Archive for August, 2007
A few new things to share…
Todd Wilkens from Adaptive Path starts out with a very interesting “idealist” perspective post, and generates an amusing (and very interesting/informative) discussion/flame war in the comments about “usability being a path to failure”.
Here’s a nice/simple overview video of Greg Verdino on BusinessWeek talking about social media becoming a great equalizer between large and small businesses. [...]
100 Valuable Websites
TED blog points out 100 websites that you should know/use. They have several categories of sites:
Curiosity and Knowledge
Graphics, Music and Arts
Ecommerce Experience
Search and Finding
Online Resources
and their version of the Top Interactive Experience Creators…
Of course I’d add Neudesic to that last category… 8-)
What would you add to this list?
Google News brings national clicks to local news
Google News is one of my favorite ways to get a quick overview of what’s going on with the world. However, once in a while, I click on a news article that’s interesting, but goes to a local news site… I think mostly local tv station websites. Since these sites were created to serve [...]
Only 12 Kinds of Ads
A really interesting Slate article on Donald Gunn’s categorization of (mostly tv) ads. Click the popup on that page, for a run through of all of them and video examples.
In 1978, Donald Gunn was a creative director for the advertising agency Leo Burnett. Though his position implied expertise, Gunn felt he was often [...]
Packaging
I just found Shoutlet.com, a company that looks like they have packaged “web 2.o” and sell it as a package. Now, many of my friends chuckle at that concept, (I did too) but it is an interesting way to manage perception.
Senior company management see the buzz around web 2.o and [...]
Rich Ale: Fun with Anagrams
I found a link to the internet anagram server, it’s loads of silly fun.
Charlie = rich ale, real chi, ah relic
Neudesic (my day job) = Nice Used, Nice Sued, Nice Dues, Deuce Sin, Ice Dunes
Snooze Alarms = Alas! No More Z’s
Vacation Times = I’m Not as Active
Software = Swear Oft
The Morse Code = [...]
