A fantastic talk by Umair Haque, Director of Havas Media Lab on Behavioral innovation and the Great Compression.
He gave this talk at the Brite (Brand Innovation and Technology) Conference.
Umair’s key message was that for business to survive they need to redefine how they treat innovation. We have a global crisis where the economy underestimates costs [...]
A step away from what I usually talk about, but I just came across Time’s photo essay
entitled- Detroit’s Beautiful, Horrible Decline.
United Artists Theater, Detroit
It’s the type of imagery that we’re used to seeing in war torn cities where buildings have been riddled with gunshots and ravaged with bombs.
But in Detroit, it’s a different kind of [...]
A fantastic video explaining the Credit Crisis. What is a complex topic is explained clearly in an engaging narrative.
It was made by Jonathon Jarvis as part of his thesis for a media design program.
Check it out: The Crisis of Credit Visualized
Wow it’s been a long time since I posted anything on my blog. I am going to have to blame computer burn-out, which has subsequently been cured with a 4 week holiday only logging on for the occasional email.
Anyway, a lot has been happening since the 5th of August as the world walks [...]
I have been doing some research on the psychology of free and came across an interesting Tech Dirt article from last year.
What really stood out was the step after defining your market- ultimately you want to grow your market share, so you should define what you can give away for free at no real [...]
Every second year in Wellington, an Arts Festival of great magnitude is unleashed. It’s quite a spectacular event as acts from all over the world in Theater, Dance, Music, Art and Literature are asked to come and perform/speak in New Zealand. As NZ’s remote location makes it expensive to travel to and from, this festival [...]