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Iceland, in Financial Collapse, Is Likely to Need I.M.F. Help – NYTimes.com “Iceland is bankrupt,” said Arsaell Valfells, a professor at the University of Iceland. “The Icelandic krona is history. The only sensible option is for the I.M.F. to come and rescue us.” (tags: iceland crisis subprime nytimes economy ) Back to Basics for Business […]

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swissmiss: A Guide to Choosing Colors for Your Brand Research reveals people make a subconscious judgment about a person, environment, or product within 90 seconds of initial viewing and that between 62% and 90% of that assessment is based on color alone (tags: branding brand colour design swissmiss ) Infovore » Stripes and Surrealism: Playing […]

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MEX – the strategy forum for mobile user experience – Is it time Blyk was re-classified? Text and multimedia messaging might seem like somewhat dated mediums for communicating with users but it is a method with which customers are familiarand, crucially, where they feel in control of the conversation. The asynchronous nature of this delivery […]

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Writing Without Words | design mind I realized I needed to gather data that related to the structure of English language instead of working with literary themes as a method of measurement. Using the sentence as the basis for my information visualizations meant I would be able to measure and map quantifiable information that could […]

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We Made This: De-branding cigarettes Plain packaging, also known as generic, standardised or homogeneous packaging, means that the attractive, promotional aspects of tobacco product packages are removed and the appearance of all tobacco packs on the market is standardised. Except for the brand name (which would be required to be written in a standard typeface, […]

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Copy Paste Character ☞ · • ●  ⌘ (tags: writing web useful typography reference font ) Dataset of the Day: Tesco, Demographics, and the USA | Off the Map – Official Blog of FortiusOne I then looked at the five boroughs that have the highest Tesco Express Density and compared their demographics with the […]

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Business Week | B-Schools Wary on Lehman, Merrill Impact "They're asking lots of questions, but we're telling them that New York may not be the best place to look right now. For those counting on investment banking, they are going to need to beef up their plan B." (tags: businessweek businesseducation markets economy understatement investmentbanking […]

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I Believe in Advertising | Advertising Blog & Community » Tippex: Bride, One night stand, Mom "This campaign for Tippex, the all-powerful remover of error, poses the question “What if Tippex could work for every mistake we made?" – Remarkably disturbing. (tags: tippex advertising ibelieveinadvertising product ) RANDOM RANTINGS | On the semantics of corporate […]

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#273248 – Pastie "Actually, my degree in astrophysics has proved to be very valuable [..] Some things in this world are just hard. When I am struggling with something, I sometimes think 'Damn, this is hard for me. I wonder if I am stupid,' and then I remember that I have a degree in astrophysics […]

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Chris Morris: Massive bosons blew my unit | Science | The Guardian it is here that they really mug me with concepts. They try to soften the blow by claiming that physicists find it difficult to visualise extra dimensions too. That's easy to say when you're packing 26 of them. (tags: science physics theguardian cern […]

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