Category: miscellaneous

I saw this this morning and it took me a while to digest it (to be honest I had to find someone who could print it on a large format printer in our office).  It is a really spectacular piece of work that gives a little something different each time you look at it.  The…

This is a few weeks old, but was so good I had to add something to the conversation. Umair over on Bubblegeneration put together a though provoking post about the fundamental changes a company has to undergo if it really wants to be part of the conversation: Bubblegeneration Strategy Lab It means means accepting, deep,…

I must admit I still read info week every week and most of it is fairly good, but this is excellent.  A great overview of how big companies are starting to get the whole read/write web thing.  One element of the article that makes it great is that its not all hype – it points…

A lot of bloggers are starting to think so…I’m sot sure myself.  I do agree that they need to be clearer up front on what they are going to do with my data and stop changing policies so often.  I also agree that their obvious “let’s drive page views” model that makes you go to…

Just imagine if the PR firm that ran the recent Mazda Design Challenge on Facebook had given the participants a tool like this (for free of course).  How many hundreds of additional ideas would have been captured?  What additional analysis could have been done on the submissions to figure out the core commonalities (and just…

Anyone who wants to create instructional videos for their software should head over to the Youtube Channel I link to below.  This set of videos was created by the SketchUp team and really showcases the power and simplicity of online, streaming video training.  I’m not sure what capture tool they used to create these, but…

.!. “Columnist Cory Doctorow describes how Facebook and other social networks have built-in self-destructs: They make it easy for you to be found by the people youre looking to avoid.” While I have been lucky so far and avoided all facebook stalkers (no this isn’t an invite!), it seems that there are some (and Cory…

Where do I put in for mid-20’s female Harvard grads for all my tech support and travel calls? Siemens developing call center voice-recognition software that determines age and gender – Engadget

.!. The sunset tonight Originally uploaded by aakelley