Still more on emotionally intelligent signage
Readers continue to email about emotionally intelligent signage. But one person — Jamie Baker of Memphis, who already contributed a photo — took the extraordinary step of sending me an actual sign. It’s similar to one in the YouTube pecha-kucha presentation and it comes from the same creator, the incredibly talented Dr. Bob. Below Saul […]
MBA, MFA, and CCA
Way back in 1999, I did an interview with Nathan Shedroff, a talented designer who argued that in the future everyone would have her own personalized web site. It’s eerie, but Shedroff’s comments keenly predicted the blogging phenomenon as well as aspects of the social networking trend. Now he’s blazing fresh trails again. Shedroff is […]
The Candidate from the Land of LinkedIn
In an intriguing move, Presidential hopeful Barack Obama has taken his campaign to LinkedIn. He’s asked users of the social networking service: “How can the next president better help small business and entrepreneurs thrive?” The answers, more than 1300 as of this writing, are interesting. (HT: Venkat Rao)
Abe falls, Naruto soars
The resignation of Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe had an odd effect on the Japanese stock market: “Shares of companies linked to the Japanese style cartoons known as ‘manga’ jumped Wednesday on speculation that a big fan of the genre may become the country’s next prime minister.” The IHT, quoted above, is one of several […]
The phrase that pays?
Check out the names of the Kansas State Library’s upcoming broadband summit and HRPS’s 2008 global conference.
More on emotionally intelligent signage
Much to my surprise, the pecha-kucha presentation I did on emotionally intelligent signage has generated lots of email. (What’s pecha-kucha? Read this blog post or this Wired story). Now Jamie Baker of Memphis sends along a sign (see below) that he spotted recently. Reading its message, I have to ask: Why the heck not?
Peet’s meets Picasso
Another example of how an abundant society increases the aesthetic component of offerings in the marketplace: Latte Art. (HT: Danielle Bruno).
Quote of the day
“A woodpecker can tap twenty times on a thousand trees and get nowhere, but stay busy. Or he can tap twenty-thousand times on one tree and get dinner.” — From The Dip
Got pecha-kucha?
PowerPoint is like the weather or Dancing With the Stars: Everybody complains about it, but nobody does anything. Enter Mark Dytham and Astrid Klein, two European ex-pat architects in Tokyo, who’ve come up with an elegant hack. Use 20 slides. No more, no less. Each slide must be on the screen for exactly 20 seconds. […]
Word of the day: Assmosis
Definition: “The process by which some people seem to absorb success and advancement by kissing up to the boss rather than working hard.” (Source: Rick Fulmer.)