Archive for the Technology Category
Instagr/am/bient: Stop, Collaborate and Listen
January 20, 2012 | No Comments | View
One of many lessons to be learned from hip-hop (or Kenny Rogers) is that it’s hard to beat a solid collaboration. For us that goes exponential when you make it cross-media, with bonus points if there’s an iPhone involved. So you can imagine what happened when we got ahold of Instagr/am/bient: 25 Sonic Postcards – the [...]
Tags: ambient > instagram > iphone > music
True and Smart Transparency at the CES
January 13, 2012 | No Comments | View
While every organization under the sun has been grappling with either being or appearing transparent, Samsung’s been making it happen in the truest sense. Behold, the best thing we’ve seen out of this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (admittedly from afar), Samsung’s Smart Window: Weird how it makes that town so small, though. Beta? Bugs aside, [...]
Steve Jobs
October 7, 2011 | No Comments | View
A cursory survey around the office of our 10-person agency yields around 80 instances of the Apple logo. If we looked harder and dug a little, we’d probably hit the century mark. No other brand even comes close to half of that. If we included our homes, the landslide would continue. But to be honest, [...]
Scroll On
September 16, 2011 | No Comments | View
It’s good to remember that information technology in one form or another has been around at least as long as we humans. Cave paintings count too: there was a time when charcoal mixed with animal fat was the new hotness. Though we’ve come a long way (in some ways) since then, it’s cool to think about what we use today as part of a continuum of storytelling and connecting that’s something we’re naturally, amazingly compelled to do and improve upon.
Let’s Evolve with Edward Boches
August 5, 2011 | No Comments | View
Not too long ago, Edward Boches caught a bug, missed speaking at a social media breakfast, and was nice enough to post his slides and notes for all of us to take in and digest. Advertising Evolves. You Should, Too has stuck with us all summer as we talk about past, present, and future (it’s not just a January tradition), tech, trends, and tacks. In the spirit of scooting things along that we imagine compels Mr. Boches to share his thoughts and work with the public, we wanted to point to it, as well. The more common these types of ideas and practices become, the better the world could be.
The Persistence of Personality
May 5, 2011 | No Comments | View
As Jules explained to Vincent: “Personality goes a long way.” It’s true for dogs, it’s true for people, and it might just be true for pigs, too. In the case of computer chips, you wouldn’t think there’d be room for personality – either by nature or in scale (until they become self-aware, at least). But [...]
Tags: art > illustration > philosophy
Right Stride Rite
April 28, 2011 | No Comments | View
It was just a week shy of a year ago that we watched and listened in awe as Nike + W+K Tokyo transformed the then-new Nike Free Run+ shoes into audio controllers (and then made them sound great). With their latest, equally completely excellent endeavor, Nike keeps its pace but switches tracks, teaming up with [...]
Pac-Man Fever (Slight Return)
April 21, 2011 | No Comments | View
Some things just never get old. Sometimes it’s because they’re timeless, other times it’s because they get rebirthed regularly. In the case of Pac-Man, it just might be both. There is a lot to be said for the original Pac-Man, his ladyfriend, and offspring. And there’s a lot to be said about the latest reincarnation [...]
Out There Thinking: Generative Photography
April 7, 2011 | No Comments | View
It’s always a good idea to be surveying and sampling the nooks and edges of the landscapes that get your engine revving, whether that be personal or professional. You never know what your going to find – and just as importantly, you never know what new thoughts and ideas you’ll have as a result of [...]
Keeping it Real When Things Get Real
March 11, 2011 | No Comments | View
The power of a natural disaster reaches even further and deeper than the lands and lives in its immediate scope. The news last night and today of the Pacific earthquake and tsunami hits those of us out of harm’s way square in our hearts and minds with new speed and clarity. With this or any [...]
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