Linkness. What we’ve been reading | December 20, 2013
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA8eQmdMwxA The Marketer’s Anthem. Welcome to a new edition of Linkness! It’s the last one for 2013.If you only read one thing.“The Stream” has been the organizing metaphor for...
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What we’ve been reading | 7th February 2014
A beautiful visual accompaniment to an iconic quote | Daniel Sax Inside the UK’s controversial ‘Nudge Unit’ | The TelegraphAt the unit’s heart is a simple premise. Instead of using clunky legislation,...
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Is Facebook still worth it?
The secret is well and truly out. The age of Pay-to-play social is very much upon us. Today’s guest post is by Adam Noakes at Switched on Media. There’s no need to talk too much on the recent algorithm...
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What we’ve been reading | Friday 14th February
Crowd funding explained | 3 minutesCheap words | New YorkerAmazon is good for customers. But is it good for books? | 3 min readGiant fungus towers will be grown in New York City this summer | New...
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A sceptic’s week with Google Glass
With some tipping Google Glass to further evolve change our day-to-day experiences, DT’s creative technologist and Glass sceptic Tim Devine found some surprising results after a week with the device....
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What we’ve been reading | Friday 21st February
The Vice Guide to Engagement | Google Think Insights House of Cards is built on Big Data | SalonBy analysing its subscribers’ preferences, Netflix can be sure its original content will find an...
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Change Happens
People talk of ‘change’, but what does it really mean? Today’s guest post is by Richard Sauerman, Strategy Director at Shift.In the past, the knowledge and experience of ‘the old’ was the best...
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What we’ve been reading | 28th February
“Eye of the Tiger” played on a modified dot matrix printer | Colossal How we make gods | NautilusTaking lessons from the rise and fall of divinity in online games | 15 min read How Facebook’s news feed...
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What we’ve been reading | Friday 7th March
This demo of a real-life Hoverboard is incredible to watch, even if it’s fake.Young people are angry and leaving TV in droves | The Guardian Vice chief executive Shane Smith on video journalism, North...
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What we’ve been reading | 14th March
Silicon Valley’s youth problem | NYTimes In start-up land, the young barely talk to the old (and vice versa). That makes for a lot of cool apps. But great technology? Not so much | 12 min read The...
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How wrestling prepared me for agency life
Today’s guest post is by Adam Noakes at Switched on Media.First up I need to say that I’ve never wrestled professionally – although many an old mattress was laid on the garden floor, and used as a...
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What we’ve been reading | Monday 24th March
The rise of Anti-Capitalism | NYTimes While economists have always welcomed a reduction in marginal cost, they never anticipated the possibility of a technological revolution that might bring those...
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What we’ve been reading | 28th March
Inside the box | Slate People don’t actually like creativity | 8 min readFour deep trends affecting tech today | Co.Design Including the blurry line between creepy and acceptable, the ability of...
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What we’ve been reading | April 4th April
How Tesla is driving the new purpose economy | Co.Exist The electric car company is slowly reshaping how people think about driving. Following the same pattern can help any social entrepreneur get...
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What we’ve been reading | April 11 2014
How we think about class | Billfold An old joke has an Oxford professor meeting an American former graduate student and asking him what he’s working on these days. ‘My thesis is on the survival of the...
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What we’ve been reading | April 18 2014
The Confidence Gap | The Atlantic In studies, men overestimate their abilities and performance, and women underestimate both. Here’s why, and what to do about it | 10 min readThe Invention of the...
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Where have all the dreamers gone?
Today’s guest post is by Mark Sareff, Chief Strategy Officer at Ogilvy Australia.Eddie Hart was my dream CEO. He barged into my office one day when I worked in Marketing demanding to know: ‘Why,...
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What we’ve been reading | April 21
Everyone Deserves Great Design | Ehsan Noursalehi A guide on how to make products that matter | 10 min read Net Neutrality: A Guide to (and History of) a Contested Idea | The Atlantic If net neutrality...
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What we’ve been reading | May 2
We need online alter ago now more than ever | Wired Persistent pseudonyms can both encourage civility and preserve privacy. So why is there such a strong push for real names on the internet? The...
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What we’ve been reading | May 11
Bridging the divide | Inside Retail When the experience exceeds expectation, we gain customer advocacy.The science of social proof | Buffer 5 types and the psychology behind why they work.The two...
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