“ Loading latest tweet”
“ We believe that the next step in copying will be made from digital form into physical form. It will be physical objects. Or as we decided to call them: Physibles. Data objects that are able (and feasible) to become physical. We believe that things like three dimensional printers, scanners and such are just the first step. We believe that in the nearby future you will print your spare sparts for your vehicles. You will download your sneakers within 20 years.”
(via curiositycounts)
Will Ferrell Creates Unscripted Old Milwaukee Beer Ads For Free in Various Midwest Cities - click to see the rest. Do we believe he really approached the brand? I’m going to lean towards yes…
Our latest work for Boston Pizza promoting home delivery via bostonpizza.com (which we just redesigned and launched in the past few weeks).
Here’s a snapshot of the computer market, with and without iPad. Far too often charts that talk about share of market don’t include the iPad, which, given the way the industry is headed, no longer makes sense. Read more here.
“ The key to social is looking at every piece of content and thinking, “Would a human want to share this?” It doesn’t become this weird second-order thing where you’re trying to game a system; you’re trying to make things that elicit human emotion and inform people and inspire people. That’s what media creators should be doing.”
It’s as simple as that.
via Jonah Peretti
Today Buzzfeed announced it received $15.5 million in investments to expand their operations and continue to hire people for new verticals they wish to launch beyond the recent hire of Ben Smith for Buzzfeed Politics.
Look for my video interview with Ben, Jonah and Andrew Kaczynski on Reuters.com later today.
(via soupsoup)
Iconic scenes reimagined via the Lens. As an example, Tiananmen Square square without the confrontation.
“ If you look at the Forrester studies for Twitter three years ago, it’s like, “This isn’t interesting. There’s 1 percent of people tweeting what they had for lunch.” I’m sure they nailed their research story, but it didn’t turn out to be true.”
Crowley nails a point that consistently frustrates me and for which Twitter is the best example. Every year, most especially around this time of year when folks are forecasting what has happened and what will happen in the year ahead, we look at usage numbers rather than broader technology and adoption trends to suggest what is ‘dead’ or what is launching. Then the forecast is consistently revised to save face and link bait.
If at the core of an application there is useful information presented in a sufficiently differentiated way, the trend will continue and the implementation will evolve to suite the need. Location-based information certainly falls into that category.
Timehop is a neat service that I’ve been using for close to a year now. It’s nothing mind blowing, but seeing where I was on this day one year ago has proven more interesting than I thought it would. It’s a nice way to relive some of the experiences you had last year - if you travelled, had something significant happen, etc. It only takes a second to review the daily(ish) email and I look forward to it most days. It has provoked me to recall a few events with friends and family that I may have otherwise not mentioned or thought of again.
via laughingsquid:
Timehop, Service That Shows Your Online Activity From One Year Ago
“ The most remarkable attribute Krugman has brought to the Times is rudeness. The social niceties that accompany his exalted position are utterly lost on him. He does not seek out the company of famous politicians and cannot be courted with flattery or access. He understands that you can’t arrive at truth without explaining why mistaken beliefs are wrong.”
Pool Worldwide created a first person shooter on top of Google Maps street view (called Google Shoot View) - a tad violent, but looks well done. Obviously, Google has shut them down.
“”To those who might wish to “torrent” this video: look, I don’t really get the whole “torrent” thing. I don’t know enough about it to judge either way. But I’d just like you to consider this: I made this video extremely easy to use against well-informed advice. I was told that it would be easier to torrent the way I made it, but I chose to do it this way anyway, because I want it to be easy for people to watch and enjoy this video in any way they want without “corporate” restrictions.
Please bear in mind that I am not a company or a corporation. I’m just some guy. I paid for the production and posting of this video with my own money. I would like to be able to post more material to the fans in this way, which makes it cheaper for the buyer and more pleasant for me. So, please help me keep this being a good idea. I can’t stop you from torrenting; all I can do is politely ask you to pay your five little dollars, enjoy the video, and let other people find it in the same way.
The direct appeal. Interesting.
“Louis CK, on his new special, Live at the Beacon, which is only available via his site. (via kaseyanderson)”
Amen. (via soupsoup) In fact I love how it sounds like Louis wrote all the entire site copy. Own it, indeed. (via tedr)
(via tedr)
Ha - wow.
Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and check your Twitter timeline once in a while, you could miss it.
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Really interesting piece from the Verge describing the progression and change of the Android platform.
