Month: March 2008
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Voiceless “Telepathic” Communication
New Scientist has just featured a demonstration of some incredible new technology that allows for "voiceless" communication and has enabled the world's first public voiceless phone call. Michael Callahan, co-founder of Ambient, demonstrates a specially developed neckband at the TI Developer Conference which intercepts nerve signals sent from his brain to his vocal chords and…
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Swimmy Tells It Like It Is
There are too many bad company mission statements in the world. And I mean really bad. Long, verbose, over-burdened, unclear. Often they end up expressing all of the how and none of the what. Many are created by committee. A mission statement should be so clear that you should be able to ask any employee…
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We Think
"In the past you were what you owned. Now you are what you share." The book, by Charles Leadbeater is finally out.
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Connecting The Dots
Scott Karp wrote a great post recently about the evolution from linear to networked thought, sparked by reflections on how all his reading was now done online rather than in print and whether this meant that it had become more scattered and non-linear, and as a consequence whether this was changing the way in which…
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VW Singing Dog
I love this ad. I didn’t want to like it, mostly because it features a singing dog and it’s too easy to be trite with an ‘animals-doing-funny-things’ idea. But every time it comes on I laugh out loud. And there’s not many ads that do that. I’ve seen it a few times now and its…
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Sowing The Seeds
Jaime has been kind enough to send me the rather special piece of DM which he created for Honda and which recently won him a Creative Circle Gold (thanks Jaime). It’s for Honda garden tools. "Wouldn’t it be nice if after reading this letter you could plant it in your garden to grow some flowers?"…
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8 Things You (Probably) Don’t Know About Me
I’ve been tagged by Eaon on a "8 things you don’t know about me" meme, so it’s only sporting to participate. 8 seems like quite a lot so I’m going to keep this brief:1. I used to be a Goth (I know) which meant I had a bleached blonde mohican and my ears pierced six…
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“You Can’t Save The Souls In An Empty Church”
A couple of weeks ago, Todd Andrlik (he of the Ad Age Power 150) got in touch and asked if he could send me a preview copy of a book, Step Into The Spotlight, written by his friend Tsufit. It’s not the kind of book I’d normally read if I’m honest. It’s about self-promotion, getting…