Augmented reality app called, “Recognizr” for iPhone and Android that allows you to connect to social media sites through facial recognition.
You want to know me. But you can’t. I don’t know me. I’m a shapeshifter – constantly changing to adapt vicariously through others. I live in the awkward moment. That moment you show your true self – when the wall comes down. Because all the other times are meaningless. Apathetic. Uneventful. I’m fearless - destined to make you laugh, cry, and even sometimes bored. Not because I have to, but because I want to. I’m chaos -- because we are only capable of seeing the beautiful through the ugly. For every time I’ve had success, I’ve failed fifty times. I’ve made poor decisions. I’ve disappointed. I’ve lied. I constantly live in the past, wondering how I can change the future. I’m inspired – by you, and those more talented than me. I’m someone you will never be.
An interesting introduction into Chatroulette.
Blog of the Day
If you’re curious in catching up with the latest tech being developed for entertainment, cultural, and branding purposes, I recommend heading over to this blog:
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Sway Something Else.
Being in advertising, it’s important to stay on top of trends and issues surrounding you and your clients. Because, after all, your clients are paying you to sell their products, so it’s good to know how your audience thinks, right? Ok, I’ll buy that. Walk into any bookstore, and you’ll be sure to find fantastic writings from the Gladwells, the Godins, or the Heaths. Writings that proudly claim to know the secret of changing culture and gaining awesome success. I’ll use the infamous book, for example, “The TIpping Point,” by Malcolm Gladwell, that dives deep into what makes something a cultural phenomenon. Or lets take “Made to Stick,” by Chip Heath, which describes what makes something “stick” with consumers.
While I have nothing against these books, in the end, I felt very disappointed with each reading. Somehow I came out with more questions than answers, and while some scholars would claim, “Ah, but that is learning my dear friend!,” I call bullshit.
The fact is, none of these authors have answers to cultural phenomenon anymore than a 12 year kid in a small town in Kansas. To say, one knows the secrets to changing culture is blowing smoke up your ass. Why? Because no one, unless they are time travelers, can predict the future.
You want the big secret? CREATE AWESOME CONTENT. Actaully better yet, CREATE AN AWESOME PRODUCT. And I’m talking quality OVER quantity. Too many brands are getting caught up in social media, because the “experts” say they should.
Don’t make that mistake.
An original approach to road safety advertising from the Sussex Safer Roads Partnership
FWA
I like websites. I like good websites. I like websites that push the boundaries of interaction. but more importantly, I like websites that tell a story. You can feed me all the content in the world, but if it doesn’t hold any type of message that is relevant to anything but itself, then I don’t care.
That’s why today, for those of you who haven’t already discovered it (because it’s not new or anything), I’m pointing out FWA (Favorite Website Awards). The concept is simple -showcase the best of the best websites being launched. Ok, I’ll admit, some of the websites don’t tell a story (which I claimed to be the end all be all), but where they might lack story, they excel in interaction and design. And who can fault a well designed website. I cannot. Please take notes.
Be fearless right away. Don’t hesitate to make yourself completely vulnerable, it doesn’t matter who follows.”
Typophile Film Festival 5 Opening Titles
really cool type motion! enjoy
I Quit Twitter This Weekend
Due to several unfortunate events including my account being hacked, I’ve decided to leave twitter to the bird gods.
I Want It Now! The Fierce Urgency of Videogaming's Future »
LAS VEGAS — Videogame execs say impatient gamers increasingly act like Veruca Salt from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory — they want their games now, Daddy, and if you don’t give them what they want, they’ll find somebody who will.
“People have no patience,” said Steve Perlman, CEO of OnLive, a company that is currently beta-testing a service that streams high-def games directly into homes without the need for consoles. “What they want is all media, and they want it instantly delivered.”
OnLive isn’t the only one trumpeting gamers’ need for speed at the DICE Summit here this week.
“We lose players on the loading bar,” said Brian Reynolds, chief game designer at Zynga, maker of the hit Facebook game FarmVille. Virtual vegetable farmers are so anxious to get playing that if the game takes too long to get going, they’ll close the browser window, he said.
The 20th-century notion of waiting around to watch shows when they air on television, or saving up to buy CDs, is quickly becoming antiquated as technology makes it easy to consume movies, TV and music on demand. As game development and distribution methods evolve, the same trends are changing the way the videogame industry works.
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