This is Mona

Tippexperience

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:34:00 -0400

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

What the fuck should I eat for dinner?

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:19:00 -0400

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.

Fotopool

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:25:17 -0400

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. Might be a bit far fetched and i’m sure there will need to be privacy parameters in place, but what better way to capture a moment, share it instantly while on vacation (not having to wait until you get back home to upload the photos on Facebook or Flickr) and have increased visibility on the tourist location, which would be of great value for the Tourism board.

Full article on Fotopool via Springwise

How Starbucks Plans to Capitalize on Free Wi-Fi

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 23:18:00 -0400

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 providers gain business. This type of engagement is an example of good service design in my opinion.

How To Torture a User Experience Designer

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 19:08:14 -0400

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

LiveMocha

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:26:00 -0400

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.

Pilot Handwriting

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:09:23 -0400

Pilot Handwriting:

Personalize e-mails with your own handwriting! Such a great tool. I can’t wait to try it out.

Flipboard Declutters Your Social Web Life Into Magazine Form

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:39:00 -0400

Want!

People don’t buy what you do, people buy why you do it....

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 09:57:16 -0400

People don’t buy what you do, people buy why you do it. Simple yet smart concept behind inspiring, innovating and leading.

Urban planning in Lebanon: An interview with Lady Cochrane

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:51:59 -0400

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 developers who are destroying the old palaces to build high-rises for the country’s internationally mobile elite. As Lebanon faces yet another uncertain summer, Monocle editor-in-chief Tyler Brûlé pays a visit to Lady Yvonne Cochrane, doyenne of the Christian East and owner of one of the most alluring palaces in the eastern Mediterranean, to talk urban planning, architecture and the future of her country.”

John Cleese rants - Soccer vs Football

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 21:47:18 -0400

John Cleese rants - Soccer vs Football

Outdoor Advertising With Twitter-Based Murals. The Canadian...

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 13:05:00 -0400

Outdoor Advertising With Twitter-Based Murals.

The Canadian Tourism Commission teamed up with DDB Vancouver to develop an interactive campaign to engage the cities of Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles in a playfully innovative way. The agency rolled out “digital storescapes” (a.k.a. Twitter-based murals) with a comprehensive engagement strategy that utilizes Facebook, Youtube, Twitter and a street team as platforms, enticing Americans to ‘keep exploring’ by considering travel to Canada.

via PSFK

I know these guys! I worked with them for 6 months when I was...

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:16:32 -0400

I know these guys! I worked with them for 6 months when I was living in Beirut. Good stuff.

via: fuckyeahads:

Paul the Octopus for new Pepsi ad!

Advertising Agency: Impact BBDO, Beirut, Lebanon
Executive Creative Director: Walid Kanaan
Creative Director: Nancy Timani
Associate Art Director: Florence Basseux
Art Director: Nancy Timani
Copywriter: Florence Basseux
Artwork: Ruben Furio, Elie Moussally
Published: July 2010

Why strategists should make stuff

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:37:16 -0400

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.

Ultimate Flash Face

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:54:15 -0400

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.

Help Needlebaum with "The Briefcase"

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 10:13:07 -0400

Help Needlebaum with "The Briefcase":

Fun “choose your own adventure” videos from Rogers! Well done to my team-mate Emma Brooks for championing this!

We Are What We Choose

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:29:27 -0400

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.”

PepsiCo launches an in-house startup incubator to find the next Facebook

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:23:32 -0400

PepsiCo launches an in-house startup incubator to find the next Facebook:

Brilliant initiative by Pepsi. This will be an excellent case study on how a big brand TRULY engages in Social Media

Code Light: Nice straight sans font by...

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:19:49 -0400

Code Light: Nice straight sans font by Fontfabric

(via gregbabula, weandthecolor)

Why not put down roots in Beirut?

Sun, 06 Jun 2010 15:13:24 -0400

Why not put down roots in Beirut?:

Tyler Brûlé of Moncole discusses putting down roots in Beirut.