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This past week, I had the chance to speak at the University of Texas, McComb’s School of Business “Marketing Fellows” Customer Strategy program.   About what?  … social media of course.  It seems you can’t have a marketing, business or media conversation without social being front and center.
And while I’m very much a participant and [...]

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Speaking at TED, Dan Pink presents interesting thoughts regarding business, incentives and the systems that businesses work within to motivate and reward people for productivity.
Taking notes from highly regarded social science, Dan highlights surprising historical facts that lead him to believe that 21st century businesses are fixated on the wrong rewards.  And he adds that [...]

proof that infographics are mainstream. the all time 50 funniest (and crude) infographics from coedmagazine.  to see the whole gallery click below.

Stumbled into this Nova documentary that chronicles the theory and practice of fractal geometry.  If you love design, technology and the elemental nature of visual communication you’ll find this really interesting.  It will strike a chord with data visualization and special fx fans too.

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It’s also an interesting parable in [...]

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Bobby channels TED at the World Science Festival..proving a lo-fi experience can be just as interactive as a digitally crafted one: (..imagine what you could do when combining the two into one brand spectacle)?

World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale from World Science Festival on Vimeo.

your participative, dimensional & social internet

Aurora (Part 1) from Adaptive Path on Vimeo.
your augmented reality & digital utility

your extended memory & blended reality

World Builder from Bruce Branit on Vimeo.

In a creative spark of genius for movie/gaming biz, the launch for Activision’s new game “Prototype” includes a really interesting Facebook Connect integration that weaves you (or in this case me) into the story line.
You’ll have to experience it yourself here to really get it (pictures, family photos, words and profiles within are all me).
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