SOPA: Clay Shirky’s P.O.V
With SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) on the tip of everyone’s tongue, Clay Shirky offers a unique point of view on this movement that has the potential to change how we interact, create and view the web. What are your thoughts on SOPA? Is it necessary? Yours, Belinda. [...]
When in doubt, link
Hi February, where did you come from?! This week has turned into a little whirlwind and rather than write a long-read or similar I thought I would share with you all the links I’ve been squirreling into my Instapaper (if you don’t have an account I highly recommend signing up. Takes all the stress [...]
Cut
Recent findings from a number of large scale studies of consumers and their habits suggest that less choice equals more sales. Interestingly, secondary conclusions for this hypothesis suggest that less choice converted to quicker decision processing and therefore greater sale conversion. Could these findings be due to the time poor nature of consumer habits or [...]
Gentlemint – Pinterest for Men only
I’ve been using Pinterest now for only a few weeks and it has become yet another procrastination tool that I have become addicted to! If you haven’t seen Pinterest, check it out at www.pinterest.com or better still you can follow my boards @ http://pinterest.com/paul_vb/ BUT now I have found a second version of Pinterest called Gentlemint [...]
Dear Future Me…
What would you say to your future self if you had the opportunity? Work harder, work less? Tell someone you loved them? Choose a different offer and see what could have been? As Steve Jobs said in his 2005 Stanford Comencement Speech: “We cannot connect the dots looking forward, we can only connect them looking [...]
Trust Me and I’ll Trust You
I was first introduced to Amanda Mooney through her blog, We Are the Digital Kids. In the time that I have followed her, Amanda has gone from working with Edelman Chicago (including co-founding Edelman’s global millennial agency 8095) to now working in Shanghai, China managing Eldeman’s digital team. Her insight, understanding and natural submersion in [...]
Christmas Stress Relief
It’s called the silly season for a reason, right? How many times have you been pushed out of the way at the shops this year for some other greedy person to get to the bargains (which you didn’t even want anyway!)? Is all the stress of thinking about the family getting together on Christmas day [...]
Google in the future
Google has evolved constantly since its inception and is going to continue to provide answers to more and more complex questions.
Ultimate Christmas Gift for a Designer…
OK, I think this would have to be up there with the top gifts for a designer this year! They are Pantone® Christmas Baubles! Very cool! Don’t forget that you can also get Pantone Chairs, Pantone Boxes, Pantone Coffee Mugs and Pantone Wall Stores! You can get them individually (10 colours to choose from) or [...]
The Future according to Mike Walsh
Mike Walsh, author of ‘Futuretainment’, presented at a recent AIMIA Brisbane event: “Yesterday the world changed. Now it is your turn” which I attended. For the one-hour session I felt Mike covered a lot of ground, but not once did I feel “overwhelmed” by the information being given to us. Working in an industry focused [...]