Here’s a really good video from IBM answering the question: What is The Internet of Things? It serves to remind us of how transient our current grasp on technology is, and how close we are to a type of Skynet reality!
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This was a great find by DJ Greg Wilson: a series of short films about how all creation is plagiarism. Here’s the 3rd of 3 (the 4th is coming autumn 2011) which focuses on the creation of the Graphical User Interface (GUI) of the modern-day home PC. Interestingly it was of course Apple who successfully brought [...]
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From the great Design Thinking blog: The Future of the Book. from IDEO on Vimeo. Some folks in the New York office of IDEO have been thinking about the future of the book and how it shows up as an experience on tablets. They would love to get your reactions to the ideas. It is [...]
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…for all you early adopters out there… and you marketeers – check out how technology can impact on your initiatives and likely adoption times based on the newly released Gartner hype cycle. There’s a 09/10 comparison and full summary over on the fantastic Smart Insights blog.
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Really interesting view on convergence by Robin Grant of We Are Social. In his full post over on their blog he argues that branding social media activity is old hat now and just a no-go (a relief to hear) and that true user experience design will have to win (also fantastic to hear). Robin cites [...]
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From http://www.influencersfilm.com/ and via the wonderful Jailbreak blog INFLUENCERS FULL VERSION from R+I creative on Vimeo.
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This blog post was originally a guest post over at the Cubeworks blog – blog.cubeworks.co.uk Nothing like starting with a bang! Here are 3 bleeding edge buzzwords of the modern age that have their own heady mix of excitement, confusion, science fiction & reality. I’m a Generation X’er and therefore grew up with the evolution [...]
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I first read about transmedia in Wired, and since it seems I’ve been talking more and more about with people (anyone who can get their noodle round it) I thought I’d quote the parts from the article (all of which can be read here). Esther Robinson got off the R train in Astoria, Queens, and [...]
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HTML 5 is still under development as the next major upgrade to the language that supports the web. Amongst other things the new standard incorporates features like video playback and drag-and-drop that have been previously dependent on third-party browser plug-ins. With an impressive credit list the new Arcade Fire video is a cracking early example of what [...]
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I’m reading a 10 page article over on the fantastic Strategy + Business website of the global consulting company Booz & Co. and thought I’d share my thoughts and some snippets. The article is in reaction to a global survey conducted across the worlds advertising and marketing agencies and speak authoritatively about the challenges the industry [...]
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