or 10cl tubes.See a lot more photos after the jump. -
Cognac Fleur de Lis
9 Feb 2010 | 10:31 amDesigner: Arthur SchreiberObjective: To develop a cognac for a female audience - an elegant, modern form, different from other cognacs on the market, with a vivid and memorable name. The design must be traced the origin of the product and its target audience. Solution: Femininity is characterized as the name and the elegance of lines and shapes. Vertical and continuously on the three planes of bottles and boxes is a script typographical representation of the legend about the origin of the symbol of France's FLEUR DE LIS. Using a non-typical type of cognac capping is convenient and also… -
Student Spotlight: Wondaree Macadamias
9 Feb 2010 | 10:26 am"Wondaree Macadamias is a family owned and run macadamia farm in North Queensland.This project was done to recreate their product’s image in order to demonstrate their organic and personalised ethos whilst embodying an idiosyncratic aesthetic that was accessible to the blind.This was achieved by using design features such as brail embossed wooden pegs – a stalwart of Queensland culture – and bold block coloured packaging, strident and recognizable."Designed by Ashlea O’Neill a recent graduate from the Queensland College of Art, Brisbane, Australia. -
Bitter Sisters Cocktail Mixers
8 Feb 2010 | 2:31 pmPackaging for Bitter Sisters, a Bitter Cocktail Mixer. Designed by Shane Cranford.
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Computerlove | Connecting Creative Talents
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Acid Washed - Snake
9 Feb 2010 | 3:53 amSnake is the latest from Acid Washed, created by Anthony Burrill, Jack Featherstone and Paul Plowman. -
Flying Lotus | Cosmogramma
8 Feb 2010 | 5:05 amWhen global bass music matriarch Mary Anne Hobbs recently told The Fader “Flying Lotus, for me, is like the Hendrix of his generation” it seemed more then an audacious opinion, and with the arrival of Cosmogramma, it's revealed as a revelation. In the past couple of years, Flying Lotus has grown into the position of being far more than a producer, he has helped materialize a far-reaching strain of musical ideology that has encompassed not only a global family of like-minded artists, but also a nearly infinite palate of planetary (and interplanetary) sonics.People speak about… -
Academy
7 Feb 2010 | 2:56 amAcademy are a creative studio, an academy comprised of an international group of professionals. Their mission is to unite brands with original expression. Their method applies provocative thought, design, storytelling and captivating content to bring creative ideas to life. www.weareacademy.com -
Duke Press
5 Feb 2010 | 8:57 pmPut em' up! Duke Press, an independent publishing collective, have just launched themselves to the fore with a exquisite selection of small edition, hand-made titles from a number of international artists and designers.You can take a gander at their introductory series of publications at Duke Press, or connect via Flickr, Twitter & Facebook. You can purchase the titles here -
Coalition of the Willing
5 Feb 2010 | 12:21 amQuite a unique and impressive concept as well as exectution, the brain child of non-other than Simon Robson: ‘Coalition of The Willing’ is a film that discusses how we can use new internet technologies to leverage the powers of activists, experts, and ordinary citizens in collaborative ventures to combat climate change. Through analyses of swarm activity and social revolution, ‘Coalition of the Willing’ makes a compelling case for the new online activism and explains how to bring the fight against global warming to the people. As the film tackles the subject of online activism, we…
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The Serif
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Jim Davies
9 Feb 2010 | 6:42 amJim at totalcontent has just released some great promotional posters designed by Rich and Si at Elmwood with illustrations by Rob from The Partners and copy from the man himself. More info and shots on his blog. -
Peter Iain Campbell
9 Feb 2010 | 2:59 amPeter Iain Campbell has some cracking shots in his portfolio and a nice site too. -
Wallpaper* Berlin city guide—FREE
9 Feb 2010 | 2:19 amWallpaper* and Phaidon have made a name for themselves over the years for producing small but well crafted city guides for the self discerning tourist. A pocket sized and well designed guide can be a real insight into a city’s character but carrying around a city guide isn’t for everyone and does shout out TOURIST. However, Wallpaper* have developed their city guides into a line of iPhone apps that are as well designed as the guides themselves if not lacking a little in content. Currently Wallpaper* are giving away the Berlin City guide on the iTunes App Store for FREE. Yes… -
Effektive
9 Feb 2010 | 12:00 amBritish graphic designer, FFF Contributor and all round good guy Greig Anderson has set up a new studio in Glasgow and has posted a few updates on the Effektive Site. Look out for more solid work from Greig in the next 12 months. -
We live now!
9 Feb 2010 | 12:00 amLive Now have teamed up with How Books to bring you the Live Now book, featuring a collection of inspirational quotes and illustrations pursuing the notion of living a happy and engaged life. The book will roughly consist of 200, perforated pages that can be easily torn out and hung up or given away to spread smiles. We’ll keep you updated on it’s release! The Live Now project has a new site by Eric Smith.
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vi.sualize.us
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Spring-Summer Editorial I by `larafairie on deviantART
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Spring-Summer Editorial II by `larafairie on deviantART
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Nina Burkholder - Chicago, Illinois - 6 retouched image
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Not together / Winnie The Pooh
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50 Really Fantastic Desktop Wallpapers For Designers
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Wired Top Stories
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Permaculture Could Regrow Haiti's Ecosystem and Economy
9 Feb 2010 | 11:30 amHaiti was an ecological disaster before the earthquake. Deforestation and topsoil loss have made farming on the island difficult. One organization suggests that permaculture techniques could restore productivity to the land and rural residents. -
Shock and Awe: Viral News Is Good News
9 Feb 2010 | 10:10 amThe way I see it, the perfect popular news story has at least one of the following elements: blaming Barack Obama, hating Sarah Palin, or sex. If someone wrote an article called "Obama to blame for sex that made Sarah Palin stupid," it would probably break the internet. But, according to a new study, I might be wrong. -
With Darpa's 'Transparent Earth,' Underground Doesn't Mean Out of Sight
9 Feb 2010 | 8:50 amPentagon extreme research agency Darpa launches the "Transparent Earth" project this year. It wants to create real-time, 3-D maps that display "the physical, chemical and dynamic properties of the earth" underground. -
Why the Army Doesn't Train on XBoxes
9 Feb 2010 | 7:32 amRight now, every military command post and every training center is packed with PCs. In the future, many of those machines might be replaced with game consoles - if the armed forces can ever work out their disagreements with the console-makers. -
Haiti Relief's Secret Weapon: Google Earth
9 Feb 2010 | 7:31 amIn chaotic Haiti, one of the best ways to find refugees in need is through satellite imagery and GPS coordinates.
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Lifehacker
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Listary Sifts Through Files with Powerful Search Hotkeys [Downloads]
9 Feb 2010 | 12:30 pmWindows only: Explorer's integrated search is fine for most things, but more powerful searches or sorting through long lists of similar files isn't exactly easy—Listary gives you hotkeys,... -
The Rotterdamn Collective [Featured Workspace]
9 Feb 2010 | 12:00 pmMany of our featured workspaces are featured for what they contain. The most notable thing about today's featured workspace is what it doesn't contain. Lifehacker reader re404 gets stuff done in a... -
The Map-as-Envelope Incorporates Directions in Your Snail Mail [Clever Uses]
9 Feb 2010 | 11:30 amIn the age of email, it's not often we send mail through the regular postal service. Next time you're mailing a letter the old-fashioned way, do it up right with Google Maps and a color printer. The... -
Google Buzz Explained [Screenshot Tour]
9 Feb 2010 | 11:00 amGoogle today announced a new service, Google Buzz, that automatically brings social networking into Gmail and the rest of the Google-sphere. Whether or not you're big on social networking sites like... -
Move the Users Directory in Windows 7 [How To]
9 Feb 2010 | 10:30 amEd. note: If you've tried moving the Windows Users directory to a location other than the default, you know it can be quite an undertaking. Reader Roobs wrote in detailing how he moved his Windows 7...
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WSJ.com: China Journal
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U.S. Currency Belligerence May Be Counterproductive
8 Feb 2010 | 8:46 pmIt may seem like the stars are aligning for China to let its currency rise, but recent tough talk from the U.S. may make such a move less, rather than more, likely. Bloomberg News U.S. President Barack Obama’s talk last week of monitoring exchange-rate policies may be welcome in Washington, but counterproductive in Beijing. Rather than encourage China to let the yuan, or renminbi, rise against the U.S. dollar, Obama’s tough stance may discourage China from budging, especially when ties with the U.S. are worsening over Google, Taiwan and Tibet. As Credit Suisse economist Tao Dong put it… -
Fed’s Yellen: U.S. Rates Too Hot for China
8 Feb 2010 | 8:25 pmFrom the WSJ’s Real Time Economics blog: Yellen A top Federal Reserve official said Monday U.S. monetary policy is too hot for China and Hong Kong and explained any trouble those nations ultimately face because of this situation arises from their own foreign exchange policies. “Because both the Chinese and Hong Kong economies are further along in their recovery phases than the U.S. economy, current U.S. monetary policy is likely to be excessively stimulatory for them,” Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Janet Yellen said. “However, as both Hong Kong and the mainland… -
Video: The Life of Chinese Merchants in Moscow
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CIC Plays It Safe
8 Feb 2010 | 9:41 amFor some, China’s sovereign wealth fund the China Investment Corp. is the big bad wolf of global finance. Its disclosure of its U.S. equity holdings suggests it’s more like Little Red Riding Hood’s grandmother, says Heard on the Street. -
Survey Sees Rise in China January Export Growth
8 Feb 2010 | 2:50 amAccording to forecasts of economists surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires, growth in China’s exports and imports likely accelerated sharply in January due to growing global demand and a low base of comparison, while inflationary pressures mounted as banks rushed to lend massively at the start of the year ahead of credit tightening by Beijing. Economists said the January data due this week will be distorted by the timing of the Lunar New Year, which fell in January last year and falls in February this year, but the strong momentum of China’s economic recovery should carry on into the…
