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The Golden Age of Video - By Ricardo Autobahn

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:41:48 +0000

Loving this.

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Six Social Media Trends for 2010

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:41:16 +0000

1. Social media begins to look less social

With groups, lists and niche networks becoming more popular, networks could begin to feel more “exclusive.” Not everyone can fit on someone’s newly created Twitter list and as networks begin to fill with noise, it’s likely that user behavior such as “hiding” the hyperactive updaters that appear in your Facebook news feed may become more common. Perhaps it’s not actually less social, but it might seem that way as we all come to terms with getting value out of our networks — while filtering out the clutter.
2. Corporations look to scale

There are relatively few big companies that have scaled social initiatives beyond one-off marketing or communications initiatives. Best Buy’s Twelpforce leverages hundreds of employees who provide customer support on Twitter. The employees are managed through a custom built system that keeps track of who participates. This is a sign of things to come over the next year as more companies look to uncover cost savings or serve customers more effectively through leveraging social technology.
3. Social business becomes serious play

Relatively new networks such as Foursquare are touted for the focus on making networked activity local and mobile. However, it also has a game-like quality to it which brings out the competitor in the user. Participants are incentivized and rewarded through higher participation levels. And push technology is there to remind you that your friends are one step away from stealing your coveted “mayorship.” As businesses look to incentivize activity within their internal or external networks, they may include carrots that encourage a bit of friendly competition.
4. Your company will have a social media policy (and it might actually be enforced)

If the company you work for doesn’t already have a social media policy in place with specific rules of engagement across multiple networks, it just might in the next year. From how to conduct yourself as an employee to what’s considered competition, it’s likely that you’ll see something formalized about how the company views social media and your participation in it.
5. Mobile becomes a social media lifeline

With approximately 70 percent of organizations banning social networks and, simultaneously, sales of smartphones on the rise, it’s likely that employees will seek to feed their social media addictions on their mobile devices. What used to be cigarette breaks could turn into “social media breaks” as long as there is a clear signal and IT isn’t looking. As a result, we may see more and/or better mobile versions of our favorite social drug of choice.
6. Sharing no longer means e-mail

The New York Times iPhone application recently added sharing functionality which allows a user to easily broadcast an article across networks such as Facebook and Twitter. Many websites already support this functionality, but it’s likely that we will see an increase in user behavior as it becomes more mainstream for people to share with networks what they used to do with e-mail lists. And content providers will be all too happy to help them distribute any way they choose.

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Giant Animated Flipbook | Wow.

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:12:19 +0100

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Created by Donato Sansone with a soundtrack by Enrico Ascoli

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Immersive Media Live Demo - Panoramic zoomable video in Flash

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:59:15 +0100

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Graffiti Analysis 2.0 [openFrameworks] by Evan Roth

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:21:00 +0100

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Great experimental work from Evan Roth.

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Interplay of Social Media and Search - some useful stats

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:51:51 +0100

The Influenced: Social Media, Search and the Interplay of Consideration and Consumption

A study announced today by GroupM Search, comScore and M80, exploring the interplay of search marketing and social media, reveals the dramatic correlation influenced discovery of brands through social media has with search behavior, including more lower-funnel searches and increased paid search click-through-rates (CTR).

The study,“The Influenced: Social Media, Search and the Interplay of Consideration and Consumption,” explored the correlation between social media exposure and search behavior across different verticals, including automotive, consumer packaged goods and telecommunications.

Key findings include:

- Consumers exposed to a brand’s influenced social media and paid search are 2.8x more likely to search for that brand’s products

- There was a 50% CTR increase in paid search when consumers were exposed to both influenced social media and paid search

- There was a 42-point lift in searcher penetration around brand product terms when consumers were exposed to both influenced social media and paid search compared to paid alone

What the study tells us is bigger than correlation, making the topic at large, Discovery. We’ve learned how internet users discover and engage with brands in social media and how that discovery influences search behavior. The findings help us to better understand how the intent expressed by consumers via search is established through social media exposure and the interplay between the two channels.

Of note, it further validates our view that generating upper-funnel awareness and influencing consideration through influenced social media (social media leveraged by a brand advertiser) can produce better down-the-funnel performance with paid media, such as paid search. In our white paper, we expand on the findings and address the value of the synergy between paid, owned and earned media. Additionally, we address the state of media today, challenges advertisers face, and introduce the discussion of Media Delivery and Media Discovery and the new thinking we must consider in making maximizing engagement that drives lower-funnel activity.

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Human Behaviour

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:23:41 +0100

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This is lovely - tip of the hat to Mr. Charles Frith.

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CHOP CUP

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:05:52 +0100

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More here

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Rhonda to Cinema 4D

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:08:07 +0100

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For those of you who haven’t heard of RhondaForever, check out the video on the RhondaForever site. It’s a 3D drawing package that I guarantee you will be hearing about in the future.

Rhonda was built in 2003 by a clever guy called Amit Pitaru and an artist calledJames Paterson uses it alot.

Very recently it’s been announced that some very high-calibre Flash developers have joined the development team to release the software.

Now this video shows that they’re getting closer at taking 3D drawings made in RhondaForever and importing them into 3D software packages such as Cinema4D.

Looks really interesting…

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Webcam Software that reads Emotions

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:26:05 +0100

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Nearness - Lovely RFID homage to Honda

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:11:06 +0100

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Nice collaboration between Calvin Harris & Royal College of Art

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 16:03:37 +0100

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Mega Woosh - you've got to see this to believe it ;o) Genius trickery.

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:14:09 +0100

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paulisakson: via www.inquisitr.com A picture tells a thousand...

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 02:51:44 +0100

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A picture tells a thousand words…

Mesmerising 3D Projection on Buildings - fantastic!

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:26:05 +0100

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Glimpse the future - Idm_kid - Incredible track/mash-up/remix/ on Youtube

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:34:40 +0100

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10 Weird Ways to Distribute Music

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:19:13 +0100

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Some truly weird concepts from various music artists courtesy of Wired

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Fanta Virtual Tennis - looks a bit weird; not sure it's gonna take off...

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:17:18 +0100

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Incredible National Geographic photographs

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:03:23 +0100

See and download the full gallery on posterous

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Facebook Releases New “Fan Box” Widget to Turn Website Visitors into Facebook Fans

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:04:24 +0100

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Now you can embed a widget box onto your blog or brand site which refers to your most recent content on Facebook and offers a reader the opportunity to become a fan.

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