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The Night after Christmas
(You can listen listen to this holiday favorite as a podcast!)'Twas the night after Christmas, when all through the...
(You can listen listen to this holiday favorite as a podcast!)'Twas the night after Christmas, when all through the...
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Should We Revive Dying Brands and Companies? Or We’re Better off Creating New Ones? Does "The Circle of Life" Apply Here?
We make assumptions that it is the management team responsibility to extend or prolong the life of any companies even if they...
We make assumptions that it is the management team responsibility to extend or prolong the life of any companies even if they...
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Social Media as a Travel Tool during the Great Christmas Getaway
Like many people I will be travelling later today. Taking one of the last trains on Christmas Eve from London to the north of...
Like many people I will be travelling later today. Taking one of the last trains on Christmas Eve from London to the north of...
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Recession What Recession – Xmas Spending as Usual
The guys at Vox Pops have issued a free video showing interviews with people talking about their spending intentions this Xmas....
The guys at Vox Pops have issued a free video showing interviews with people talking about their spending intentions this Xmas....
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Top 12 B2B Holiday Cards - with 62 More for Good Marketing Measure!
Guest Post by: Maria PergolinoDecember is the time for B2B companies to shine. This is because B2C companies have all the...
Guest Post by: Maria PergolinoDecember is the time for B2B companies to shine. This is because B2C companies have all the...
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5 Things I Wish for in 2010?
Wow what a year 2009 was? We got hit right in the face by the economic down turn and designers all over the world were falling...
Wow what a year 2009 was? We got hit right in the face by the economic down turn and designers all over the world were falling...
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The Myth of the “SuperCorp”
I had lunch with a friend and fellow consultant last week. I was mentioning some impressive recent reading on innovation that I...
I had lunch with a friend and fellow consultant last week. I was mentioning some impressive recent reading on innovation that I...
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Social Media as a Crisis Management Tool
I have a client who once said to me: “We want to use social media to attract more complaints”. This may seem an odd...
I have a client who once said to me: “We want to use social media to attract more complaints”. This may seem an odd...
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Don Norman Believes Technology Comes First, User Needs Last. What?
Yep. That’s what Donald Norman (of Design of Everyday Things fame) wrote in his latest essay on his blog. You get the...
Yep. That’s what Donald Norman (of Design of Everyday Things fame) wrote in his latest essay on his blog. You get the...
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What Were They Thinking?
(NOTE: This essay draws on a chapter in my new book, Bright Lights & Dim Bulbs, which identifies nine radical branding...
(NOTE: This essay draws on a chapter in my new book, Bright Lights & Dim Bulbs, which identifies nine radical branding...
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Some Learn from Mistakes, Others Don’t
In Managing by Mistakes, I wrote about the power of learning from mistakes. Some of the most successful individuals in...
In Managing by Mistakes, I wrote about the power of learning from mistakes. Some of the most successful individuals in...
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Is There Hope for Business after Copenhagen?
I've been trying over the past few days to find some Hopenhagen in Copenhagen — that is, to see some positive outcome to...
I've been trying over the past few days to find some Hopenhagen in Copenhagen — that is, to see some positive outcome to...
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Facebook Takes Rage Against the Machine to Christmas No.1
Guest Post by: Charlie OsmondRage Against the Machine (RATM) have just had their first UK Number 1. They got it thanks to an...
Guest Post by: Charlie OsmondRage Against the Machine (RATM) have just had their first UK Number 1. They got it thanks to an...
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Apple Is Pushing the Limits of "Interactivity" and Going 3D. Watch Out Nintendo!
Apple is going to push the limits of “interactivity” and planning to go 3D. Using a camera to detect a user's...
Apple is going to push the limits of “interactivity” and planning to go 3D. Using a camera to detect a user's...
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FUTURELAB 100 – 2009
It’s that time of the year again where everyone makes lists and hitparades. We don’t do too many of them, yet the...
It’s that time of the year again where everyone makes lists and hitparades. We don’t do too many of them, yet the...
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Sports & Weather
If death and taxes are the two things on which we can depend in life overall, I'd like to suggest that the two media...
If death and taxes are the two things on which we can depend in life overall, I'd like to suggest that the two media...
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Don’t let them tell You that TV Is Going out of Fashion
The latest data on multi-country TV viewing figures doesn’t support the view that watching the box is going out of...
The latest data on multi-country TV viewing figures doesn’t support the view that watching the box is going out of...
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You Are What You Choose
Book Review: You Are What You Choose – The Habits of Mind that REALLY Determine How We Make Decisions, by Scott de Marchi...
Book Review: You Are What You Choose – The Habits of Mind that REALLY Determine How We Make Decisions, by Scott de Marchi...
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Where Do the 65+ Go Online
The secret is out. Most of them go nowhere and the rest go to just about the same place as you and me.According to the...
The secret is out. Most of them go nowhere and the rest go to just about the same place as you and me.According to the...
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MIT's Sixth Sense
This was one of the talks at TED earlier this year that got everyone talking about what the future of AR can look like. This...
This was one of the talks at TED earlier this year that got everyone talking about what the future of AR can look like. This...
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Designing Web Sites for Ageing Cavemen
As usual, Jakob Nielsen's December Alertbox newsletter contains some thought proving stuff.It is all about short-term memory...
As usual, Jakob Nielsen's December Alertbox newsletter contains some thought proving stuff.It is all about short-term memory...
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Trade-Off by Kevin Maney
Book Review – Trade-Off: Why Some Things Catch On, and Others Don’tMarketable business ideas often have two key...
Book Review – Trade-Off: Why Some Things Catch On, and Others Don’tMarketable business ideas often have two key...
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Should Banks Get into Virtual Currencies? I Want My Facebook Savings Account.
Facebook’s Gareth Davis said at the GamesBeat conference in San Francisco earlier this year that Facebook is...
Facebook’s Gareth Davis said at the GamesBeat conference in San Francisco earlier this year that Facebook is...
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Calling the Season Now
It's ten days to Christmas and we're already two days into Hanukkah, so I'm ready to call the season's retail sales:The...
It's ten days to Christmas and we're already two days into Hanukkah, so I'm ready to call the season's retail sales:The...
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Twitter Short Codes – Microsyntax
Hashtags emerged some time ago as a way for people to indicate keywords in their tweets, metadata if you like. Usage was...
Hashtags emerged some time ago as a way for people to indicate keywords in their tweets, metadata if you like. Usage was...
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Language Creates Reality, Even in Business
One of the most fun aspects of blogging has been re-immersing myself in language. At work, language is just something you use;...
One of the most fun aspects of blogging has been re-immersing myself in language. At work, language is just something you use;...
13 days ago
Futurelab's Blog
| Topics: communication, John Caddell, language, Marketing & Strategy...
Futurelab's Blog
| Topics: communication, John Caddell, language, Marketing & Strategy...Futurelab posted a blog entry
Best Handheld Device of 2009
Thanks to AltNyttErFarlig for this, the best handheld of 2009.
Thanks to AltNyttErFarlig for this, the best handheld of 2009.
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"Do You See What I See?: Visibility of Practices through Social Media"
Knowing that I was going to speak at two different events within a week of one another to distinctly different audiences...
Knowing that I was going to speak at two different events within a week of one another to distinctly different audiences...
Futurelab posted a blog entry
The Best Business Books of 2009
In the wake of the worst US economic catastrophe since the Great Depression, everybody realized this: Making money is harder...
In the wake of the worst US economic catastrophe since the Great Depression, everybody realized this: Making money is harder...
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Cap and Trade: An Unserious Policy Framework for Humanity’s Most Serious Challenge – Part 1
In a few days in Copenhagen, world leaders will debate and, we hope, agree upon aggressive targets for humanity’s...
In a few days in Copenhagen, world leaders will debate and, we hope, agree upon aggressive targets for humanity’s...
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It Impacts the Brand
I had the opportunity to talk with WPP's MediaCom and some of its clients in NYC earlier this week at one of its "Fast...
I had the opportunity to talk with WPP's MediaCom and some of its clients in NYC earlier this week at one of its "Fast...
16 days ago
Futurelab's Blog
| Topics: behaviour, brands, Jonathan Salem..., Marketing & Strategy...
Futurelab's Blog
| Topics: behaviour, brands, Jonathan Salem..., Marketing & Strategy...Futurelab posted a blog entry
Neuromarketing at Microsoft
Video games and movies are one of the more interesting neuromarketing applications, in that the technology can be applied to...
Video games and movies are one of the more interesting neuromarketing applications, in that the technology can be applied to...
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Sex and Creativity. Is There a Connection? Study Shows Number of Sexual Partners Corresponds to Creative Output.
Creative people are fun. Creative people are likeable. But many creative minds are unorganized and sometimes deficient in...
Creative people are fun. Creative people are likeable. But many creative minds are unorganized and sometimes deficient in...
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Copenhagen's Business (As Usual) Day
Friday was dubbed "Business Day" here in Copenhagen — a chance for the corporate community to come together to...
Friday was dubbed "Business Day" here in Copenhagen — a chance for the corporate community to come together to...
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What Wakes You Up? Men vs. Women
If you wanted to market a new cold and flu remedy intended to help suffering men and women get the rest they need, it might be...
If you wanted to market a new cold and flu remedy intended to help suffering men and women get the rest they need, it might be...
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The Dirty (Open) Secret That Drives Technology Adoption - Pornography
Pornography is always a problem with today’s technology. I am not passing judgment but the easy access is causing some...
Pornography is always a problem with today’s technology. I am not passing judgment but the easy access is causing some...
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First-time Scents Are Memorable
We know that smells can evoke memories – think Proust’s madeleine – but new research shows that first-time...
We know that smells can evoke memories – think Proust’s madeleine – but new research shows that first-time...
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Would You Become a Fan of a Brand on Facebook?
We posted a couple of weeks ago about Facebook fan pages and how more than a third of fan pages have fewer than 100 fans. There...
We posted a couple of weeks ago about Facebook fan pages and how more than a third of fan pages have fewer than 100 fans. There...
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10 Tips for Viral Marketers from a Military Propaganda Manual
Do you know that signature line from Henry Jenkins about how if it doesn't spread, it's dead? Yes, well, this is the...
Do you know that signature line from Henry Jenkins about how if it doesn't spread, it's dead? Yes, well, this is the...
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Problems with Social Media Technologies
In the summer Hyper Happen’s Asi Sharabi wrote an anguished post about dealing with the output from social media...
In the summer Hyper Happen’s Asi Sharabi wrote an anguished post about dealing with the output from social media...
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Design Unplugged Podcast 02: What Is Entertainment Design?
Just for this week only, we bring you our next podcast hot on the heels of our first. In this discussion Feng and I chatted...
Just for this week only, we bring you our next podcast hot on the heels of our first. In this discussion Feng and I chatted...
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Loyalty Programs: Of Rats and Men
It seems like everyone has a loyalty program these days. Buy a cup of coffee, and you get a punch card that promises a free cup...
It seems like everyone has a loyalty program these days. Buy a cup of coffee, and you get a punch card that promises a free cup...
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16 Must-Read B2B Marketing Strategy Ebooks
B2B marketing is constantly evolving as organizations discover ways to perfect current strategies, new marketing channels...
B2B marketing is constantly evolving as organizations discover ways to perfect current strategies, new marketing channels...
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Creating and Embracing a Social Media Culture (ConAgra Foods)
Last month, on Nov 10, 2009 the 7th blogwell session took place in sunny Atlanta, Ga. (this is meant to be a joke for I have...
Last month, on Nov 10, 2009 the 7th blogwell session took place in sunny Atlanta, Ga. (this is meant to be a joke for I have...
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Design Unplugged Podcast 01: How Important Is Rendering in Design?
We had such a good response to the podcasts published during the Icsid world design congress, that I think I might turn this...
We had such a good response to the podcasts published during the Icsid world design congress, that I think I might turn this...
Futurelab posted a blog entry
Nobody Knows What's Going On
(NOTE: This essay draws on a chapter in my new book, Bright Lights & Dim Bulbs, which identifies nine radical branding...
(NOTE: This essay draws on a chapter in my new book, Bright Lights & Dim Bulbs, which identifies nine radical branding...
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Copenhagen Gets Down to Business
To start with the basics: I don't expect this week's United Nations Climate Change Summit, a.k.a. COP15, to produce much from...
To start with the basics: I don't expect this week's United Nations Climate Change Summit, a.k.a. COP15, to produce much from...
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The Banking Industry Is at Its Industry Breakpoint. Industry Transformation Is Now in the Making.
We are finally reaching the end of the financial turmoil; it was bad but not as bad as anything close to the great depression....
We are finally reaching the end of the financial turmoil; it was bad but not as bad as anything close to the great depression....
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Another Glimpse into the Sausage Factory that Is Music Industry Accounting
I am fascinated by the music business and how it totes up dollars and cents owed to various parties that contribute to making...
I am fascinated by the music business and how it totes up dollars and cents owed to various parties that contribute to making...
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Friends With Benefits, and Other Data
I love how Razorfish makes all of the charts from its Feed report available zipped up in one convenient folder -- with all the...
I love how Razorfish makes all of the charts from its Feed report available zipped up in one convenient folder -- with all the...
