The McDonald’s beverage cup lid is something that we see everyday and ignore. I realised this evening whilst I stared at my coffee cup that it is also an awesome piece of information architecture. It clearly shows: A warning that the beverage is hot The type of beverage Instructions on how to make the cup [...]
Smart-Phone Market Update: Apple’s Eating Everyone Else’s Lunch (AAPL)
I was listening to a podcast of Robin Li presenting at Stanford University when I came across the concept of box computing. Robin is the co-founder, chairman and chief executive of Chinese language search engine Baidu (pronounced Bi-Do). Robin was articulating Baidu’s future direction with a concept that he called box computing. The search engine [...]
U.S. Slips to Second in Patents – BusinessWeek HAVEN – achingly cool streetwear ENJIN BEATBOX – love this viral by Castrol Japan – enjin means apeman in Japanese Associated Press Interactive: AP Economic Stress Index – really sweet infographic Offering Something Extra – interesting article about Japanese retail marketing tactics Omake – Wikipedia, the free [...]
I sat through a number of presentations courtesy of Echo Research. The themes were more corporate communications-themed than I have been used to but some good stuff came out of it. Here are mind maps that I made from the different presentations. Sandra MacLeod, group CEO Echo Research Dr David Michaelson, president Echo Research Paul [...]
I didn’t have the time to sort out my scanner and get my notes up from the presentations at MeasurementCamp earlier this week. First up, was a presentation by Redsprings Limited on their approach to social media consulting. Then Giles Palmer of Brandwatch gave an insight into engagement, measurement and monitoring.
I have been thinking a lot about mobile devices recently. The media companies don’t get it. I could wax lyrical on how media companies don’t get mobile, other than repackaging content with minimal consideration for the form, for example the new U2 application on the Blackberry, but this tweet from Joshua Schacter seemed to sum [...]
I stepped out for lunch and picked up a sandwich at Costa Coffee. I went to the counter and noticed these badges that they kept at the counter. Its a really smart message. Starbucks is stretching itself to instant coffee and coffee machines in offices and budget coffee providers like the McDonald’s McCafe and Krispy [...]
This country is fucked… Lets kick off! | Facebook – Facebook group that allows the disaffected to vent Tweetdoc: Document your twitter event – handy for keeping a record of a project GroupM Search and comScore Release Study on the Interplay Between Search Marketing and Social Media – comScore, Inc Three reasons why Steve Ballmer [...]
Google barcode doodle, originally uploaded by renaissancechambara. Celebrating the creation of the ubiquitous barcode.
Some thoughts and observations on Snow Leopard following my installation of the retail version: Installation – Installation took about two hours to install on my MacBook Pro, whether its coincidence or not I don’t know but the fluorescent tube that lights the back of the laptop LCD went on the blink at the same time. [...]
Microsoft Research ESL Assistant – handy English proofing tool Damage Control: Social Media Reversals « Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang Sony’s wireless electricity offering – Hack a Day Sustaining Democracy in the Digital Age | The Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy MediaPost Publications The Unemployed May Be One Of [...]
Pesce was an early pioneer of the web and has been applying his ingeniuty and enterprise to academia and futurism for the past decade and a half. The Playful World was written about a decade ago, yet was very prescient of today’s cutting-edge web and related technology trends: Augmented web The web of things Custom [...]
I like: Wired magazine (US edition), originally uploaded by renaissancechambara. I love Wired magazine, It’s a combination of long and short-form editorial which appeals to the polymath within. There is an optimism about progress whilst recognising the law of unintended consequences. Opinions that challenge the reader even if you don’t agree with them. And the [...]
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