February 2012
5 posts
Startup Lets You Buy and Sell Stuff on Twitter →
The question is will people want to publicize their purchases. They certainlymdidn’t want to share whatbtheybwere putting on their credit cards.m
Cultural Stasis →
Interesting article by Kurt Andersen in Vanity Fair, arguing thew opposite of what many planners believe - that everything is a remix. Andersen undoes his argument somewhat by admitting the biggest change is the democratization of art and style…and why isn’t this a cultural change?
The Revolution Inside AmEx's Nextpedition →
What a great idea for a travel service (ht to @uberblond)
Marrying "search" and "social networking" to... →
Social recommendation takes the next step
January 2012
3 posts
Branding Is About Creating Patterns, Not Repeating... →
A powerful, cogent argument that brands are about discernible behaviors that create patterns, and not repeated messages.
32 More of the Best (And Worst) Tech Tattoos →
At this point there’s probably nothing in geekdom, no matter how arcane, that hasn’t ended up on someone’s skin. “In” someone’s skin, to be precise. From ASCII art, to xkcd comics, to video games, to binary, to parts of your childhood you just can’t leave behind, there are entire sites like Geeky Tattoos now devoted to nerd ink.
Back in 2010 we put...
6 Turnkey Tools for Content Distribution →
Shane Snow is a New York-based tech journalist and co-founder of Contently.com, a marketplace for brand publishers and journalists. It’s never been easier to become a publisher, but being a publisher ain’t easy. Today, the scarce resource in the publishing world is not infrastructure; i…
December 2011
8 posts
Google Brand Pages & Beyond →
A nice guide from 360i on managing Google+ brand pages
Cinemagraphs →
Beautiful moving photos - tres Harry Potter
Inside The Atlantic: How One Magazine Got... →
The Atlantic’s James Bennet, Scott Havens, Bob Cohn and Justin Smith. Photo courtesy of Richard A. Bloom. With consecutive quarterly growth in both print and digital advertising sales, The Atlantic has emerged as a vanguard in an industry harassed by declining ad revenues and falling cir…
Variables - Getting Started with Programming |... →
The Future of Digital Advertising: Math Magic →
Smart commentary on how platform buying is changing digital advertising
Internet Dating →
November 2011
8 posts
GutCheck Online Real Time Qualitative Market... →
Very cheap, very cheerful
A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design →
Utterly brilliant, utterly right
edelweiss pirate: confessions of a born-again... →
A great post from Heidi Hackemer.
The next most insidious issue (imho) is the lack of equal pay for equal work. Given the number of women in advertising it would seem that we could taker some action on this front. Can we re-parse the Planner survey to see how the pay differs between men and women of different levels of experience?
wellhellouberblond:
I was lucky to grow up with parents that...
Google + Is Now Open for Business →
Google aims Plus squarely at FB but puts higher hurdles on brand’s ability to communicate with people
Does Inequality Make Us Unhappy? →
A really interesting article that shows how the brain reacts to inequality and reward
On the gift list: olloclip: iPhone 4 quick change... →
Shop In Augmented Reality With Amazon Flow for... →
Downloading this as we speak - definitely could be a prefer tech route for price shopping
October 2011
14 posts
Dozuki - Teaching Action →
This is the technology platform behind ifixit.com, and basically it allows you to create a wiki based documentation “kit” for a brand or project. It looks simple and nicely designed to. Anyone use it?
Generation X Is Sick of Your Bullshit →
Revealed – the capitalist network that runs the... →
What is most interesting here is not the conspiracy theory but the use of complex systems analysis
Hi, I'm Dom.: 9 Thoughts on Building Great... →
domgoodrum:
Last Friday I went along to ‘How to Build Great Products’. I attended the previous event in April, so I was prepared for delicious sandwiches and a day of great stories around making digital things of all shapes and sizes.
Here are the headlines that spoke to me during the…
How the Tech Bubble Stifles Innovation and Hampers... →
You never really think about it this way, but when talent starts hopping all over the place, innovation is put at risk.
Google Wallet Team Hits The Streets in SF and NY... →
How People Use Their Smartphones and Tablets While... →
A nice infographic showing how social TV is happening
Is Facebook's EBay Integration the Real Start of... →
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The newest words in OED...
1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time. 2. Ignoranus: A person who’s both stupid and an asshole. 3. Intaxicaton: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with. 4. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly. 5. Bozone ( n.): The...
September 2011
3 posts
Modelling behaviour: Game theory in practice →
Game theory and modelling has often seemed very academic. But it is interesting to see how in these closed loop situations, it becomes very actionable .
edelweiss pirate: experiential shift →
wellhellouberblond:
I love how people can be so damn optimistic. We go on our diets, we buy our exercise machines, we think we’re going to change the world. We’re only a resolution away from super-human status. but so often we fail. and as much as “failing” has been such a trendy topic in any industry that…
Ford Evos, the Social Networking Vehicle of the... →
August 2011
4 posts
The no bullshit strategist →
Some good thoughts on what it takes to be a good digital strateist (ht @mikearauz)
London Riots: Social Media Mobilizes Riot Cleanup... →
If you want proof that culture is moving Faster this is a heartwarming example
The Presentation That Inspired Google + →
A really great presentation about how social influence really happens on the web.
July 2011
11 posts
How We Build Features →
A real down and dirty guide to building products in startup mode
How to Track Tweets, Facebook Likes and More with... →
A nice guide for adding FB, Twitter etc. Activity onto GA