A really simple to execute viral by Timbuk2 which emphasises the product strengths (customisation and protective) with a clear trackable call-to-action. Genius Happy St Pat’s Day to one-and-all.
Impeccably shot footage by film director, hair dresser and streetwear dandy: James Lebon, Shawn Stüssy breaks down the streetwear formula that Neighborhood and Bape went on to follow. I love the way he makes word-of-mouth and the product-as-marketing concepts which are considered to be cutting edge marketing ideas now, yet spells them out simply back [...]
Using UStream to get their news programmes out: Live Videos by Ustream
Corning’s A Day Made Of Glass video which was made to enthuse investors about the company is a well-produced video which extends the touch multi-touch user experience metaphor that we’ve seen in Apple’s iOS products and extends them throughout the working day. 中国读者 | Chinese readers, you should be able to see a version of [...]
Random quotes due to the editing of Wired magazine Italy’s editorial team kind of feels like fridge magnet futurism.
Twitter says users send 1 billion tweets per week | VentureBeat – not surprising I use Twitter more than SMS now Nokia’s first Windows Phone device due in 2012, says report | BGR – according to Nokia India MD How Online Start-ups Can Build Audiences on the Cheap: Tech News and Analysis « – need [...]
In this edition of The Good, The Bad and the Ugly we have new Asian films worth going to see if they break on UK shores, underwhelming technology and fashion business trends: Good Bad Ugly Cat Shit One – imagine a film that did for the war on terror what The Deer Hunter and Apocalypse [...]
I’d love to say that I was surprised by this, but unfortunately I expected it which why the Rosemary Church | CNN Godzillagate story on Friday seemed so credible. TV stations like this need to do live broadcasting without the profanity loop that live radio often uses for talk shows, but training for talent is [...]
I found this two-part advert on the London Underground intriguing. LloydsTSB is advertising the use of infographics to display accounts information as a way of differentiation from other banks. Where this gets interesting is that it puts a management accountancy-type function directly into the bank account.
Milton Glaser is a feted US designer and this presentation about creativity is fascinating
US Proposals For Secret TPP ‘Son Of ACTA’ Treaty Leaked; Chock Full Of Awful Ideas | Techdirt – expanding what’s patentable, blocking people from buying copyrighted goods in other countries and taking them home (no multi-region DVDs, music imports etc), expanding liability for ISPs whose users commit acts of infringement, forcing ISPs to identify their [...]
On Friday Twitter was swirling with comments about that criticised CNN and alleged that news anchor Rosemary Church had giggled and cracked a Godzilla joke. Eventually it came out that the whole thing seemed to get real traction from one tweet, but Mashable provides some more indepth coverage which explains the context behind it. It [...]
I found this great chart by NetBase on consumers sentiment to technology brands really interesting. Twitter has an advantage because of its natural conversational nature, but what I found more interesting was the degree of negative sentiment towards Facebook. Consumers have a love-hate relationship with many technologies but even I was surprised by the degree [...]
Analyst: Non-iPad Tablets Will Be Collecting Dust On Store Shelves – not so sure about this Say Goodbye To The China Price : China Law Blog – expect things to get more expensive EUROPA – Neelie Kroes Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda Addressing the orphan works challenge IFRRO launch of [...]
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