July 2008
2 posts
"Paul & Linda at my Wedding"
Not a photo album caption most of us could claim - except maybe Pattie Boyd.
..and were i in the 1’750 pound-spending market, i’d say that she’s cracked a good one: making it unexpectedly easy for rich 55+ year olds to buy their own piece of impromptu rock history.
hats off to them all.
June 2008
5 posts
Can't beat 'em, copy 'em
Britannica caves in and goes the way of wikipedia. This is a very, very significant admission, namely as its ilk of intellectual have traditionally looked down upon wikipedia’s democratisation of knowledge.
Personally, I welcome their welcoming of the web 2.0 ethic*. Albeit a bit cold. Britannica calls non-scholarly contributers ‘lay contributers’. Hmm. i think that misses a...
April 2008
1 post
Trendhead
So you need to track the number of blogs that mention Radiohead and correlate it to the number of Radionhead fan sites.. Easy.. Just go to Trendrr - a website for strategic/account planners and wayward Nielsen researchers. Or, as they put it: “Track, compare and share data, free. Identify trends across social graphs and networks, realize the potential of p2p, track engagement metrics,...
March 2008
7 posts
creative for a reason
Nothing like risky creative rooted in an excellent argument, er.. strategy*. The new Cheetos in the US breaks some of the golden rules of snack-advertising, (like Rule 32: “never show your snack being shoved up someone’s nostril”) - but it’s backed by an impenetrable rationale and some deft research. First, they discovered that 60% of their revenue was coming from 20-35...
reformat the planet
Ever played Nintendo and thought, “hmm, catchy tune”? No? Okay, well, wake up and smell the 8-bit.. Actually, 8-bit is just a recent iteration of a business model that started in the 1950s, when music industry execs realised they could move stock by using movie soundtracks as promotional platforms. Case in point: Shaft, Barbara Streisand star-vehicles, and everything Elvis acted, erm,...
Industry of freelancers
BLANKSPACES | How It Works Bring to meeeee.. Joburg needs this idea fast.
February 2008
5 posts
Hot new show
(from economyofmotion.tumblr.com) The devil is recruiting in the US and this, friends, makes for some quirky comedy on a new TV show called The Reaper. Add a few promos (online games, viral vids, insider info..) that STAY ON BRAND, and you have a brand experience that rewards the faithful. Of course, we South Africans might have to wait a coupla months (or for all damnation) to see The Reaper. ...
nice little hack
Convert m4a (aac) to mp3 at Elliot Lee it turns out we all need to just read the fucking manual
September 2007
2 posts
The kinda wonderful Reagan Biography
from: http://economyofmotion.tumblr.com If they turn your life into a comic strip are you automatically a superhero? Slate presents The Reagan Biography
Redesigning Bloomberg →
Bloomberg’s stockbrokers’ interface got an overhaul recently - after a pitch by 3 elite design firms. Click here to see the candidates’ work. From http://economyofmotion.tumblr.com
August 2007
13 posts
A new Web site unmasks Wikipedia's vandals →
What Bad Media Planning looks like.. →
Things you can't do in AJAX, part 1 →
_ http://www.070829.com/ I don’t know what the aliens are trying to tell us with this one but it sure is pretty. And sort of.. calming.
Facebook Grows Up: Can It Stay Relevant? →
Say hello to Adobe OFFICE.. →
Microsoft has either gained an ally against GoogleDocs or an enemy it can’t hope to beat. I say this because where Google might not have MS’s experience in building highly useable word processers and spreadsheets - but Adobe basically does. Though it would be interesting to see a developer of specialist software (designers, filmmakers) try do an Adobe Word. I hope it just remembers...
How to make a web TV series, post LonelyGirl15 →
In three easy steps: 1. Find a topic that spans sex, violence and beauty. Naughty girls who’ll do almost anything to be Prom Queen. 2. Be Disney’s former CEO (Michael Eisner, now head honcho at www.vuguru.com) 3. Make YouTube and MySpace fight for it (it airs on the latter a day earlier thanks to a special deal).
Say hello to my pooch →
the wonders of flash animation, kids. it ONLY gets better.
Facebook security glitch exposes user in-boxes →
“This morning I took part in my daily ritual of a cup of coffee and a quick look at my Face book account. Quick.. yeah, rrrright.. + read the “bootnote”.
July 2007
8 posts
Bird, Plane or SuperMensch? →
Jews and Superheroes Share a Rich History. Namely, that most were created by yiddishe writers and cartoonists. Coincidence or innate Ashkenazi super-power?
One-legged "Levitation" Table →
The Levitation Table is designed by Alexandre Boucher and sits on just one leg. According to Boucher, the leg could be placed anywhere, although he’s not telling how it works..
Life settlements: Betting on death - →
From BusinessWeek Online - MSNBC.com
Next time nature calls, pick up. →
MizPee is a user-generated directory of bathrooms , plus reviews.. which is cellphone-based. Useful - unless you’re a guy (we don’t care what state the bathroom’s in).
Snickers ad with amazing animation →
Disclaimer: I like chocolate anyway. Snickers don’t have to twist my arm. (Okay! I’ll bite!) But an ad like this makes me pause when i see their 90 cms of shelf-space at a Shell Select store.
Do you Digg it, my son? →
Google aims to boost wireless competition - The... →
Linking poverty, education, and terrorism (or Why... →
Some studies are showing that many terrorist seem to come from relatively educated and affluent backgrounds. So too many tutorials and fine dining can confuse our basic reflex to preserve life*? * somehow being generally content and blowing yourself up in a mall, don’t fit together..
May 2007
1 post
