July 2012
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“Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.”
– Albert Einstein
“The trick to finding ideas is to convince yourself that everyone and everything...”
– Malcom Gladwell
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November 2011
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September 2011
4 posts
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“The task is not so much to see what no one yet has seen, but to think what...”
– Arthur Schopenhauer
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Reading: But, Ad people rarely have time on their... →
Luckily, the wonderful people at http://brandgenetics.com have quick summaries of some popular and industry relevant books listed below. The posts are great if you need a refresher on something you’ve already read, or if you’re wondering whether reading the whole book is worth your time and effort.
Wikinomics
The Tipping Point
Purple Cow
Blink
Spent
Fascinate
Repositioning
...
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August 2011
2 posts
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“If you sell what you do, you’re a vendor. If you sell why you do it,...”
– @simonsinek
June 2011
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May 2011
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WatchVisualizing our humanity.
Artist Aaron Koblin takes vast amounts of data (and at times vast numbers of people) and weaves them into stunning visualizations. His works brilliantly explore how modern technology can make us more human, and shows what collaborative creativity can look like.
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“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.”
– Albert Einstein
April 2011
4 posts
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“Be less curious about people & more curious about ideas”
– Marie Curie
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“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is...”
– Antoine de Saint-Exupery
March 2011
3 posts
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“fall seven times,
stand up eight
七転び八起き”
– Japanese proverb
*i wish this was...* →
a creative sticker that invokes interesting responses and engages people. suddenly an empty shop or a boring location can turn into any imaginable possibility.
February 2011
4 posts
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“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace”
– Jimi Hendrix
January 2011
3 posts
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“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation”
– Herman Melville
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What if Santa had a Corporate Identity Manual? →
a brilliant hypothetical & satirical brand book created by Quietroom www.quietroom.co.uk, a company specialized in helping organizations talk in a language that connects with it’s audience or people.
access the pdf by clicking on the title of this post or this link: http://bit.ly/eQX35D
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“He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts – for support rather than...”
– Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
December 2010
3 posts
November 2010
2 posts
how brands influnce self-perception →
this article discusses the how a brand’s image can redefine not only what we believe about the brand, but ourselves as well.
October 2010
3 posts
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“Ads are the cave art of the 20th Century”
– Marshall McCluhan
September 2010
6 posts
Essential Skills You Didn't Learn in College →
Wired Magazine offers some interesting crash courses through their interactive semester catalog
Statistical Literacy
Making sense of today’s data-driven world.
Post-State Diplomacy
Power and politics, sans government.
Remix Culture
Samples, mashups, and mixes.
Applied Cognition
The neuroscience you need.
Writing for New Forms
Self-expression in 140 characters.
Waste...
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Small Change →
the revolution will not be tweeted
malcom gladwell on why social media won’t provide social change or revolution, he illustrates it’s because social media lacks the properties that social change requires
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“Either write something worth reading
…or do something worth writing”
–
Benjamin Franklin
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How do colors affect purchases? →
A well-designed, albeit a bit simplistic infographic via piratepickings and visualoop
August 2010
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“You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say.”
– Martin Luther King
April 2010
8 posts
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Watchwhen may wants to escape Dubai for a few minutes,
her thoughts go to San Fransisco :)
the images playing in her mind are similar to what you see in this stunning vid http://bit.ly/9ed6fi
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designing for a hierarchy of needs
Maslow’s theory in applied in design http://bit.ly/bgn2XR
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so when do you tweet the most?
cool chart to visualize the answer http://www.xefer.com/twitter/
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death by powerpoint
bullet points may just as harmful as bullets: http://nyti.ms/dxYsig
*maybe the military should consider keynote?!*
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“If you love what you do,
you will never work another day in your life”
– Confucius
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music philosophy
visualized song quotes http://bit.ly/bJIJkB *love this*
