Monday, June 23, 2008
How can you model the real market value of social networks?
If you're waiting for Google's Android phone, you might not want to hold your breath
Tools to lure and keep consumers
If you're looking to build a new apartment complex, you might want to see what they're doing in Slovenia
Why it's OK to hate your American cell phone company
If you're looking for new DJ decks, Metrofarm should be top of your list
Say hello to the highest popping toaster in the world
Is this the future of urban life?
Does Facebook's growth outside the United States really matter?
Yahoorezinr will write your Yahoo! resignation letter for you. How convenient!
Are metrosexual developers better coders than the regular joes?
This banner ad will kill you without remorse
What every good marketer knows can be found on this webpage
This is a two-part rule on naming your start-up
Labels: Android, banner ads, branding, cell phone, consumer retention, Google, marketing, Metrofarm, metrosexuals, Slovenia, social network, start-up, toaster, urban life, yahoo, Yahoorezinr
posted by olli @ 20:02Thursday, June 5, 2008
Blip is like Twitter but only for music tweeting
Ping My Company is like Hot Or Not for companies
What newspapers still don't understand about the web
Has Hong Kong become the capital of malware?
How to build a better content model for your site
How to send SMS messages from your iPod Touch
Looks like Google is expanding its Mountain View complex once again
How can marketers manage price inflation?
Four ways market research can kill innovation
Say hello to MTV's graphic design reality show competition
Techcrunch offers a great post on location-based technologies
Say hello to Ad Agency WOW
Labels: agency, Blip, content, Google, graphic design, Hong Kong, innovation, marketing, mtv, newspapers, Ping My Company, Techcrunch, WOW
posted by olli @ 07:01Friday, May 30, 2008
What we really want for Christmas is a giant digital ceiling clock
Looks like the Eiffel Tower is getting some competition in the Parisian skyline
Why you can't spell "marketing" without "IT"
On that note - check out this cool viral marketing campaign from Japan
Say hello to the new world of browser storage support
Do good ideas spread only because they are good at getting adopted?
What are the 25 most infamous guitar riffs?
Are bloggers happier than most people?
How do you invite a couple of posh, design-savvy birds to dinner?
If you've got lots of ideas, the Free Idea Factory is for you
Say hello to NME's new mobile website
Can you have too many friends on the internet?
Labels: birdhouse design, free idea factory, good ideas, guitar riffs, Japan, marketing, mobile, NME, Paris, peers, viral
posted by olli @ 06:18Wednesday, May 20, 2008
TechCrunch has some interesting stats about Hulu's current usage statistics
Say hello to "automated social networking" with Scoutle
Firehose is a crazy realtime Twitter timeline
Who are the top 50 visionaries in tech these days?
Unlike is a really interesting guide about Berlin
What's the real truth about marketing to women?
Why are so many Australian's fleeing Britain these days?
The full screen multi-touch Mac OS X wall is here but it's not from Apple
An anatomy of a start-up failure and the valuable lessons learned
Ouch! Denmark says newspapers are not "trustworthy, relevant or necessary"
Tweetwire is a newspaper that's built from Tweets
What are the worst entry level jobs in tech?
Labels: automated social networking, berlin, Denmark, Firehose, Hulu, marketing, newspapers, start up failure, tech jobs, Tweetwire, Unlike
posted by olli @ 22:07Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Happy Halloween and blessed be to all the pagans.
Don't eat all of my candy!
Say hello to....Banksy, is that really you?
This is a real levitating wirelessly powered lightbulb. Seriously
Move over P2P - The Pirate Bay is looking at something better
This is a real time application to see who is and where people are editing Wikipedia from
Vector Magic converts bitmap images to vector art
Say hello to the first look at Google's new competitor to Facebook
The importance of social media marketing and what you should learn from it
Vitamin takes a look at getting a startup right for the second time
Interesting - first Radiohead, now the magazine industry
Egads! Now even Cliff Richard is getting in on the alternative music pricing scheme
PC Magazine: Apple's Leopard is the greatest OS...ever?
More Apple: NBC's Jerry Zucker speaks in detail about why he isn't too pleased with Apple
A-Cero have some really interesting stuff going on in Dubai
design.nl is a blog that covers the Dutch graphic design scene
35 great print ads you've probably never seen
If you're really stretching for a Halloween costume - why not be Steve Ballmer?
Labels: A-Cero, Banksy, Cliff Richard, design, Dubai, facebook, Google, Jerry Zucker, Leopard, levitation, magazines, marketing, Netherlands, P2P, Pirate Bay, print ads, social media marketing, Steve Ballmner
posted by olli @ 09:22Monday, August 27, 2007
Essential reading: An interview with Toronto's urban explorer - Michael Cook
MySpace launches an online animated series - Afterworld
Daylife is like Google News with a social networking component - check it out
Monocle takes a look at the Fuji Rock Festival
20 re-branding mistakes marketers make and how to avoid them (.pdf)
The NY Times takes an in-depth look at China's environmental crisis
Cover Browser is the ultimate comic book cover aggregator
Vint Cerf says that broadcast TV's days are numbered...
Heima is a new film from our Icelandic friends Sigur Ros
Nokia re-invents itself again with the N-Gage?
The Envelope Collective uses mail as an art medium
How to make a homemade record player
Israel is not screwing around when it comes to image resizing
Everything you ever wanted to know about the new attention economy
Having a homepage is not nearly as good as having a Lifestream
Labels: Afterworld, attention economy, Daylife, Fuji Rock Festival, Iceland, Lifestream, marketing, Michael Cook, Monocle, MySpace, N-Gage, Nokia, re-branding, record player, Sigur Ros, Toronto
posted by olli @ 14:52Thursday, August 23, 2007
The internet's main target demographic just got older. Much older
34 more ways to build your own social network
These are 45 web based operating systems
This is a brilliant viral ad against gun crime from London's Choice FM
The LA Times takes a look at the whole bloggers vs. journalists thing
Advertising hits YouTube with overlay ads
BUT...others are not amused - say hello to VideoEgg
Are we now one step closer to wireless electricity?
Will all of France get free music downloads?
Hmm...looks like you already can - say hello to Deezer
And of course...Nokia to launch its (long awaited) music download service soon
Marketers take note: Playboy launches its own closed social network (No "high schoolers or old dudes")
The basics of information theory
This is a nice collection of British industrial ruins
last.fm to publish Hype Chart
Labels: bloggers, industrial ruins, information theory, journalists, last.fm, marketing, music downloads, Nokia, Playboy, social networks, VideoEgg, Web OS, YouTube
posted by olli @ 07:51Monday, June 18, 2007
Is Apple building a secret in-car navigation system for Mercedes?
Say hello to the YouTube Remixer
Want the answers? Bob Harris breaks down the last Sopranos epidose in amazing detail
Obopay is a US mobile micropayment site
What's the number one web network for women?
It's already started - Say hello to the iPhone Application List
Gridskipper gets a re-design
Seth Godin says as Marketers, we all need to be more responsible
More cool weather stations from Oregon Scientific
It's fathers vs. sons on the Nintendo Father's Day Challenge
The absurdity of the modern American wedding
Have a look at 50,000 pages of the Guardian
Doppleganger building a virtual world for MTV
The wonderful and frightening world of Mark E. Smith courtesy of YouTube and BBC Four
Labels: America, Apple, Doppleganger, Gridskipper, iPhone, Mark E. Smith, marketing, mtv, Nintendo, Obopay, re-design, remix, The Fall, wedding, YouTube
posted by olli @ 07:33Thursday, May 17, 2007
Feel free to test out some of Google's experimental search interfaces
Yahoo! offering a sneak peek at some new enhancements for My Yahoo!
The New Yorker on how use, not innovation drives technology
Amazon will sell non-DRM'ed mp3's by the end of the year
We Are Food Geek is a blog about the future of food
The onomatopeta of Batman's "Biff!", "Bang!", "Pow!" cutaways
Seven tips on how to run a successful community online
Are you a music blogger? If so - b5Media might want to hire you
Foster + Partners to create the world's first zero carbon, zero waste city in Abu Dhabi
Burst Labs have a great experimental interface for finding content. Check it out
Nielsen says if you want online buzz, you better have a campaign
Design By Grid is a resource for web designers
Wired Magazine offers a pictoral on 40 years of video gaming
The Guardian turns A&R with a "band of the day" feature
Labels: Abu Dhabi, Amazon, architecture, Batman, blogging, DRM, food, Google, Grid, Guardian, innovation, marketing, music, New Yorker, Nielsen, Video games, Wired, yahoo
posted by olli @ 14:29Friday, May 4, 2007
The ultimate insiders guide to Best Buy's Geek Squad
Check out this tunning site from Red Interactive Agency
Why making mobile phone software is a losing battle
MSNBC takes a look at Twitter
A Motorola survey says that 45% of Europeans watch TV online
Yahoo! finally shuts down Yahoo! Photos in favour of Flickr
These clothes are made from condoms
How to learn media consumption rules from iTunes
More iTunes: Magnetosphere is a cool iTunes visualizer
Looking at human computer interaction in science fiction movies
This rug has zippers
Is Disney's foray into Silverlight apps the future of marketing?
The In The City music conference comes to New York
Say hello to Sweden's talking ATM's
What's the deal with indie bands and choreographed dance moves?
Labels: agency, clothing, geek squad, indie, itunes, marketing, motorola, msnbc, music, silverlight, tv, twitter, yahoo
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