The following is a work of fiction, based on recent moves by Google, MySpace and Facebook. All have built up walled silos of data and recently introduced tools to let users more easily share that data among other web sites and services. But while these companies trumpet "openness" and "interoperability," I don't see it. Yet, at least.
(TrendHunter.com) From smart phones to smart cars, it seems that everything is getting a little more brainy. While most pet owners simply install a microchip tracking device in their furry (or feathered) friends, a Japanese family thought it would be wise to teach their African grey parrot, Yosuke, to recite his name…
As promised in its frustratingly obtuse video teasers, “What Men Need to Know” unveiled its secret sponsor today.
(TrendHunter.com) Kaga fishing lures are a Japanese folk art which some say embodies the samurai spirit. The featured designs are from a Japanese family firm called Meboso Hachirobei Shoten which has been in business for 430 years! Their latest craft is transforming them into wearable pieces of art in the form of jew…
(TrendHunter.com) Castor Canadensis, a group of Canadian craftsmen and artists, has a solution for all those defunct tubular fluorescent tubes. They merged several together around some incandescent light-bulbs to form what they’ve called a Recycled Tube Light.
It is a great way to reuse these old lights which have …
(TrendHunter.com) What clothing brand has a blue hot dog with ears for a logo? Ironically, a very expensive one. Limoland is “a luxury streetwear brand for prosperious people” with a web site that I couldn’t get to load correctly. The clothes are made of Japanese cottons and the finest cashmere. This pink shirt is on…
BEIJING – Porter Novelli has restructured its regional management team with the appointment of its Singapore MD Ed Dixon to MD of South Asia and China president John Orme to head up North Asia.
The advertising world lost a giant when Paul Arden passed away.
Lürzer’s Archive tips their hat to the man who influenced so many.
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Florian Beck (Creative Director)
Jo-Wayne Peacock (Art Director)
Thomas Berger (Art Director)
Mario Nelson (Copywriter)
REDMOND, Wash. (AdAge.com) — Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said the future of search will not only include simple, intuitive user interfaces and results based on rich semantic data but it will also reward consumers for their engagement. Microsoft's first iteration of that reward? Underwriting rebates for consumers searching for e-commerce deals on Live Search.
(TrendHunter.com) One of the biggest movements in fashion footwear is giving customers the opportunity to customize. Both in store and online personalization are now options being offered by a number of shoe companies. Some have launched contests to encourage customers to engage with the brand, while some people are …
MINNEAPOLIS (AdAge.com) — While they may not have been goliaths like Reuben and Clay or Taylor and Catherine, the two Davids finale finally stabilized Fox's "American Idol."
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Brings our the human in men. Braun Series 5
Advertising Agency: BBDO Dusseldorf, Germany
Creative Directors: Toygar Bazarkava, Stefan Vonderstein
Art Directors: Ronald Liedmeier, Olaf Reys
Copywriter: Ingo Hoentschke
Art Director: Lidia Pranjic
Brings our the human in men. Braun Series 5
Advertising Agency: BBDO Dusseldorf, Germany
Creative Directors: Toygar Bazarkava, Stefan Vonderstein
Art Directors: Ronald Liedmeier, Olaf Reys
Copywriter: Ingo Hoentschke
Art Director: Lidia Pranjic
Brings our the human in men. Braun Series 5
Advertising Agency: BBDO Dusseldorf, Germany
Creative Directors: Toygar Bazarkava, Stefan Vonderstein
Art Directors: Ronald Liedmeier, Olaf Reys
Copywriter: Ingo Hoentschke
Art Director: Lidia Pranjic
Advertising Agency: Cossette Communication / Blitz Direct Data, Canada
Creative vice president: Patrick Beauduin
Creative Directors / Art Directors: Antoine Bécotte, Richard Villeneuve
Concept: Antoine Bécotte, Richard Villeneuve
Client Services: Sylvain Lemieux, Annie Aubert, Pierre-Luc Paiement
Responsible for realization: Julie Harvey
Production: Paul Boisvert, Joelle Caron
Illustrations: Marcel Laverdet
Via: adgoodness
Advertising Agency: Cossette Communication / Blitz Direct Data, Canada
Creative vice president: Patrick Beauduin
Creative Directors / Art Directors: Antoine Bécotte, Richard Villeneuve
Concept: Antoine Bécotte, Richard Villeneuve
Client Services: Sylvain Lemieux, Annie Aubert, Pierre-Luc Paiement
Responsible for realization: Julie Harvey
Production: Paul Boisvert, Joelle Caron
Illustrations: Marcel Laverdet
Via: adgoodness
I attended an interesting lunchtime presentation today. The Creative Coast Initiative (part of Savannah Economic Development Authority), in conjunction with Savannah social media startup Balaya, conducted a blogger focus group in SEDA’s expansive conference room.
First, we dined on Sweet Leaf BBQ, then we heard Ian Bramson, Balaya’s President, explain his firm’s flagship product, tick-it.
tick-it is “a very thin client” that runs on one’s desktop. It delivers clickable headlines from MSM sites, blogs or from private groups set up by a user. And it does so in a ticker tape fashion (think CNBC). It’s kind of like email, except it’s meant for groups. It’s also like instant messaging, but you needn’t be continually present to take part in the group dynamic, since the conversations are all archived for easy access.
The product is in beta at the present time. If you use a PC, you can download the applet and take it for a spin.
Bramson and his team are intent on executing a successful blogger outreach program. They asked to hear from the group, and people seemed receptive. One thing I’m certainly receptive to is having our content appear in the tick-it stream. Once this functionality is available, other tick-it users will be able to choose to add AdPulp’s content to their desktop. So, tick-it is also like RSS, but one needn’t go to a site to fetch headlines, the headers simply move by in a right-to-left fashion.
tick-it is ad-supported. There’s a little banner at the far right of the applet. Balaya intends to share revenue with content providers. Bramson asked if we were receptive to that idea and I said, “Everyone loves money.”
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