January 2009
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Time lapse of a baby playing with his toys
Source: boingboing.net
www.schneier.com →
Bruce Schneier is a published expert on technology risk and security. He is also BT’s chief security technology officer. There is an interesting piece he has written in today’s Guardian/tech-sup, continuing the discussion about terrorism, fear and control.
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House Rules by Rachel Sontag...
Rachel’s memoir House Rules is coming out in paperback late March 2009.
Hardcover editions are still available at amazon.com. Paperback edition soon to be available on amazon.com, at Barnes and Nobles, Borders and several independent stores. The paperback events will be local… NYC/Brooklyn… more on that later. The UK, Australia and Holland will release the paperback late...
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"Tu Banco es mi Banco"
“I was going around a few web sites yesterday and I stopped by Tony Spaeth’s Identity Works where I spotted this beauty.” – Source: underconsideration.com/brandnew
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Tis true, it is a ‘beauty’. Two very good reviews of El Banco Deuno’s new ID. However, here is Mr Spaeth’s rather well-articulated ‘first impression’:
“Very...
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“Asking the venture capitalist to sign a nondisclosure agreement, or NDA: This is...”
– Perfect Your Pitch
If you want to secure venture capital, avoid these 8 mistakes
By Brad Feld, Entrepreneur Magazine - January 2009
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Zikmu/Philippe Starck video interview
Following on from my earlier post…
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"Designing for women is like aikido"
The Zikmu speakers, designed by Philippe Starck for French wireless-tech company Parrot.
Source: Designer Philippe Starck Embraces his Feminine Side (video interview), FastCompany.com
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“I think that Hillary Clinton is a really smart, articulate woman and I think...”
– Clinton’s ‘Smart Power’ Slogan Is Just Plain Dumb, Branding Experts Say
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A Thousand Words
A Thousand Words by Ted Chung on Vimeo.
“Every day: so many opportunities to connect… What if you took just one?”
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“No.2 - Peer pressure is persuasive. In 1994 the mayor of Bogota used mime...”
– Source: 10 things we didn’t know last month, The Marketing Society
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“Earlier in 2008, people were booking luxury vacations and planning big spends,...”
– Patricia Verdolino, Landor New York
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You may want to ignore the video...
Not quite sure what the character in the video is all about, but the song is pretty cool. Apparently Darondo, the singer…“…was a pimp back in the day and even had his own Cable TV show called Darondo’s playhouse. Anyway, he was a fantastic singer, but never took it too seriously so let it slide. Some said he could have been as big as James Brown. Anyway, a few years ago...
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Smile! Polaroid is Saved!
“For a generation, the Polaroid camera gave near-instant pleasure to millions of users around the world, chronicling everything from births and weddings to the downright explicit. But when digital photography came along in the 1990s – with instant images and the ability to edit and delete pictures before they see the light of day – Polaroid was doomed, its iconic white-framed snaps apparently...
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"Quite possibly the worst showreel in the history...
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“Identity is fact… the effective sum of the facts that can be used, in the...”
– Tony Spaeth / Identity
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Heineken ad: Walk in fridge
:-)
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"When I first heard of Twitter, I thought about it...
Twitter Metrics
by David L. Smith, 2 hours ago But I’ve had a few epiphanies along the way that have changed my thinking. The general background is on my professional blog with link above, so I won’t repeat it here. I also posted a piece on my FastCompany.com blog. The bottom line for me is that Twitter is a great news source, a great place for learning about social networking and a...
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“Like all good economic theories, this one is based on an analytical...”
– Jeremy Bullmore, “How to postpone the beginning of the next recession”. Market Leader. Article first published in March 1988
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"The city that never sleeps needs a nap!"
I discovered Yelo via the Design You Trust blog community. Interestingly Cerium, the chap who posted the image of the reception desk, had chosen it as an image of inspiration. Subsequently, a little bit of digging around revealed an interesting wellness concept — particularly liked the strapline.
Source: Design You Trust / Inspiration : Architecture
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A low attention span...
11am yesterday morning, Highbury & Islington
Me: Do you have any copies of the FT left?
Newspaper Guy: Do I. I've got too many.
Me: Over order?
Newspaper Guy: Nope, I guess nobody is interested anymore.
Source: The Johnson Banks Thought for the Week /ffffound.com
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Gary Hustwit's "Objectified"
ETA March, 2009
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Good crisis management...
Twitter embroiled in phishing scam LONDON - Hackers have targeted social networking website Twitter, “phishing” users’ profiles by gaining screen names and passwords through deceptive emails…
‘Embroiled‘… a little strong I feel.
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Cats Let Nothing Darken Their Roar...
Very sweet — the fourth edition of the calendar Cats Let Nothing Darken Their Roar introduces 12 new odd and quirky phrases…
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Still remaining slightly seasonal...
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“Photography is a tough place to make money off of advertising. Look at Flickr...”
– JPG’s dead. Why your advertising-funded business could be next by Robert Scoble, www.scrobleizer.com
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"Origami in the Pursuit of Perfection"
Origami In the Pursuit of Perfection from MABONA ORIGAMI on Vimeo.
Director: Tim Schierwater (Nordpol+ Hamburg) Art Director: Sean Kirby (Nordpol+ Hamburg) Producer: Florian Liertz (elemente-e Production) Animation: André Junker, Chrisoffer Wolters (Nform) Stopmotion: Kathrin Albers, Jim Lacy (Stoptrick) Origami Artist: Sipho Mabona (Mabona Origami) —
Original source: A Generous Designer...
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Front Page New York Post (via boxofchocolates:inothernews)
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Happy New Year
“Confetti fills the sky at the New Year’s Eve festivities in Times Square, New York”
(Stephen Chernin/AP Photo)
Source: TIMESONLINE Photo Gallery, Pictures of the Day
Admittedly, I didn’t brave the cold to celebrate NYE in Times Square. But, the footage looked pretty spectacular on NY1, although the cold-moaning interviewees reinforced my decision to stay inside as a good...