January 2010
6 posts
This is why it's worth learning about advertising
rinich:
A lot of people are asking what Apple’s target market is, and how they’re going to sell this iPad. These people are all stupid. Apple has told us exactly how they’re going to sell it.
From Apple.com:
Our most advanced technology in a magical and revolutionary device at an unbelievable price.
Bam! That’s their selling point! Somebody gets paid lots of money to write that sentence, and...
International Alert Levels
This has been making the round in several forums for years. I only came across it today when a friend of mine posted it on Facebook. It’s too funny not to re-post.
The English are feeling the pinch in relation to recent terrorist threats and have raised their security level from “Miffed” to “Peeved.” Soon, though, security levels may be raised yet again to...
Ushahidi: Crowdsourcing Crisis Information (FOSS) →
The Ushahidi Engine is a platform that allows anyone to gather distributed data via SMS, email or web and visualize it on a map or timeline. Our goal is to create the simplest way of aggregating information from the public for use in crisis response.
Another wonderful, powerful and useful way to utilize the power of crowdsourcing.
Real-Time Ads Coming to Google Street View? →
Google sure knows how to milk the advertising industry…
WACAP 2010 Rotterdam →
From the program:
The search for sustainable solutions to the challenges of poverty requires urgent and increased global attention to be paid to the multifaceted crises surrounding energy, food, climate and water. It also requires greater collaborative and collective efforts and collaborations via “new multilateralism” involving all sectors of society, both private and public. Local...
Indian guerrilla geekdom. Pretty impressive. →