January 2010
Advertisers Make Use Of Spare Seating At London...
This was taken just prior to kick off, but no more than around 8,000 fans attended the match at the 25,000+ stadium in Reading. London Irish are a rugby club to watch, though. According to their CEO, the club has ambitions to become the Manchester United of club rugby (without the debt). Whether achieving that goal, in perspective, will Leave shareholders dispondent or...
Now this is smart. CV as an infographic.
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2010 is the year of the app - Fastcompany.
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It’s time for advertising and social media to work...
30 January, 2010 | Written by edward boches 5 Comments It’s time for advertising and social media to work together Written by edward boches | —> A simple print ad for Panera started a conversation in a newspaper ad that continued with hundreds of engagements on Facebook. The debate has raged for a year now. Old media is dead....
Millions of websites use Flash: Get used to the...
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David Armano: Six Ways to Find Social Media Talent
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Jobs Vs Obama: Who had the social sweet spot?
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70% of employers have rejected job applicants over...
If all of your drunken weekend shenanigans end up splashed all over Facebook or you have a penchant for tweeting your weekly streaking schedule, the time may have arrived for you to clean up your online persona. A new survey from Microsoft reveals that 70 percent of HR workers admitted to rejecting a job applicant based solely on his or her online info. On the flip side, 60 percent of...
How To Report The News by Charlie Brooker.
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Globally average time spent on social networking...
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One for the social planners: Yahoo! Social Design...
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The Disruption Briefing Presentation: A story of...
via blog.stevesponder.com I’ve been keen to get this presentation finished for some time now as I feel there is a need for a presentation that explains the importance of social media in a logical, structured way. So this is the Disruptive Briefing - It tells the story of how social media, as a set of tools and platforms, is having a disruptive impact on business models. The chapters...
Keep learning, exploring, and living [video]
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How Many Slides Does it Take to Train a Planner to...
If you’re JWT, it takes 66 apparently. via paulisakson.typepad.com Posted via web from litmanlive’s posterous | Comment »
Redefining What Makes A Campaign Viral
Ivan Askwith, Director of Strategy at Big Spaceship, recently offered an insightful perspective into how brands could best engage consumers over the long-run by ceasing to refer to “viral” as merely a campaign objective – but rather as a deliberate choice to share quality content that a consumer will be motivated to share with others. According to Askwith, It’s time to accept a difficult...
Number of tweets per minute related to the Apple...
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A note to brands: Stop with the flashmobbing.
Brands take note: it really is time to stop with the flashmobs. It’s difficult to know where to start with this film for Dr Pepper’s, but sometimes things are so bad, they are worth sharing, so here you are. But really, please stop flashmobbing, right now. Update: The ad’s singer is David Naughton, who starred in the film Amercian Werewolf In London, but was first...
Park Avenue South by Studioctopi
via dezeen.com London architects Studioctopi have completed an extension to a Victorian end-of-terrace house in north London that features an angular roof and large triangular skylights. Called Park Avenue South, the extension is clad entirely with black zinc. This addition to the original house doubles the size of the kitchen/dining room, which now connects directly to the garden through a...
If you get tempted to talk about the iPad, consult...
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Taking the leap of faith and joining Dare..
So there you go, I’ve said what I wanted to say for a reasonably long time now, I’m joining Dare. For anyone that knows me, a secret like that is hard to keep. As the ever wise Tom Fishburne shows above, we don’t always know entirely what we’re letting ourselves in for but isn’t that exciting. There’s obviously the fear of the unknown, the change of surroundings and the new people, but...
Social media definitions put in to Wordle.
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The blurring of journalism and blogging..
via jbruin.posterous.com Disgusting that Jason Calacanis is getting so much coverage though, he made it all up! Posted via web from litmanlive’s posterous | Comment »
The Evolution of the 'Keep Calm and Carry On' Meme
Today’s must-see delicious web bit comes from Oscillator’s Christina Agapakis who after seeing a trend of the popular ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ poster developing into a full blown meme rife with parody and recreation, drew up an awesome family tree infographic of how the parodies have evolved from the original purpose and intent of the image. See the full tree below...
4th Annual Online Customer Engagement Report 2010
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Roca Cocoon Shower Stall by Arina Komarova » Yanko...
Egg Shower The proteins in an egg can do wonders for your skin, but how about taking a shower in one? I’m talking about the egg-shaped shaped Cocoon Shower Stall that literally cocoons you once you shut all the glass slides. The usual spa features seen in such kinda stalls are included, but to spell them out: shower, bathtub, hydro massage (Jacuzzi) & mood lighting are there. The...
The 6 types of ideas
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Getting & Keeping More People Involved in Public...
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"The Beetles"
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Businesses That Blog Have More Twitter Reach
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We Live Now: In-the-Moment Inspiration
Live Now: In-the-Moment Inspiration By Kirstin Butler A true exercise in art therapy, or what all motivational posters should aspire to be. It’s still January, and 2010 has already provided no shortage of loss, tragedy, and challenge. But amidst all of this digital distemper lies a website we love for its seemingly infinite supply of authenticity, hope, and optimism....
Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal
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Augmented hyper reality
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Announcing the Apple iProduct. You'll buy it. And...
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The 2009 Feltron Annual Report – OCD Made Sexy
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A Good Reminder for Marketers
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Innovation and the Future [Presentation]
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Pacman bookcase
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Apple: The iPhone Company.
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A Brand Model For The Age Of Conversation 2
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You are what you share
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Business, Online Communities and Cultural Tourism
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The SDA 2010 Digital Marketing Outlook
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This is too funny.
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Video Ads in Street View
Last week Gizmodo spotted that Google has filed a patent entitled “Claiming Real Estate in Panoramic or 3D Mapping Environments for Advertising,” which in short allows them to paste media (adverts) onto the images. Its interesting how the mouse in Street View follows the 3D space, we assume to allow any data to be tagged to buildings etc. With data of course comes the ability to...
Tom Fishburne: The career trapeze
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iPod Tables. Cool.
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The Next Chapter
davemorin:
Following your dreams is perhaps the most important thing to do in life.
I came to Silicon Valley in 2003 as a small town Montana guy, and recent college grad, with the big dream of becoming part of the technology community and one day starting a technology company. I had grown to love technology and entrepreneurship while making things for the Internet and running my own small...
Encouraging creative thinking with the Rethink...
Have a watch of this short video, really creative, thinking out the box stuff. You’ll be amazed at what you can do with a standard book format, some insightful quotes too. It’s for the Rethink Scholarship in Canada which is an $18,000 scholarship for aspiring art directors and designers to Langara College’s Communication and Ideation Design course. Naturally they’ve got a super cool entry...
Target Markets: Internet Ad Spending
via chrisrutz.de AT&T are the top internet ad spenders. Posted via web from litmanlive’s posterous | Comment »
MTV Tracks Music Consumption Habits
Young people are using multiple platforms including online streaming and mobile phones to consume music, according to MTV’s ‘Back to Basics’ Study. The survey taken from a sample panel of 600 Europeans aged 15-34-years old found that 43% of teens listen to music on their phones daily. Meanwhile 67% of those surveyed stream music over the internet at least once a month with only...