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Meanwhile in Japan. A Kinect Hack a Day keeps the Doctor away.

Gerald — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 08:23:03 +0000

This fantastic looking little Kinect hack is almost too typical Japanese. At least if you consider that it seems to be completely normal (after a little surprise) for Japanese people to pose with your evil Manga-twin in the mirror…

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Whoa! How Shit Infographics Explain the World (the wrong Way).

Gerald — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:26:45 +0000

So Mashable again explains us the world through an info graphic wallpaper. And every self-proclaimed social media expert retweets it. Usually this is just boring. Sometimes dangerously misleading and pretty embarassing. Such as this time.

Latest example of such pure and utter shit: A ‘study’ (actually a joke) that was published as an infographic on mashable, retweeted today by thousands of Lemmings who only seem to be interested to share the next bullshit-infographic as quickly as possible.

The claim sounds credible: “78% of burglars use Facebook, twitter, or Foursquare to target potential properties.”

Whoa! That’s a lot, isn’t it? And it sounds reasonable, doesn’t it? After all the gods punish those freaks who keep on checking in to any location they enter. If only it would not be all so wrong and only if this handy info graphic wouldn’t be a big PR stunt that everyone keeps on retweeting.

The mashable article features the notorious info graphic by Credit Sesame, “a personal finance tool” claiming that 78% of all burglars use social media to gather intelligence about their next victim
If you browse the article on Credit Sesame you will find out that the “study” was not at all conducted by Credit Sesame: they apparently just built an easy-to-consume info graphic. The actual “study” was conducted by UK’s security company Friedland: yes, a company that earns money with your fear of burglars.
If you read the original “study” you stumble upon the following text: “An overwhelming 78% of ex-burglars interviewed said that they strongly believed social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Four Square are being used by current thieves when targeting properties.”

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Post tags: Apps, Burglars, crime, Foursquare, Location, People, PR, Report, Shit, Study, visual, World, Zeitgeist

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Stuff We Like. Selfcontrolfreak’s Interactive Videos.

Gerald — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:13:14 +0000

Last night I attended Amsterdam’s Pechakucha Night at Roest. Most of you probably know the concept: Random people present their business concept/idea/art theory/whatever on 20 slides and they only have 20 seconds for each page before a heartless Powerpoint algorithm switches to the next one. The one person that definitely stood out for me was Olivier Otten – a young Dutch Creative/Developer who tries to play with very playful ways to interact with video under the name Selfcontrolfreak.

I don’t want to say much more. Just one thing. Gamification is not about badges and check-ins. Traditional playful, interactive metaphors have been around since the 1990s. But even two decades later I know of few platforms which are as much fun as this one.

Check out his 22 simple, playful video examples and start playing with Selfcontrolfreak.

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Post tags: Amsterdam, Cool, Creativity, Experimental, Funny, Gaming, intelligent, Pechakuchanight, People, selfcontrolfreak, Tech, video, visual, We like

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China. Ogilvy’s ‘Social Media Equivalents’ in China 2011.

Gerald — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 08:40:05 +0000

Ogilvy China has re-created the well-know Conversation Prism to show some of the Chinese local platforms thriving in place of major international equivalents. Practivally the diagram is actually as useless as the original Conversation Prism (‘Did anyone ever look at this diagram of 250 platforms to find the right one for his purpose?’) but it nevertheless gives you a good understanding of the vast Chinese digital landscape.

Do also check out Ogilvy China’s study ‘Connected’ on digital marketing in China.

via Penn Olson

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Post tags: Agencies, China, Media, Ogilvy, Social, Social Influence Marketing, Social Networks, Tools, Touchpoints, visual, World

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Anrealage. An 8-Bit Showroom in Tokyo.

Gerald — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 21:08:39 +0000

8-Bit? Yawn. We have seen pretty much everything in 8 Bit already. Except a store concept. Experimental Japanese designer Kunihiko Morinaga has built this showroom for the F/W collection of his label Anrealage in Tokyo. I think 8-bit is pretty close to getting buried very soon – but I think Mr Morinaga’s showroom is a fantastic final scream.

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Great Ads. Sony PS3, Long Live Play.

Gerald — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:30:27 +0000

Some campaigns are different. Sony’s “Long Live Play” PS3 Campaign may be one of them. Playstation brand’s ad agency Deutsch Inc. really did a great job. But just check it out…

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Post tags: Ads, Agencies, Brands, Cool, Creativity, Funny, Gaming, Ideas, Lifestyle, sony, visual, We like

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Only Today. KLM tweets with a Living Alphabet.

Gerald — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:01:26 +0000

KLM tries hard to become the social web’s favorite attacker brand. After staging a bunch of interesting campaign micro-ideas they launched something more complicated today. As Social Times reported a tweet from KLM earlier today said…

The result: live customer service replies that are shaped by a living alaphabet made up of 140 KLM employees. Yes it is live and it reacts to customer tweets but only today (and only as as reaction to a few selected tweets).

Live Reply tweets are being uploaded to KLM’s Youtube Channel and shared on Twitter. So far they’ve sent video tweets to about ten people, but they’ve still got a lot of hours left in the campaign. The example below is one of them…

The whole campaign is funny but completely useless. Anyway, it’s again a great very short-term promotional stunt to spread the word about KLMs social platforms and to position KLM as a social-media-savvy brand. In this regard: Well done, KLM. I am looking forward to the next useless stunt.

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Post tags: Brands, Campaign, Cool, Funny, Ideas, KLM, Netherlands, Social Influence Marketing, social network, Twitter, visual

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Very Cool. A Duct Tape goes Tron.

Gerald — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:46:49 +0000

I have to admit I have rarely seen a better TV commercial for Duct Tape. But maybe that’s because Duck Products Tron Duct Take spot is the only one I know. Not enough Duct tape porn? Then go check out the user reviews to this Duct tape on amazon. No seriously. Do it.

Duck Tron from Ryactive on Vimeo.

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Post tags: Ads, Cool, Creativity, Duct Tape, Experimental, Funny, Meme, Memes, Tron, TV, visual

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Hiroshima. A Panoramic View from August 1945.

Gerald — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:36:56 +0000

August 6, 1945 was a turning point for mankind. At 8.15am the mushroom cloud of the world’s first Atomic Bomb rose over the City of Hiroshima, killing hundreds of thousands and pushing mankind into a future threatened by constant mutual destruction. Hiroshima and Nagasaki influenced my life even five decades later. As a kid growing up in Germany of the 1980s Cold War era I knew everything about the bomb. Years later the fear of it made me study Politics and specialize in security Politics (writing my thesis about Nuclear Proliferation in North Korea).

Last week the world mourned the end of Hiroshima and Nagasaki for the 66th time. I just stumbled upon this breathtaking 360 panoramic view of the city of Hiroshima, taken in August 1945. As there were really few pictures of the actual bombing this is one of the most shocking views I have ever seen. What you see below used to be a buzzing city of 330,000 inhabitants.

The Panorama consists of 5 pieces taken by U.S. and Japanes photographers. I have integrated Piece 1 and Piece 3. Find all the other pieces here.

Hiroshima after the Atomic Bomb (1 of 5) by Shigeo Hayashi in Japan

The following Panorama was shot from a different position by the American photographer Harbert F Austin Jr.

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Post tags: history, Panorama, photo, Politics, sad, visual, War, World

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My Blog of the Week: The Art of the Menu.

Gerald — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 11:57:04 +0000

It was always an underrated communicative discipline: The Art of the Menu Art has now become a topic for a blog run by Under Consideration. The guys usually chronicle corporate and brand identity work. But I guess the Art of the Menu is very related. Check out the site here…

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