February 2011
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Beirut Reconstruction →
For all lovers of urban planning, urban development, architecture, heritage architecture and the like, this video report from Monocle highlights why Beirut development has become a threat to the city’s historic streets and neighbourhoods. A very interesting account of the rapid shift in Lebanon’s urban infrastructure.
From Monocle.
January 2011
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November 2010
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Hustling until 3am
Yesterday I could never say I played around with code. Today I can proudly say i’m no longer a code virgin. I worked a bit of HTML magic tonight. I know this is basic stuff to all you web devs, but this adds some serious notches to my inner geek. All in an effort to move my personal project forward, I registered a domain, set up the template with a bit of customization, and updated it with...
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My road as an Empath to a Maker
I’m putting something out in the universe. I’m doing it so that I force myself to move in a direction towards realizing a long standing goal. I’m sure many of you feel the same way when I say that since I was a kid I always felt I was capable to do more, be more. I love what I do at work, but I also know I have something in me to do something worth mentioning in the papers. Bit...
October 2010
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WatchA resource I will surely refer to frequently at work.
How to really make something = gold. (c/o @digitalinfant). Brought to you by Planningess Day 1.
via: thatssodigital
September 2010
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“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer...”
– Dr. Seuss
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Uniqlo "Lucky Counter"
I love any campaign run by Uniqlo. They’re such an energetic and fun brand to watch. They found a unique way of compelling shoppers to elevate the brand on Twitter by reducing the price of clothing pieces every time someone sends a tweet about an item. Clicking on one of the pieces of clothing brings up a pre-written tweet using the hashtag #luckycounter. Users can add their own message and...
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Tippexperience →
Subservient Chicken meets Old Spice! This Tippex channel on YouTube is hilarious and very well done! Best use of interactive YouTube i’ve seen in a while.
via: @laurajaybee
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What the fuck should I eat for dinner?
Brilliantly crass blog that spits out fantastic recipe ideas (linking to epicurious). If you’re “not a fucking vegetarian”? There’s a perfectly good recipe for you too.
August 2010
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Fotopool
Brilliant! Excellent tool for Tourism boards to use to enhance tourist experiences. A camera mount for tourist spots that lets visitors get everyone in the picture.
To take the concept another step further, I think it would be great to see some sort of tech integration whereby the photo can be tagged with location/attraction and sent to designated social streams, should the user want to do so....
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How Starbucks Plans to Capitalize on Free Wi-Fi →
I love the concept of a Third Place, and Starbucks already does so well with providing a community setting. The idea of kicking its existing strength up a notch by offering SDN, a curated content experience for customers to enjoy online at no cost, is solid. A strategy is sound when all parties involved gain value. Starbucks wins yet again by reinforcing its position as a Third Place; and content...
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How To Torture a User Experience Designer →
Sit them down in front of another awkwardly designed seat-back media player…on a plane….for 5 hours.
Call a “collaborative working session” on a hotly debated topic in a room with no sticky notes, sharpies or whiteboards.
Equate “user experience” with “user interface.”
Insist they follow Jakob…
Via: /thoughtparade; /Adaptive Path
July 2010
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LiveMocha →
LiveMocha is a website that uses social networking to teach language. Language in itself is social, and what better way to accelerate learning than in a social context. Great idea.
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Pilot Handwriting →
Personalize e-mails with your own handwriting! Such a great tool. I can’t wait to try it out.
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Flipboard Declutters Your Social Web Life Into...
Want!
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WatchPeople don’t buy what you do, people buy why you do it. Simple yet smart concept behind inspiring, innovating and leading.
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Urban planning in Lebanon: An interview with Lady...
Found this gem of an interview from Monocle on urban planning and politics in Lebanon. Monocle’s Tyler Brûlé interviews Lady Yvonne Cochrane of Sursock, Ashrafieh
“Beirut’s Christian quarter of Ashrafieh has weathered civil war, terrorist assassinations and the recent Hezbollah-Israeli conflict. But today the hill-top neighbourhood is once again under threat, this time from...
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Why strategists should make stuff →
Excellent article by Mark Pollard (@markpollard) on why strategists should make stuff. In my opinion, this outlines where the true value of strategists lies.
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Ultimate Flash Face
Ever look at a Wanted poster and wonder how an artist rendered it? Check out this Web site, which allows you the delightful (if sort of creepy) pleasure in digitally constructing your very own police sketch.
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Help Needlebaum with "The Briefcase" →
Fun “choose your own adventure” videos from Rogers! Well done to my team-mate Emma Brooks for championing this!
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We Are What We Choose →
Inspiring talk to Princeton 2010 graduates by Jeff Bezos.
“My grandfather looked at me, and after a bit of silence, he gently and calmly said, “Jeff, one day you’ll understand that it’s harder to be kind than clever.”
June 2010
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PepsiCo launches an in-house startup incubator to... →
Brilliant initiative by Pepsi. This will be an excellent case study on how a big brand TRULY engages in Social Media
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Why not put down roots in Beirut? →
Tyler Brûlé of Moncole discusses putting down roots in Beirut.
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WatchThe Durex baby case was created by Art Director: Nicolai Villads, Peter Ammentorp and interactive designer: Raul Montenegro for the Future Lions 2010 competition (www.futurelions.com) organized by digital agency AKQA and Cannes Lions Advertising festival.
May 2010
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Are "Out of Office" replies passive aggressive... →
Excellent opinion article from Financial Times columnist and editor-in-chief of Monocle, Tyler Brûlé
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Nike - Bloed Oranje Gallery
Nice work from Nike NL.
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Vers Libre by Studio Yra
Typography meets product design with chic letter-shaped plywood candle holders
Studio YraArticle in Yatzer
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360-Degree Research: Keeping a Well-Rounded Focus...
Excellent article about keeping grounded in design by focusing the approach with the end user in mind.
Start with exploratory research. This is the time where researchers deliver findings and insights to the design team and client. This is also the time where most design research programs end—where designers’ imaginations (and sometimes their egos) may start to subtly compete...
Its "authors" like this that need a good slap in... →
“The Hezbollah-supporting Shi’ite Muslim, Miss Michigan Rima Fakih–whose bid for the pageant was financed by an Islamic terrorist and immigration fraud perpetrator–won the Miss USA contest.”
What a load of garbage. You have the intellectual depth of a teaspoon.
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“You Got the Love” by Florence and the...
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April 2010
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Paleofuture
Paleofuture, an entertaining blog that collects and catalogs past visions of the future. It exhibits past predictions for future technology and society in the form of articles and artists’ renderings, including moon-base cutaways, doomsday prophecies (“we’ll all be frozen to death by 2011”) and many, many flying machines. The collection is extensive and lovingly curated, with notes on every item...
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Ad Age Picks YouTube's Best Ads
Ad Age curates some of the coolest Ads on YouTube. Worth a browse to revisit or discover some engaging creative work. My favorites are Roller babies (cute factor) and Project Natal (wow, must have this factor). View entire selection
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Faces of history with the help of a little shaving... →
Brilliant! Ruadh DeLone conjures up iconic historical figures - Hitler, Chaplin, Einstein, Dali - with little more than shaving cream
(Via sarahramsden, Behance)
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15 Venn Diagrams To Explain The Internet’s...
I love a good Venn diagram. I’m drawn to the representation of sets and their relationships. Its shorthand for explaining things, an a effective visual thinking output for most audiences. The following website is filled with clever (and funny!) Venn diagrams.
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SheSays
I just came across this fantastic initiative called SheSays. Its a mentorship based program for women who work in the digital space. They are also hosts to the Golden Stilletos, the only awards which celebrate female creativity with an all female judging panel made up of distinguished leaders in the advertising industry. The prize is a Golden Stiletto shoe, a distinguished and wearable award!...
March 2010
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The Economist Rethinks Design Thinking →
At The Economist’s Rethink conference Core 77’s Kevin McCullagh discovers that there’s no consensus on what, exactly, design thinking is. And, at 10 years old, design thinking could use some principle on how it’s applied. McCullagh suggests:
precision over woolliness (fuzziness)
quality over quantity
vision over users
balance left with right brain thinking (not the other way around)
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