FLIRTing with the Crowds

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Entries from August 2008

A Flash site is the new 30-second spot

August 19th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Initiated an interesting discussion (sorry, only in Finnish) yesterday on a topic that had been on my mind lately: whether or not Flash sites (especially microsites) are the new 30-second spot: a standard first (because of high production values) offering by agencies for marketing activities from basic product launch to an invitation for customer collaboration. […]

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Tags: marketing · tools · technology · design · business

Memory Augmentation - not a thing of the future anymore

August 14th, 2008 · No Comments

While watching this video, I suddenly had a strange deja vu about seeing similar ads before. It took me couple of seconds to realize that I hadn’t seen them on TV or even the web - but in old sci-fi flicks, such as Total Recall, Robocop or Blade Runner. Every now and then it just […]

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links for 2008-08-08 [delicious.com]

August 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Jan Chipchase
Jan's page with loads of interesting research on mobile
(tags: mobile research trends future)

Something to talk about - Oct. 4, 2007
How IM can boost your sales
(tags: messaging sales tools)

Tweet Scan
twitter search engine
(tags: search social microblogging tools)

Medialets » Blog Archive » The First 1 Million iPhones: Where Did They Go?
(tags: research statistics iphone business)

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The CV of the Future

August 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Want to check out my current skills / interests / experience? Check out the Wordle cloud I just crafted using my Master’s Thesis as input. That’s a CV in a glimpse:

In the visually loaded, lightning-fast media landscape that requires split-second judgements on which visual stimuli are important and which are not, this kind of makes […]

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Tags: tools · society · design