January 2011
27 posts
WatchFrom the collection of ads that won’t make me buy the product, but are making me appreciate the work of the agency behind them. In this case: Innocean.
Hyundai Sonata Hybrid - “Anachronistic City” (by Innocean)
“I don’t think we’re entrepreneurs,” says one. “Webstock isn’t a business—it’s a...”
– I wanted to go to Webstock right after I watched Matt Jones’ The Demon-Hunted World talk there. The lineup seemed superb and everything that I read and heard about the conference was always as good as it can get. To be honest, it kinda buffled me, that it seemed to be *that* good.
But after...
“The purpose of the corporation must be redefined as creating shared value, not...”
– The Big Idea: Creating Shared Value - Harvard Business Review
Watcholdjewstellingjokes:
Judy Blotnick, “Health Care”
Judy Blotnick says she inherited her sense of humor from her Hungarian parents, both Holocaust survivors. She says the whole family, who started emigrating to the US in 1939, is extremely funny. “Had to be,” she writes.
“Theirs is only the human social world, the world we’ve built up by art and...”
– Justin E. H. Smith: On the Internet
“The early 21st Century evoke a Machiavellian time—a time when new technologies...”
– Machiavelli 2.0 — The Fundamentals of Network Society | Harvard International Review
WatchAgent Fresco, “Eyes Of A Cloud Catcher” acoustic, live at The Nordic House (via @stylespion)
“I am telling you I understand you, yes, I understand you,” Mr. Ben Ali, 74,...”
– … and people keep telling me, that violence doesn’t lead to more freedom.
Tunisia Leader Shaken as Riots Hit Hamlet of Hammamet - NYTimes.com
topherchris:
David Bowie — I’m Afraid of...
“Our Baudrillardian hyper-reality is one in which world-altering inventions must...”
– grinding.be » Blog Archive » The future is here, but it’s incomplete (via wildcat2030)
“In Sartrean terms, the cyborg not only offers the possibility of immortality,...”
– A Momentary Flow - Existentialism is a Cyborg In technical rather…
“The start of the 112th Congress will be marked in the nation’s capital city by...”
– Who would have thought, that just after 4 years after launch, Twitter will be named in a report about the new Congress coming into session? Things are changing fast. Very, very fast.
Republicans Prepare to Wield New Power in Washington
WatchBloodgroup - Pro Choice
So, so good. Looking forward to their concert in Berlin. Thanks to @stylespion for pointing them out.
JWT: 100 Things to Watch in 2011
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“Coining the term “obsoledge” (yep, another neologism, but more...”
– The Future Is Not What It Used to Be: Predictions for 2011 to 2050, Already Obsolete