- 201.21.2008At the end of 2007, AOL announced that it would be ceasing support for Netscape's Navigator browser on February 1st 2008. As of that date, the Netscape brand will have reached it's...
- 001.17.2008I often find it interesting to check out how local influences impact global brands (does McDonald's in Glasgow have deep fried mars bars and a McHaggis burger for example). The main things I'...
- 301.13.2008It’s not often I’m offended by the Wall Street Journal. (Note to Rupert Murdoch, is this a sign of things to come?) But there was an article in Thursday’s Personal...
- 001.10.2008Just had to blog this amazing exhibit that was at the Sepentine Gallery in London that I saw at the end of December. The British born, New York based artist Anthony McCall boils film down...
- 101.09.2008Earlier this week Julie blogged about a new theory she's toying with. She suggested that the internet is altering how we process information and moving us away from a linear, rote way...
- 101.05.2008If you're a reader of this blog, you know that I worship Michael Pollan, author of the Omnivore's Dilemma, the seminal essay "Unhealthy Meals" in last year's NYT magazine, and...
- 401.03.2008I love when ideas click together seamlessly. Last week I read Martin Lindstrom's BrandChild, which is so dated it seems almost quaint, even though it was written only four years ago. At...
- 012.27.2007I caught the American Masters show on Bob Newhart on PBS last night. I've always loved Newhart, ever since I played his LP "The Buttoned Down Mind of Bob Newhart" on the record...
- 312.19.2007OMG, this is the coolest thing! Xerox has developed an experimental printing process that uses light frequencies instead of ink to produce transient images on paper. The "printing...
- 012.19.2007An interesting thought crossed my mind today. If we're now living in an age of precision, where consumers expect to be able to shape and control brands and products, and hyperpersonalization...
- 112.19.2007I was lucky to hear Erich Joachimsthaler speak today on innovation. Erich wrote "Hidden in Plain Sight," one of my favorite books of 2007. He teaches us an entirely new way of...
- 012.19.2007We blogged about Phillippe Starck the other week - just a fun little quote that shows him up as either visionary or nutter (or inevitable combination). If you're at all interested in the...
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