I delved into the analytics on the blog and had a look at the ten most popular posts I had written in 2011. How to set up Weibo for English speakers – the western world started to wake up to Twitter’s smarter, more innovative cousin: Sina.com’s Weibo service Throwback gadget: Sennheiser HD250 II Linear headphones [...]
New Social Network My.Ology Fosters Content-Based Interactions – interesting focus on passions LTE Windows Phones Arriving Next Year – will early to LTE give Windows Phone the leg up? The One Reason To Avoid Microsoft Now And When To Know It’s A Buy – Seeking Alpha Product Strategists Should See NFC As Much More Than [...]
Singapore blogger Pat Law and her social influence agency Goodstuph mailed me an iron-on patch of their logo and some letter press cards to say thank you to other people.
Wieden + Kennedy published a desktop wallpaper as a digital Christmas present for the blog readers based around one of their favourite Wiedenisms: It sounds like a great test of whether a creative execution (whether it is a product, service or marketing) will actually work.
I currently have two mobile phones, an iPhone 3GS for all that stuff that smart phones do and texting. My second phone is a Samsung B5702 DUOS phone that does my voice calls. Its a great phone with a week long battery life and a space for two SIMs. With the Samsung Galaxy Y DUOS, [...]
Betting the Farm on US Takeover: Failed Deal Leaves Telekom Without a Plan B – SPIEGEL ONLINE – puts the Deutsche Telekom position in broader perspective The 6 Pop Country Archetypes « Saving Country Music – genius someone should turn this into a TV series a la Portlandia 24/7 -Hyundai Motor | The Korea Blog [...]
Carlberg’s cinema stunts in Belgium have been getting a lot of views online.It’s less of an advert and more like content brought to you by the brand a la the original soap operas on radio which got their name from the washing powder manufacturers like Procter & Gamble who used to sponsor and produce them. [...]
Really interesting snapshot from CIC Data for Group M on the online behaviour of young Chinese people. It shows how young Chinese borrow and build on Korea and Japan cultural artifacts and the process flows in reverse as well. CIC_GroupM Knowledge Collaborative White Paper – China’s Young Consumers in the Age of Social Media > [...]
When I read the press release about Audi’s forthcoming A1 Quattro, it was a bit like back to the future. The car goes back to the high performance original Quattro. The short wheelbase, and white alloys resembling competition Speedline alloys reminded me of the Audi Quattro S1 which was their Group B rally car. And [...]
The year in mobile apps: Where we’ve been, where we’re going — GigaOm – predictions on mobile So You Got a Fancy New Camera: Here’s How to Use It Study: Apple’s iPhone, iPad account for 90 percent of mobile purchases – GigaOM – app commerce then starts to make sense in etailing Tencent vs. Sina: [...]
As usual the output of the TV channels were universally poor, so I had the Rare Exports film in the DVD player instead. Woodpecker Pictures put out a couple of great videos to promote the film: the trailer and Rare Exports Inc.: The Official Safety Instructions – which is pure genius. The trailer is from [...]
Wishing this blogs readers a well-deserved break! The video below is from the Ninja Girls: a collective of Japanese ex-pats based in Singapore whose lofty mission is to bring Japanese kawaii culture to Singapore and the world. (The video is on YouTube so may not be available to all readers).
I got an email about 40 minutes ago announcing that STRATFOR were looking into a breach of their servers and email. I’ve always found their analysis on international issues informative and insightful which has helped in my work thinking about international projects with NGOs and in my writing here on this blog. It is one [...]
How to Create iPad Prototypes Using Keynote for iPad « cvil.ly Nokia Lumia 800: Why the ‘noPhone’ review draws ire from Nokia and Microsoft employees? – Moneylife Personal Finance site and magazine – astro-turfing | sock puppetry in action How to Jump Ship from GoDaddy to a Better Web Host and Registrar Why You’ll Be [...]
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