Category: japan |日本 | 일본
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Survival of the fastest + other news
Survival of the Fastest YouTube – survivalofthefastest’s Channel survival of the fastest offers a unique insider perspective on the mad scramble in ad agencies during a recession. How do both staff and agencies adapt in economically straightened times is probed in survival of the fastest. Business Analyst: YouTube Will Lose Almost $500 Million This Year…
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Blyk + more news
Blyk Communities Dominate Brands: Average Blyk campaign 100K messages, average segment only 8K youth – digging into Blyk stats – so much in this. Blyk took a model that had been popular in Africa and India – funding data, messaging and voice services with advertising and took it to the next level: a mobile carrier…
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Skank blog + other news
Skank blog MediaPost Publications Tearful Model Claims ‘Skank’ Blog Damaged Her Reputation – with a skank blog the online world extends bullying into the adult world from the school yard. With concepts like the skank blog will come leaking of sexually intimate material as a media platform. Think sex tapes, but for ‘average people’. The…
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Hydrokinetic adjustable wrench + more
Hydrokinetic adjustable wrench “Hydrokinetic Adjustable Wrench” is a real product (and awesome) – at a conceptual level at least, really sweet piece of problem solving. The hydrokinetic adjustable wrench relies on two principles: Both of which mean that the hydrokinetic adjustable wrench should banish torn up bolt and nut heads China Chinese developer: Buy a…
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Terratag
Paul Nicholson aka Terratag became famous as the designer of the logo for electronica artist Aphex Twin. He worked at the cutting edge of culture, listening to early techno and designing for small skateboard labels like San Francisco’s Anarchic Adjustment. His work felt like an alien otherworldly twist on cyberpunk. At the time digital tools…
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Bijin tokei + more news
Bijin tokei bijin-tokei（美人時計）official website – bijin tokei is a relatively simple creative idea, really well executed. In bijin tokei pretty Japanese ladies were photographed holding a board with the time on it. This was then turned into a clock. It is a website and an iPhone app. Consumer behaviour Value Is the New Green –…
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Pattern Recognition
William Gibson’s Pattern Recognition moves his stories from a fantastical future to a world at the bleeding edge of today. A curious advertising company seeks to find out more about a series of video clips that have developed a cult following. The story evokes viral marketing similar to the complex story lines of games like…
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Guanxi online + other news
Guanxi 56minus1 :: » guanxi in the Chinese web :: – the rapid rise of Chinese social media has resulted in changes in guanxi. This means more pressure on the government to take action bypassing guanxi. Influencers and experts with a following have a new form of guanxi Business Yahoo Announces Next Steps in Open…
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Karaoke + other news
Karaoke How to Sing Karaoke With Confidence – wikiHow – to me karaoke is up there with water boarding, however if you want to bond with co-workers and friends in Asia karaoke is a necessary evil. My personal recommendation if you are asked to do karaoke is California Dreaming by the Mamas and the Papas…