November 2011
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October 2011
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September 2011
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May 2011
2 posts
Varsity Bookmarking: My Job Pt.1 — I have no idea... →
pieratt:
I am the CEO of Svpply, Inc., a social shopping S-Corp operating out of New York City. My company has been the recipient of over half-a-million in investor dollars, for the stated purpose of building an unknown, 3,000-member web service into a cultural phenomenon, and I truly have very little…
AdamWohl.com: Manifesto: the future. →
adamwohl:
The following is an expurgated version of the presentation I made last Friday, April 29th, 2011, at the Brandcenter at Virginia Commonwealth University to the Brandcenter Masters students, undergraduate VCU advertising students, faculty and local professionals. While I spoke about my past and…
February 2011
2 posts
Watchrosiesiman:
Enter Sandman - Entirely on Kazoos.
January 2011
1 post
October 2010
15 posts
“What you do simply serves as the proof of what you believe.”
– Simon Sinek
WatchIn a meeting today I was told that this was a must watch video … man was that good advice.
“Content and technology are strange bed fellows. We are joined together....”
– Howard Stringer
Bloomberg Game Changers: Steve Jobs →
The Time Is Ripe For A Chief Marketing... →
Another interesting post on the need for Chief Marketing Technologists.
{Something Existing} + {Special Sauce} =...
As I’ve mentioned before, invention scares the crap out of me. Some people do very well in situations that are devoid of constraint or necessary objective. I’m not one of those people. I find that I thrive when I’m taking something existing and searching for what I’ll call special sauce to create something interesting.
Case in point, recently Google released the source for...
Gorgeous Adaptive Video Visualization →
The Flipboard Origin Story →
It's Time to Forget, i.e. Create a Bubble
Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. When change is absolute there remains no being to improve and no direction is set for possible improvement: and when experience is not retained, as among savages, infancy is perpetual. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. George Santayana
I’m calling bullshit on this wildly over-referenced and...
September 2010
9 posts
The Case for a Chief Marketing Technologist →
Great POV by Scott on the need for marketing technologists on the client-side. The blatant reality is that we need to chip away at this issue quick, from both sides of the aisle. Hoping to see more dialogue about topics like this!
That's Just Like Your Reality, Man.
A few days ago I posted an excerpt from a recent article by Stephen Hawking in Scientific American that really resonated with me.
In our view, there is no picture– or theory-independent concept of reality. Instead we adopt a view that we call model-dependent realism: the idea that a physical theory or world picture is a model (generally of a mathematical nature) and a set of rules that connect the...
WatchGreat electric scooter concept from BMW Mini. I especially love the iPhone integration.
Sketching With Technology
My name is Jordan and I’m a creative technologist.
For a long time I struggled to put a name to what I do. I love technology and I love a great idea. It pains me to see either executed poorly and all to often a lackluster execution of one means the other inevitably suffers. It’s only recently that, with the help a few others, I’ve gained some clarity into what I thought was...
“In our view, there is no picture– or theory-independent concept of reality....”
– Stephen Hawking in Scientific American
7 Thoughts on Innovation
Given that a large part of my new role at Ogilvy is focussed on innovation, I’ve been reading a few books on the subject.
Of particular note are:
The Myths of Innovation by Scott Berkun
The Other Side of Innovation by Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble
The Art of Innovation by Tom Kelly and Jonathan Littman
All of this book consumption and rumination has lead me to a few thoughts.
1....
July 2010
1 post
Complication vs. Complexity →
June 2010
6 posts
Timothy McSweeney's Internet Tendency: I'm Comic... →
Best rant ever.
Cultura - Powered by Entrepreneurs: 13 Little... →
This list is an excerpt from a popular post, The Rise of the Creator Economy which has been updated since it’s original posting:
Sun Run PPA - Consumer driven solar energy utility company.
Mod Cloth - Inventory purchasing dictated by customers.
Hype Machine - Radio station…
May 2010
9 posts
“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is...”
– Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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Steve Jobs: The Next Insanely Great Thing →
If it’s not obviously from my tweets and postings here, I’m an Apple fanboy. I generally love their products and believe that their focus is on creating the best possible experiences for their users. It’s clearly not altruism, but you have to appreciate a business that has succeeded at being wildly profitable and continued to evolve our understanding “computers.”
...
WANT. Marshmallow Mforcer Semi-Automatic Pistol →
Make a Chart Day #9
It’s the 9th Make a Chart Day and I’m excited to be hosting it!
The rules are simple:
Make a chart
Tweet it and @ me and/or include #makeachartday
Come back here to check out the chartiness
Let the games begin!
JohnKochmanski
me
tabone
clayparkerjones & aarondignan
IanSohn
jondstern
lenkendal
Timbotown
gee3
tylertravitz
matthewcarlin
chenenko
...
Want. iPad DODOcase →
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The iPad Evolution
When the iPad was first announced, I, like many people, was underwhelmed. I thought I wanted an everything device that was the literal intersection of a phone and a laptop. Portable, long battery life, audio/video chat enabled, light, and seemingly able to do everything that those devices could do. I was wrong on multiple fronts.
While there are certain aspects of the user experience that are...
Orson Welles Drunk Outtakes for Paul Masson Wine... →
Nothing says endorsement like a drunk Orson Welles.