Category Archives: trend

GeoCities No More.

Written by Peter. Posted on October 26, 2009. Filed under annunciation, brand, business, design, interactive, internet, technology, trend, user interface. No comments.
GeoCities No More.
Never liked GeoCities much, but it did attract a pretty wide audience back in the day.  Yahoo shut it down today, after more than 10 years of crappy websites.  Good article in today’s LA Times.

Miami Goes Down.

Written by Peter. Posted on October 26, 2009. Filed under orleans, trend. No comments.
Miami Goes Down.
Wow, I’m not usually too in tune to sports in general, but this year has been fun for fans of the New Orleans Saints.  Last night we came back from a 21-pt. deficit at halftime to crush the Miami Dolphins by a double-digit spread, putting us at 6-0 for the season so far.  This is [...]

Bipolar Nation.

Written by Peter. Posted on October 21, 2009. Filed under brand, business, consumer, design, politics, trend, user interface. No comments.
Bipolar Nation.
I’m a sucker for infographics to begin with, and this one’s a doozy.  Interesting to see this all spread out for analysis… A concept-map exploring the Left vs Right political spectrum. A collaboration between David McCandless and information artist Stefanie Posavec, taken from the book The Visual Miscellaneum (out Nov 10th).

In case of Vampire…

Written by Peter. Posted on October 13, 2009. Filed under advertising, brand, consumer, design, graffiti, guerrilla, signs, trend. No comments.
In case of Vampire…
I go back & forth on the Vampire phenomenon, but really love this type of creative ‘disruptor’ advertising. Nice.

Keywords Ain’t All That.

Written by Peter. Posted on September 22, 2009. Filed under interactive, internet, technology, trend. No comments.
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The long-touted SEO Keyword is officially useless. From the Google Webmaster Central Blog, “Google does not use the keywords meta tag in page ranking.” Descriptions and relevant content, on the other hand – what a concept!

Apple Tablet Rumor 543.

Written by Peter. Posted on August 28, 2009. Filed under consumer, interactive, internet, technology, trend, user interface. No comments.
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Mmmm, delicious: According to rumors, Apple is in the final stages of developing the Apple wet dream, a 10-inch tablet allegedly running the iPhone OS…

MIT Personas.

Written by Peter. Posted on August 24, 2009. Filed under consumer, design, interactive, internet, technology, trend, user interface. No comments.
MIT Personas.
Pretty cool web presence visualization piece from MIT.   It scans the web for all artifacts relating to your name, and generates an interesting chart based on what it finds.  I am, apparently, partially criminal in the online world.

Exponential Times.

Written by Peter. Posted on July 30, 2009. Filed under business, consumer, interactive, internet, politics, technology, trend, vids. No comments.
Exponential Times.
Cool, quick video that speaks to the explosive growth and speed of adoption associated w. technology.

Where It All Goes.

Written by Peter. Posted on July 10, 2009. Filed under consumer, design, trend. 2 Comments.
Where It All Goes.
Mmmmm, infographics. Here in New Orleans, I believe we spend a tad more than .9% on alcohol. Just saying. Click image to embiggen.

Fu*k All from PSFK.

Written by Peter. Posted on June 30, 2009. Filed under advertising, brand, business, consumer, design, interactive, internet, technology, trend. No comments.
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Great stuff from George Parker about the devaluation of original content and labor in the age of social media. He references LinkedIn’s new wage for translators ($0) – reported in the NY Times.