Blog Archive April 2009

60% of Twitter Users Quit After A Month

Wed, 04/29/2009 - 14:28 — James.Devon

There's news doing the rounds today about, well, the title says it all really. But read the last paragraph of this article. (Thanks to @awolk) "It’s worth noting here that Nielsen is likely overstating the churn because it is only measuring visits to the Twitter.com URL.

Chalk & Blackboards Put To Good Use

Wed, 04/29/2009 - 14:19 — James.Devon

More stop motion animation

Branding Theory

Mon, 04/27/2009 - 10:11 — James.Devon

60 Minute Brand Strategist - Limited Edition

Value

Mon, 04/27/2009 - 08:15 — James.Devon

Well worth checking out this post about value for money in times of recession.

I particularly like the final sentence or two...

"If a brand is close enough to private label that consumers will easily trade down, it's time to re-evaluate what is being offered.

In other words, you're not going to out-private-label private-label."

Clock That Tips for Summer Time

Wed, 04/22/2009 - 16:20 — James.Devon

Isn't this Ora ilLegale clock a great piece of design?

Hat tip to mattklippel

Augmented Reality + Twitter!

Wed, 04/22/2009 - 08:46 — James.Devon

"Click and Drag" video

Wed, 04/22/2009 - 08:38 — James.Devon

The Irrelevance of the “Is blogging dead?” Debate

Tue, 04/21/2009 - 16:56 — James.Devon

An article in the Independent on Monday 20th April stirred up the ever-present argument about whether blogging (or insert any other new technology) has had its day.

Andrew Keen presented two quotes which initially appear opposing. Firstly, from Hermione Way of Newspepper.com and Techfluff.tv, we get “Blogging as we know it is dead”, “It’s finished”.

The Brain:Twitter Interface

Tue, 04/21/2009 - 15:41 — James.Devon

News is spreading fast today about some scientists who have managed to send a Tweet using only "brain waves". Quite profound implications for people with disabilities amongst other things.

Seth Godin: This Is Broken

Tue, 04/21/2009 - 11:32 — James.Devon

Always worth watching & reading Seth Godin. He understands the new dynamic that the connected, digital world presents us with and thus how we need to adapt our approach to marketing.

Super Super Slow Motion

Tue, 04/21/2009 - 09:17 — James.Devon

Trillion Dollar Homepage

Tue, 04/21/2009 - 08:08 — James.Devon

Fascinating campaign from Zimbabwe highlighting how the current regime has devalued the Zimbabwean currency by using it to wallpaper a billboard.

(Image taken from here on Flickr.)

9 "rules" of digital marketing

Wed, 04/15/2009 - 15:53 — Brendan.meade

Attention is like friendship:

It can't be bought, only earned.

Here’s some cute creative stuff that’s come my way today:

Wed, 04/15/2009 - 15:21 — Anonymous

A neat image technique blending past & present