I just love the Improv Everywhere experiments which turn ordinary situations into extraordinary situations. Here is episode 6 of the mp3 experiment. Everyone downloads an mp3 and starts it at the same location at the same time. After this they obey to the orders that are given. Look what happens. (via wooster)
The Mp3 Experiment Six
June 30th, 2009The relationship between brands and consumers
June 29th, 2009
“The relationship between brands and consumers has irreversibly changed. What is needed now is a new marketing paradigm that calls for companies to actually stop ‘marketing’ and be more engaged in the consumer conversation and act on behalf of the consumer in a way that creates brand advocates.”
So… Companies should start listening and talking to people about what they actually want instead of yelling the same message to them in order to make them buy as much as possible of something they don’t really need. (via in10)
Clay Shirky: How cellphones, Twitter, Facebook can make history
June 25th, 2009
While news from Iran streams to the world, Clay Shirky shows how Facebook, Twitter and TXTs help citizens in repressive regimes to report on real news, bypassing censors (however briefly). The end of top-down control of news is changing the nature of politics.
Ways of Changing TV
June 17th, 2009
5D Conference : New Television Pt 4 – Kevin Slavin from Dave Blass on Vimeo.
Kevin Slavin is co-founder of area/code, an alternative reality gaming (ARG) company. In a 30 minute speech at the 5D Conference, Kevin talks about recent projects area/code did with TV shows and how TV is becoming more interactive. (via offworld)
Ji Lee at The 99% Conference
June 16th, 2009
Ji Lee, currently Google Creative Labs’ Creative Director, got bored working in advertising because he felt he was limited in his creativity by client ‘stubbornness’ when it came to realizing his ideas. So he took out a few thousand dollars and started his infamous Bubble Project himself.
Facebook’s Fatal Error or Not?
June 13th, 2009Facebook users began a mad scramble to claim a user name. This was also the moment, says Douglas Rushkoff, when Facebook could become obsolete.
“This is more than 200 million users, already engaged, simultaneously scrambling in the greatest territory dash since the Oklahoma Territory’s land run of 1889.”
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-06-10/the-facebook-land-grab/full/
Apple iPhone 3GS Guided Tour and features
June 12th, 2009
Apple just announced the iPhone 3GS, their latest release in the iPhone family. Get a look at all the new features of the iPhone 3GS like video editing, voice contr…
translate google
June 10th, 2009Google’s free online language translation service instantly translates text and web pages. This translator supports
http://translate.google.ch/
Project Natal Milo Demo from E3
June 7th, 2009
It’s incredible what gaming consoles are capable of these days. Take a look at a demo of the Milo project. Though I do wonder what would happen if the actress would start telling Milo things that weren’t in the script.
About Google Wave
June 6th, 2009
Here’s the 80-minute demo of Google Wave. Today I finally had the chance to sit down and watch it. It’s impressive. It can be used for email, blogging, gaming, twittering, … But you have to watch the video to really understand what’s so great about it.