December 2009
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Dec 31st
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A (beautiful) collection of analogue proof reading... →
This isn’t digital at all. But I think that on-paper editing might be a dieing art. Very nice. Thanks to @astroboy for this.
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A lovely collection of Memes →
Ever wonder what the hell the back story is on some of the Memes that get passed around on your all-staff email aliases? Look no further. Thanks to Nicholas for sending this my way.
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More on where digital marketing is headed (via... →
Insightful commentary on what the future holds for digital marketing in 2010 (and arguably, at least I’d say, well beyond. This is part II of a II part series - read part I here.
Dec 30th
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Dec 30th
Facebook is popular →
According to Hitwise, On Christmas Eve and Christmas day, Facebook was for the first time ever the most visited site in the United States. Wow. Give people a little bit of downtime and what do they do? Use it go get away from their real families and hang out online. Makes perfect sense…
Dec 30th
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So, If you liked nothing else on my blog today, you had damned well better like this. This is about as close to the perfect slideshare presentation you can get. Love it. Thanks to Ninakix for this.
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Facebook & Foursquare set to square off? →
Decent argument for why Facebook might be poised to crush Foursquare sometime in the (very near?) future.
Dec 29th
“We’re trying to make cities easier and more interesting for people to...”
– Dennis Crowley, CEO of Foursquare Read Hip To Be Fourquare: A Night Out With CEO Dennis Crowley to catch a glimpse of what might be next for the Google Alum.
Dec 29th
Facebook is almost 40% brand content. Who knew.  →
According to HubSpot’s new State of Facebook for Business report, brand- and product-focused pages now make up 39% of all pages on Facebook. The brand/product category is the largest single category of Facebook pages. Pages for local organizations and public figures each represent about 30% of the total Facebook pages. Other key findings of the report include: About half of all Facebook...
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Predictions from Trend Spotting in 140 characters or less.
Dec 29th
iPhones are big in Japan →
Figures are somewhat at odds with what I personally observed in November. Didn’t see too many iPhones - just a alot of nondescript brick-looking gadgets (most with really good cameras). But I suppose they’re talking about “smartphones” specifically. And come to think of it, I saw more iPhones than RIM devices or any other…so I retract my comment >_< In...
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Books (& newspapers): not dead yet →
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) announces that Kindle has become the most gifted item in Amazon’s history. On Christmas Day, for the first time ever, customers purchased more Kindle books than physical books. According to the press release, “On Amazon’s peak day, Dec. 14, 2009, customers ordered over 9.5 million items worldwide, which is a record-breaking 110 items per...
Dec 29th
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Top Digital Trends for 2010 (According to Ad Week) →
Again, sort of ‘meh’ - but they all make sense. And the cavalcade of End of the Decade predictions continues…
Dec 29th
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The Future of Marketing (Insights From Landor @... →
No-brainer stuff, really: embrace digital, get connected (to a community), whenever possible do stuff in real time, prototype and fail faster, if your gut tells you something doesn’t make sense, it probably doesn’t (and you shouldn’t do it).
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Oprah is doing well
WTF?! Oprah makes $523 / minute. Eep! (via @chrissandoval)
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“Trust is the most important currency online.”
– Jonathan Rosenberg, Senior Vice President, Product Management, Google - http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/meaning-of-open.html (via malcolmbastien)
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hirbehozo: The New York Times site traffic, World View, June 25, 2009 on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
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Top 10 Internet of Things Products of 2009 →
Via (@mmilan)
Dec 23rd
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mmilan: A talk that Alex Eberts and I presented at CanUX 2009 in Banff on the lessons we’ve learned over the last year helping Akoha integrate a strategic design practice with lean startup and…
Dec 23rd
Don Norman is making friends →
Agree or disagree? Bruce Nussbaum from Business Week respectfully disagrees. I have to admit that I’m on team Nussbaum, but I understand Norman’s POV (if not his argument). Thanks to @digitalinfant for this.
Dec 23rd
Android Smart Phones Expanding Reach →
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10 Things Changing Marketing In 2010 →
Agree of disagree?
Dec 23rd
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New Tools For Business Model Innovation
connectit: Presented by Alexander Osterwalder, author, Business Model Generation Business Model Knowledge Fair, Amsterdam View more documents from Alexander Osterwalder.
Dec 23rd
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