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How’s Your Audio Quality?
Tom Asacker shares an interesting piece on the state of quiet. I just returned from a speech at the Wynn in Las Vegas, and while there I was struck by something. Actually, I was surprised by an absence of something: noise. I really didn't hear any clanging coins, dissonant bells, or spinning WHEELS . . . OF . . . FORTUNE! And it wasn't just in the casino. The same was true of other areas (hallways, meeting areas, …
Let Them Whiff Cake
In the latest entry in the scentvertising wars, The Los Angeles Times will run a full page ad for the Fox-Walden film Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium this coming Sunday. When scratched the ad will release "the universally beloved frosted cake scent," The Times said in a statement. The film starring Natalie Portman and Dustin Hoffman is about a magical toy store. The aroma is supposed to remind readers "to be young and …
Night Brights Coming To A Neighborhood Near You
According to USA Today, digital billboards are taking hold in cities across the country, even as sign companies, federal regulators and opponents debate the legal status of the technology that makes them possible. "When the sun goes down, you can't ignore it," Mark Legan says, gesturing from his living room toward the giant television billboard that recently went up a half block away on Santa Monica Boulevard. "All …
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Donny Deutsch’s Protege Becomes A Talking Head
OK, I'll readily admit that when there's nothing worth watching on TV, I'm a a sucker for the Hardball-Countdown-type cable news talking head shows. But I did a double take when I saw Deutsch LA's ECD Eric Hirshberg on the Dan Abrams show last night. The topic? The war in Iraq and President Bush's definition of success. And there he is talking alongside Arianna Huffington and Pat Buchanan, in a conversation that …
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Given 200 Words, You Make Them Count
A Brief Message, a new site from Khoi Vinh and Liz Danzico, features design opinions expressed in short form. Somewhere between critiques and manifestos, between wordy and skimpy, Brief Messages are viewpoints on design in the real world. They’re pithy, provocative and short — 200 words or less. …
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Personal Privacy Is So 1999
Perhaps the reason Facebook won't sell is it's already owned. By the spooks. [via Desedo] In related news, Hugh MacLeod doesn't really want to be my friend, or yours on Quechup (a social net with serious boundary issues). …
Pecha-Kucha Gives Guy Kawasaki’s 30-20-10 Rule A Run For The Money
Wired Magazine is running a short bit on pecha-kucha (Japanese for "chatter"). According to the piece, Mark Dytham and Astrid Klein, two Tokyo-based architects have turned PowerPoint into both art form and competitive sport. Their innovation applies a simple set of rules to presentations: exactly 20 slides displayed for 20 seconds each. That's it. Say what you need to say in six minutes and 40 seconds of exquisitely …
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