A Better Course

russell davies: slow project resonances it extends that window where you see the world through the filter of your project; the way that when you’re working on / thinking about something you see echoes of that thing everywhere you go. Which makes you think again about what you’re doing. (tags: design play russelldavies howies images […]

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rodcorp: Stamen – Data n(arr)atives Become less precise in order to get a better view. If metaphors are useful for understanding or for decision support when do they go too far and become mere ornament? (tags: datavisualisation design rodcorp data visualization statistics)

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Behind Military Analysts, the Pentagon’s Hidden Hand – New York Times Analysts have been wooed in hundreds of private briefings with senior military leaders, including officials with significant influence over contracting and budget matters, records show. They have been taken on tours of Iraq and given access to classified (tags: media news america politics nytimes […]

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Lifeblog: Blood from stone: Don’t focus on ad revenue from social networking services Yes, social network is the concentrator, but what the folks end up doing is where the money’s at. One good example is O’Reilly. Is it a social networking service? Sure is. Where do they make money? Selling info to the network (tags: […]

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Wow. Just wow. (Guess the company) « Fromthemindofj’s Weblog As I stood up to greet him, I was clad in pressed dress pants, and a pinstripe shirt, with a tie. He was wearing, once again, I am not making this up: workout sweats, a wife beater, and a North Face fleece. (tags: marketing business branding […]

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Starbucks’ Retro Logo | Business Week This time, she is a messenger for Chairman Howard Schultz, who is trying to restore some of the goodwill and warm feelings for the brand that have gone by the wayside because of increasing coffee prices, machine-made lattes, and bad press. (tags: starbucks branding retro turnaround howardschultz businessweek) brand […]

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Noisy Decent Graphics: Little ideas adapted by big companies In fact, that’s one of my favourite types of ideas. One that just builds over time and then gets adapted by a business or an organsiation. (tags: advertising marketing innovation noisydecentgraphics wine packaging design)

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YouTube Inspires Employee to Stop Thief – AOL News “What was going through my mind at that point was that the security tape is either going to show me run away and hide in the office or whack this guy in the head, so I just grabbed the cup and clocked the guy pretty hard” […]

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Irrational economics | Look and feel | Economist.com People offered the banknote believed, on average, that they could use it to buy 83 paperclips, 72 napkins or 46 sweets. Those offered the coin thought 39 paperclips, 51 napkins or 27 sweets. In other words, the note was believed to be almost twice as valu (tags: […]

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Neuromarketing » B2B Marketing: Play Fair, Maximize Profit When subjects feel they have been cheated, a part of the brain called the anterior insula lights up –the same area that responds when they smell something disgusting, like a skunk. (tags: neuromarketing gametheory business) Logo Can Make You ‘Think Different’ | Duke News “Each of us […]

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