FLIRTing with the Crowds

All things social in design, business & technology

links for 2008-05-25

The Long Tail: The Probabilistic Age
The good thing about probabilistic systems is that they benefit from the wisdom of the crowd and as a result can scale nicely both in breadth and depth. But because they do this by sacrificing absolute certainty on the microscale, you need to take any sin
(tags: crowdsourcing thesis)

links for 2008-05-20

NewsWare Apps | Spectra | msnbc.com
(tags: news visualization)

links for 2008-05-19

Social Networks 2.0 – Data Portability and Gated Social Networks – Marketing & Strategy Innovation Blog
(tags: social networks ideas list reference)

Spaced Repition and Media Planning – Advertising Lab: future of advertising and advertising technology
(tags: media planning research ideas)

Siemens Invents Mobile Post-Its – Advertising Lab: future of advertising and advertising technology
(tags: mobile development technology ideas)

What’s the [...]

links for 2008-05-18

Apartments in Barcelona- apartment The Luana Apartment in Barcelona, Modern and close to Sagrada Familia! : Friendly Rentals
(tags: sonar living)

Apartments in Barcelona- apartment The Cubism II Apartment in Barcelona, large surrounding terrace : Friendly Rentals
(tags: sonar living)

Apartments in Barcelona- apartment The Monet II Apartment in Barcelona, Located right next to Plaça Catalunya and Ramblas : [...]

links for 2008-05-17

Create your store in just 5 minutes! And explore other stores! – Zlio.com
(tags: social shopping)

links for 2008-05-16

Bookmarkable Advertising
(tags: online advertising bookmarking)

links for 2008-05-13

Social Networks And Group Formation – Boxes and Arrows: The design behind the design
(tags: social networks research visualization)

Brad’s Thoughts on the Social Graph
(tags: social graph reference)

links for 2008-05-12

A Chronology of Brands that Got Punk’d by Social Media
(tags: social media branding action)

Build your own “IdeaStorm” with UserVoice
(tags: crowdsourcing ideas reference list)

links for 2008-05-11

Wunderbloc | New York Boutiques, Local Shopping and Street Fashion
(tags: shopping travel)

The Long Tail: Seth Godin asks: Should human-powered search abandon the Long Tail?
(tags: social search)

  • Who am I?

    My name is Sami Viitamäki and I'm a partner and strategist at TBWA\ in Finland. With many years' experience in marketing, media and the internet as both a practitioner and an academic, from client as well as agency perspective, I currently help organizations to better invest their marketing resources by utilizing the full potential of the social web.
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