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Archive for April 2010

Pepsi Max branding

There is no greater example for showing how badly the most recent Pepsi rebrand was thought through than looking at the way Pepsi Max now looks. The rebrand did originally have a vision that would have been cohesively rolled out on the sub-brand as well. But it didn’t say ‘Max’, in fact it said minimal. [...]

The Obamaisation of the election

I have been watching the UK election unfold with a certain amount of detachment and discussing with it with my pod mate NickO (who is a labour campaigner in Tooting). When I looked at the campaigns unfolding I was reminded of the Obama campaign or to be more precise something that looks like the Obama [...]

The impermanence of data (that matters)

One thing that springs up periodically is how older electronic data becomes harder to access. Whether its floppy disks that are no longer readable or optical disks which have become corroded through chemical reaction over time electronic data is generally impermanent. I lost a substantial amount of the posts on this blog two years ago [...]

Links of the day

Devices must come with data-wipe function, says privacy regulator | Pinsent Masons LLP – of course the problem is that if forensic computer scientists can pull anything off a device a criminal could just as easily do it as well In China, Loan Regulations Without a Loophole – DealBook Blog – NYTimes.com Video-game shoppers surrender [...]

ITV moderation failure

Will Sturgeon has a clip from ITV news last night which demonstrated the power of moderation in social media discussions. I guess freedom of expression isn’t dead yet.

29 things: how to tweet

Twitter was always one of those things that I got people to play with and they just got, or they realised that it didn’t fit in with their online life in the way that say Facebook status or Sina.com’s micro-blogging platform did. So I never thought I would be asked on a howto guide for [...]

Shameless plug: PR industry attacks Digital Economy Act as a ‘step in the wrong direction’

I spoke on the phone with Peter Hay of PR Week last Friday regarding the Digital Economy Act. It was a long and varied call and most of what we discussed you will have probably already read if you follow my work here and at Left Foot Forward. Peter distilled it down alongside feedback from [...]

Nike chase

Anime meets CGI experts and a digital agency uptown. Nike chase from ilovedust on Vimeo. According to Better Never Than Late: Ilovedust, AKQA San Francisco and Nike Japan.

Shameless plug: Digital Economy Act comment at NMK

Chris Lee over at New Media Knowledge reached out to a number of people in the digital field to get their take on what he described as the ‘true picture’ on the Digital Economy Act and whilst some if it is still shaping up, you can find quotes from Sebastian Lahtinen of Think Broadband, Paul [...]

Links of the day

TwoCubed Consulting: Telemarketing for PR – interesting take on PR lead-generation. How Much Do Music Artists Earn Online? | Information Is Beautiful – looking at this they are better off without a label Make a New Habit Stick by Drilling Down Through the Failure of Prior Ones – Habits – Lifehacker Earthquake Highlights Baidu Block [...]

Social media’s ‘Portman Group’ moment

In the UK, the internet industry has become a lobbyists football. From the Digital Economy Bill and the music-mogul entertained holiday  in Corfu that Lord Mandelson denied to Labour prospective parliamentary candidate Richard Mollet‘s leaked memo it is obvious that there is a political and commercial will to cripple the internet and turn Digital Britain [...]

ASC set courtesy of Микрофанк

Nothing Is Certain LP Preview – BBC Radio 1 Recording by ASC I found it over at Микрофанк

Links of the day

EETimes.com – Research In Motion to acquire QNX Software Systems – this is an interesting move. QNX is famous for its real-time operating systems, including the one that went into 3Com’s Audrey internet appliance. Perhaps the smarts to give RIM a better OS? Who Knew? Now You do. | Yodel Anecdotal – interesting take on [...]

The economy and The Sex Pistols last concert

When the Sex Pistols played their last concert at the famous Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco John Lydon’s final remark to the audience was “Ah-ha-ha. Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated? Good night“. I was reminded of that phrase when I looked at data by the SASI Research Group (University of Sheffield) which shows [...]

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