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Scientists just discovered that by enhancing the human skin with spider DNA, it becomes bulletproof. It literally can stop a bullet. Spider webs are that strong. Since the dawn of time the Ethiopians have had a saying: “when spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion.”Ancient wisdom and modern technology agree, once more. [...]
Amy Winehouse passed away. The internet is bubbling with tears, grief, anger and a multitude of conspiracy theories about what happened in her bedroom on that last evening: why and with whom. Amy Winehouse was a fascinating phenomenon. Apart of her fantastic voice and great songs, it’s the drama that engulfed her that captures the [...]
It was pock ugly brown, with a ridiculous curved glass screen and four buttons. That is how old I am. The realization came sudden and brutal. Three buttons would get me: first Belgian channel, second Belgian channel, first Dutch channel… and the fourth one would power the wooden piece of furniture on and off. My [...]
I’m getting ready to speak at an event the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) Digital folks are hosting in Chicago (got to meet Walt Mossberg and had dinner with him and Stephanie Thompson from Olson – see photo) and wanted to share some thoughts on Microsoft’s purchase of Skype. Although I agree with people here that [...]
What is it? Facebook Deals launched in five US Cities yesterday, allowing users to see Groupon-like deals in their newsfeeds. As you can see in the screen-cap below, once you opt into Deals it’s simple and easy to share a Deal with a friend or pay to redeem via a credit card of Facebook Credits. [...]
It was supposed to be a romantic evening, a dinner in a highly recommended Italian restaurant that we purchased through one of the social shopping sites. When we arrived, we handed in our dinner voucher and we were seated at the table. We waited for 30 minutes trying to get a waiter to serve us [...]
Cross-posted from http://thinkseedodifferently.blogspot.com/ I have often wondered if it would ever be possible to develop “social good” campaigns for companies, brands and issues in a profitable way–one that provided real benefit for all parties, the agency, the company, and the stakeholder. This question is exasperated by the fact that business is experiencing its highest profits [...]
Social media strategist Brian Solis has just been on a whistle-stop tour to London where he found time to speak to employees from Omnicom/DAS at a breakfast briefing on the theme Engage or Die. I have to confess I am a huge fan, having followed his blog for several years and am always impressed at [...]
Bruce Sterling did not disappoint me at the closing of SxSW. A cynic futurist and gifted speaker, he has a tradition of naming the things exactly as he sees them, without dressing them up. While he usually writes with vinegar, he switches to vitriol in his talks.
Here are the most important things I observed at SXSW: The world has changed The conversation was mostly around how MUCH it has changed, and not IF it has changed. With panels like “Congratulations! Your Brand Is About to Become Obsolete”, “Social Marketing inReal-Time”, and “#FAIL: Infamous Social Media PR Disasters”, there was general knowledge that the [...]