Month: January 2008
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Skypephone Confession
I have a confession to make. Late last year I was asked to trial the new Skype phone as part of a blogger outreach programme and I agreed, partly because I love the whole concept of Skype and partly because I thought it would be interesting. Well, I have to admit that I have hardly…
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Web Trend Map 2008
Like last years, only bigger and better (and updated): My how things have moved on. Click on the image to enlarge it. Clickable online version here Big A3 PDF here Thanks to Information Architects in Japan
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The Greatest Natural Resource
You Tube have been hosting a channel for video content from the World Economic Forum in Davos ("This year, you get to join them"). Amongst the videos of the sessions, is a fascinating little project called "The Davos Question". The question in question, so to speak, is: "What one thing do you think that companies,…
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On Brand Utility
Image courtesy I like this from Zeus Jones: "To me, marketing as a service is an operating philosophy – not a deliverable. It’s a school of thought around how business success and customer care/acquisition can be achieved. One shouldn’t deliver branded utility as a part of an integrated campaign or even as a campaign per…
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Samaritans – Vectorscope
Beautiful, this new ad from Lunar BBDO for The Samaritans. As they say on their blog: "People call Samaritans for hundreds of reasons that range from exam pressure to suicide, so representing those states of mind without being off-putting is a tricky job." I think they’ve done a great job.
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The Leaders of the Future
Image courtesy Like Russell, I’ve made it my mission this year to widen the scope of presentations I choose to see and pay to see. I want to hear some new perspectives and have some new input. So in keeping with this resolution I went to a talk yesterday by Richard Gerver, an ex-primary school…
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Memes Like Buses
Image courtesy No memes for a month and then I get tagged on two on the same day. Just like buses. So I thought I’d aggregate my response here in one post for the sake of interest and brevity. First up, Asi tagged me (thanks Asi) on the current meme sweeping the sphere – ‘My…
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A New Way To Be Good?
Image courtesyI heard on the radio this morning that today was apparently meant to be the most depressing day of the year (happily I’m not feeling it). So in trying to think about more uplifting subjects, I read about the strategic launch of Google’s philanthropy venture Google.org. Led by the rather wonderfully named Dr Brilliant,…
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The Bionic Contact Lense
University of Washington researchers have just managed to embed LED’s and an electronic circuit board into contact lenses. Quite an acheivement given the size of the components involved and the need to marry inflexible metallic elements with the flexible organic matter of the lense. The circuits were built from layers of metal which were only…