Yep - my Halloween costume this year... my daughter liked it and my sons - it's a balancing act... What scary costumes have you seen tonight? Is anyone dressing up as Vista??? A laptop battery??? Larry Ellison?? Sarah Palin??
Your inner geek can finally meet your inner wino... Apparently Portugal has laws that dictate whether you can call wine a "port" based on a geographic designation. This is similar to the Champagne region in France. Peltier Station Winery created "USB" port to make a point. It's not allowed to designate its product ...
Forrester's Consumer Forum 2008 is on right now in Dallas Texas, and they've just announced this year's Groundswell social media winners. We're thrilled that our friend Gene DeRose, founder of House Party won top spot in the "Energizing" category. House Party partners with consumer product companies to sponsor simultaneous house parties. ...
Genevieve Bell is Intel's Director of User Experience. Her novel approach to UX comes from her background - she's an anthropologist. Sort of a Margaret Mead for the internet. On her ongoing university tour this month, she's talking about how the internet is evolving from being a technological product to a social product. ...
At today's Embedded Systems Conference (who knew it was today?) Microsoft announced a terrific contest for designers for the Home of Future named Spark . The theme of the contest is an improved user experience. Embedded computing doesn't seem that sexy these days so Microsoft is sweetening the prize pot with a $15,000. ...
Here's an ad campaign produced by Ogilvy & Mather Bangkok for Black & Decker. Yep - those American-made lawnmowers cut cleaner than a vanadium steel sushi knife. As an added bonus, your kids will get extra anatomy lessons every time you mow the lawn. This is the kind of innovation we've come ...
I keep having to teach myself this lesson: sometimes choosing the discount product, you get less than what you pay for. Here's my can of "Star Snacks" cashews I bought on sale at Loeb's supermarket... Notice the plump, golden cashews pictured on the outside... notice the evil-looking, shriveled, partly burnt, halloweenish cashews ...
GoogleJuice is the term website folks use to refer to Google's methods of ranking websites. According to a US study, the flurry of political sites has pushed official sites down in ranking so voters are having a hard time finding voting info. The Pew study finds that state election websites themselves have a low usability ...
With this weekend's success of Toronto's Zombie Walk... Jobe & I got talking... Why not a StartUpZombie Walk? Branded Zombies!
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