So as a light exercise, I thought i’d map the headlines of the New York Times Alert emails to the value of the NASDAQ for most of the month of October. Really interesting both in terms of the quantity of emails sent out, their timing and the subject addressed. Only 1 of some 11 headlines… Continue reading What a month
Category: Thoughts
Find of the month
Just when I thought the world couldn’t get any more bizarre, I found Women Unlimited and my day just took a completely different turn. I realised that media used to treat women and men like this and felt much better about our present day situation, even with Sarah Palin around, because now at least we’re… Continue reading Find of the month
The insane 48 hours ahead
On Wednesday I’ll be in Berlin for my keynote (yikes!!) at Web2.0 Expo Berlin and on Thursday I’ll be in Amsterdam to speak about hybrid toys at Mediamatic. If anyone is up for drinks, dinner, coffee, whatever…ping me! I love both cities and unfortunately don’t get to spend enough time there, so would be great… Continue reading The insane 48 hours ahead
Thoughts on Conferences
I just came back from the Microsoft Research Social Computing Symposium 2008in Seattle which in the end I enjoyed enormously. I say in the end, because at the beginning I didn’t get it. This is only my second American conference and I’m learning that the flavor of these kinds of events is definitely different in… Continue reading Thoughts on Conferences
Crash, Bang, Wooz!
This makes me think that people were right stuffing their savings under their mattress.
Different internets
One day I will write about Montreal and Québec properly. Not now though. I just came back from a fortnight among family and friends, mostly and rather unsuccessfully trying to stay away from the web. It was interesting though to get a glimpse of other people’s internets. Most of my good friends are not from… Continue reading Different internets
Quote of the day
“The cupcake is a real symbol of femininity and a camp symbol of a bygone era,” says Shail. “People really respond to it and love it.” (Although, unfortunately, few people actually eat the cakes, because they tend to assume that they are poisoned or laced with drugs.) via The Guardian
33 versions of reality
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Let's make this more confusing
I’ve never in my life given that answer to that question. Am I the only one? I get the feeling this is an American perspective on the role of an interaction designer. Is it the only one? I hope not. via core 77
Quote of the day
“An iPhone is a phone you can FUCKING PUT DOWN for five minutes in order to PAY ATTENTION to the people who are in the FUCKING ROOM WITH YOU” From 2lmc.