Month: November 2013

  • Happy & more news

    Happy Pharrell Williams – Happy – despite the insanity of having a 24-hour video, Happy just works. Happy as a song works uniquely well as a loop In addition the time visualisation is lovely. Simple flat design that feels a bit like HUD (head up display). My favourite clip kicks in at 4:20PM. Happy was…

  • Generation X life experiences

    There is a bigger argument to be made about generations versus life stages for marketers, but generation X does have some shared life experiences that define them. In much the same way that the baby boomers were defined by the Apollo programme, the Cultural Revolution and the Kennedy assassination. 50 ways that you know you…

  • Jego + other news

    Jego China Mobile Launches Jego Mobile App to Grow International Business – China Real Time Report – WSJ – Jego is like Skype Out. You get a certain amount of call minutes each month and a Hong Kong number. The Jego software feels clunky, and it is limited in terms of western payment platforms that…

  • Cookie tracking + more news

    Cookie Tracking Google, Microsoft Threaten End to Cookie Tracking – WSJ.com – Microsoft quietly announced in a blog post that the company will give marketers the ability to track and advertise to people who use apps on its Windows 8 and 8.1 operating system on tablets and PCs. The company will do this by assigning…

  • Awkward wearables

    Samsung have been using pretty much the same imagery across print and out-of-doors advertising which not only features awkward wearables but manages to to makes the entire Galaxy suite of phablet, stylus and watch look awkward. I first noticed it on the front page takeover of the free Chinese language paper Metro (HK edition). It…

  • 3D printed metal gun

    3D Printed Metal Gun World’s First 3D Printed Metal Gun – Solid Concepts Blog – The industrial printer we used costs more than my college tuition (and I went to a private university) and the engineers who run our machines are top of the line; they are experts who know what they’re doing and understand…

  • Voodoo Ray & more news

    Voodoo Ray I love this remix of a steel band version of Voodoo Ray. Voodoo Ray was also covered in the Acid Brass compilation. The original version of Voodoo Ray by A Guy Called Gerald was released back in 1989. The artist still didn’t get paid for it. </p> Beauty BB/CC Creams and Holistic Beauty:…

  • BRIC millennials + more news

    BRIC millennials Data point: BRIC Millennials look abroad for education and work – Millennials are the first truly global generation. Having grown up in a globalized world, connected and exposed to foreign cultures thanks to the Internet, their horizons are open, and they embrace an international mindset. – This article on BRIC millennials seems to…

  • Nokia promos & more news

    Nokia promos Nokia Looks to Free Netflix, Other Promos to Boost Lumia Sales – Ina Fried – Mobile – AllThingsD – do Nokia promos indicate the maturity of smartphone design or something else? Nokia also used to have a music service that had Nokia promos including 3 months of streaming, or downloaded tracks on the…