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Airline lets passengers choose seat partners based on social media profiles Springwise, springwise.com As men­tioned in our recent arti­cle on Malaysia Air­lines’ MHBud­dy Facebook-based plat­form, KLM are report­ed­ly devel­op­ing a sim­i­lar ser­vice called “Meet and Seat”. How­ev­er, unlike MHBud­dy, which oper­ates sole­ly through Face­book, Me… “The Meet and Seat con­cept allows pas­sen­gers to choose their in-flight neigh­bors based on their occu­pa­tion, mutu­al inter­ests and appear­ance. By con­nect­ing to LinkedIn and Face­book dur­ing online check-in, pas­sen­gers can pick their ideal seat buddy, although both par­ties must choose to par­tic­i­pate in the ser­vice. “ Zoom Image

Airline lets passengers choose seat partners based on social media profiles
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As men­tioned in our recent arti­cle on Malaysia Air­lines’ MHBud­dy Facebook-based plat­form, KLM are report­ed­ly devel­op­ing a sim­i­lar ser­vice called “Meet and Seat”. How­ev­er, unlike MHBud­dy, which oper­ates sole­ly through Face­book, Me…

“The Meet and Seat con­cept allows pas­sen­gers to choose their in-flight neigh­bors based on their occu­pa­tion, mutu­al inter­ests and appear­ance. By con­nect­ing to LinkedIn and Face­book dur­ing online check-in, pas­sen­gers can pick their ideal seat buddy, although both par­ties must choose to par­tic­i­pate in the ser­vice. “

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PSFK’s Top Five Stories Of The Weekpsfk.com We review the best in design, trends, cul­ture, arts and fash­ion in our week­ly ‘What’s Trend­ing Now’ roundup. Excellent to read about #Renew bomb-proof recycle bins. Had pleasure of working with founders when @PollenLondon -

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We review the best in design, trends, cul­ture, arts and fash­ion in our week­ly ‘What’s Trend­ing Now’ roundup.

Excellent to read about #Renew bomb-proof recycle bins. Had pleasure of working with founders when @PollenLondon -

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Given Facebook’s size and popularity — the social network has over 845 million members worldwide — eight years is actually quite a long time. Over that period, Facebook had unprecedented access to capital, and on sites like SharesPost and SecondMarket, pre-IPO prospectors have been able to purchase and trade shares in the company from employees and other early stakeholders. The company’s relative maturity means that most of the millions — or billions — that could be made from buying public shares have probably already been made.
Facebook goes public with $5 billion IPO

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Reblogged thedailywhat: Life’s Little Victory of the Day: Sainsbury’s announced today that it was bowing to social network pressure, and renaming its tiger bread “giraffe bread” per Lily Robinson’s suggestion. The three-year-old wrote the supermarket chain last year to ask why tiger bread is called tiger bread, suggesting it be renamed “giraffe bread” to better match its appearance. Customer service manager Chris King wrote Lily back to explain that the bread was named by a baker long ago who “thought it looked stripey like a tiger.” However, King sided with Lily, calling her renaming idea “brilliant.” After thousands of social network users hopped aboard the Giraffe Bread Express, the company caved and decided to move forward with the name change. “In response to overwhelming customer feedback that our tiger bread has more resemblance to a giraffe, from today we will be changing our tiger bread to giraffe bread and seeing how that goes,” said Sainsbury’s in a statement. Congrats everybody. We did it. [bbc / thanks sam!] Madness!

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Life’s Little Victory of the Day: Sainsbury’s announced today that it was bowing to social network pressure, and renaming its tiger bread “giraffe bread” per Lily Robinson’s suggestion.

The three-year-old wrote the supermarket chain last year to ask why tiger bread is called tiger bread, suggesting it be renamed “giraffe bread” to better match its appearance.

Customer service manager Chris King wrote Lily back to explain that the bread was named by a baker long ago who “thought it looked stripey like a tiger.” However, King sided with Lily, calling her renaming idea “brilliant.”

After thousands of social network users hopped aboard the Giraffe Bread Express, the company caved and decided to move forward with the name change.

“In response to overwhelming customer feedback that our tiger bread has more resemblance to a giraffe, from today we will be changing our tiger bread to giraffe bread and seeing how that goes,” said Sainsbury’s in a statement.

Congrats everybody. We did it.

[bbc / thanks sam!]

Madness!

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Wittner Fabrice has perfected the tricky art of light stenciling.

He shot these photos in Hanoi and Christ Church, New Zealand. Check out his behind the scenes shots under Enlightened Souls at his site!

Light Stencils in Hanoi & New Zealand

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Winter in the UAE: A set on Flickr We have certainly taken advantage of the cooler winter months this time. Here are a handful of shots from around Dubai and Abu Dhabi.  There are a few more uploaded on to Flickr, too. All comments, feedback and tips most welcome. [DD] Zoom Image

Winter in the UAE: A set on Flickr

We have certainly taken advantage of the cooler winter months this time. Here are a handful of shots from around Dubai and Abu Dhabi. 

There are a few more uploaded on to Flickr, too. All comments, feedback and tips most welcome. [DD]

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Identidad Turistica de Sao Paulo

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Ogilvy - The Original Mad Man

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The Most Valuable U.S Retail Brands of 2010

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This presentation explains why strong brands are stronger, it also provides you with the profiles of the top 50 brands.


Source: Interbrand Design Forum

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McDonald's Twitter Campaign Goes Horribly Wrong (#McDStories)

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My response: “10 Mistakes Brands make on Facebook in the Middle East”

Undeniably, social media, Facebook included, has reshaped how we connect with our audience.

Whilst incredibly powerful and exciting, it’s important to remember, social media plays but a part within a wider brand communications touch-point strategy. Whilst the potential benefits and rewards are attractive, strategising social media’s role and purpose within your business, if it is to succeed, must be a well-considered and executed initiative — working in complete harmony with your brand.

Where the most effective strategies have succeeded in connecting, both internally and externally, has been when social media has been integrated in to a holistic brand communications plan. Respecting all of the existing components of an organisation’s Brand Platform, i.e. its culture, personality, values, which in-turn informs its look-and-feel and tone-of-voice.

So, whether your product or service is young, fresh and fun, or conservative, composed and prudent, the results are the same — your Facebook page should reinforce the characteristics of your brand.

This will help determine how best to communicate with your stakeholders, reducing the likelihood of fragmentation and risk of implementing a platform that will undermine and ultimately devalue your brand. [DD]

— Original Post: “10 Mistakes Brands make on Facebook in the Middle East” / Innovations Digital

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Consumers Don’t Like Shopping Via Branded Apps

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Companies have long felt the pressure to develop apps for customers carrying tablets and smartphones, but according to a new study consumers show a greater preference — by up to 20 times — for browsing the Web to shop rather than using branded apps.

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Love this, the story of the evolution of the PBS logo, as told by its designer, Herb Lubalin. 

[Video via Creative Review and Under Consideration.]

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Vertical Calendaruncrate.com If you haven’t yet pur­chased a 2012 cal­en­dar for your­self, make this year’s ver­sion less of an eye­sore and more of a con­ver­sa­tion piece with the Ver­ti­cal Cal­en­dar ($30). Mea­sur­ing a foot across and three feet tall, each month fea­tu… Oh, so pretty! RT @uncrate: Vertical Calendar http://t.co/xybDNjSQ Zoom Image

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If you haven’t yet pur­chased a 2012 cal­en­dar for your­self, make this year’s ver­sion less of an eye­sore and more of a con­ver­sa­tion piece with the Ver­ti­cal Cal­en­dar ($30). Mea­sur­ing a foot across and three feet tall, each month fea­tu…

Oh, so pretty! RT @uncrate: Vertical Calendar http://t.co/xybDNjSQ

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It’s Time To Start Judging Nonprofits Like For-Profits BY ALEXA CLAY AND JON CAMFIELD, fastcoexist.com When considering donations, people often make harsh assumptions about nonprofits that spend on marketing and overhead. But maybe those expenses means the organization is doing a good job.Every year around this time, a batch of arti­cles comes o… RT @FastCoExist: It’s Time To Start Judging Nonprofits Like For-Profits http://t.co/NugzEf9N Zoom Image

It’s Time To Start Judging Nonprofits Like For-Profits
BY ALEXA CLAY AND JON CAMFIELD, fastcoexist.com

When considering donations, people often make harsh assumptions about nonprofits that spend on marketing and overhead. But maybe those expenses means the organization is doing a good job.

Every year around this time, a batch of arti­cles comes o…

RT @FastCoExist: It’s Time To Start Judging Nonprofits Like For-Profits http://t.co/NugzEf9N

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