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A good reason to shave your head.

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On Friday, I shaved my head in support of kids with [...]


The Market Positioning Myth

There’s a dangerous myth about market positioning that can keep you from seeing true customer needs. It comes from looking at the wrong side of the market. In this post, I’ll help you steer you away from being blind-sided by market realities when it’s too late, avoid poor marketing channels, and give you freedom from [...]


Make Your Mockup in Markup (Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Epicenter Design) /by @meaganfisher

a href=”http://24ways.org/2009/make-your-mockup-in-markup”Make Your Mockup in Markup (Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Epicenter Design) /by @meaganfisher/a


Unfinished London – an entertaining history of the Green Belt…

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5 inflection points in digital signage this year /via @pixmo

a href=”http://www.digitalsignagetoday.com/article.php?id=23457″5 inflection points in digital signage this year /via @pixmo/a


Get a real-time cloud view of your Twitter stream with Journotwit by @mled. Nice work.

a href=”http://journotwit.com/”Get a real-time cloud view of your Twitter stream with Journotwit by @mled. Nice work./a


Get a real-time cloud view of your Twitter stream with Journotwit by @mled. Nice work.

a href=”http://journotwit.com/”Get a real-time cloud view of your Twitter stream with Journotwit by @mled. Nice work./a


A shrewd analysis of Seesmic’s new platform business model, and its latent advantage in owning content.

a href=”http://blog.tweetworks.com/2009/11/25/seesmic-takes-the-lead-what-will-tweetdeck-do-to-catch-up/”A shrewd analysis of Seesmic’s new platform business model, and its latent advantage in owning content./a


Don’t expect a recovery in 2010, says HSBC. You’ll need to focus on your cashflow and fundamentals.

a href=”http://network.hsbc.co.uk/blog-entry/Hsbc-Experts-Blog/Video-Business-Recovery/1700003867″Don’t expect a recovery in 2010, says HSBC. You’ll need to focus on your cashflow and fundamentals./a


What embarrassing books are on your favourite authors’ shelves? @stackeduptv reveals all in their video blog.

a href=”http://stackedup.tv/”What embarrassing books are on your favourite authors’ shelves? @stackeduptv reveals all in their video blog./a


@evanalyze explains how real-time interaction makes live video…

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The Economist Will Spend to Get to 500,000 Facebook Fans /via @BBHLabs

a href=”http://www.insidefacebook.com/2009/12/24/the-economist-will-spend-to-get-to-500000-facebook-fans/”The Economist Will Spend to Get to 500,000 Facebook Fans /via @BBHLabs/a


Step 4 of 5 to building social experiences – link to the real world /by @boxesandarrows via @iatv

a href=”http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/5-steps-to-building”Step 4 of 5 to building social experiences – link to the real world /by @boxesandarrows via @iatv/a


If you’re improving your site iteratively, you need to review ABtests.com – shared results on conversion tests.

a href=”http://www.abtests.com/”If you’re improving your site iteratively, you need to review ABtests.com – shared results on conversion tests./a


Having discovered @24ways, I am now unstoppable.

a href=”http://24ways.org/”Having discovered @24ways, I am now unstoppable./a


Target check-out game – using gaming design patterns to change real-life behaviour

a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/dpstyles/4141140976/”Target check-out game – using gaming design patterns to change real-life behaviour/a


Facebook’s $1 Billion Revenues Explained In 25 Words

a href=”http://www.businessinsider.com/facebooks-1-billion-revenues-explained-in-25-words-2009-12″Facebook’s $1 Billion Revenues Explained In 25 Words/a


Pepsi diverts their $20m Superbowl budget to democratically-chosen community projects /via @Daan83 @geoffnorthcott /cc @saul

a href=”http://www.mediabistro.com/agencyspy/brands/pepsi_ends_23year_super_bowl_ad_run_146391.asp?c=rss”Pepsi diverts their $20m Superbowl budget to democratically-chosen community projects /via @Daan83 @geoffnorthcott /cc @saul/a


Creative Review – Click NY: death of the creative department? /cc @dobronski

a href=”http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2009/october/click-ny-death-of-creative-department”Creative Review – Click NY: death of the creative department? /cc @dobronski/a


5-star cabins? An interesting eco-hotel concept in France. /via @HHotelConsult

a href=”http://www.carre-detoiles.com/index_uk.html”5-star cabins? An interesting eco-hotel concept in France. /via @HHotelConsult/a


Visualizing the conversation in Copenhagen #cop15 #climate /by @NovusNous via @Debategraph

a href=”http://debategraph.org/Stream.aspx?nID=44060sd=y”Visualizing the conversation in Copenhagen #cop15 #climate /by @NovusNous via @Debategraph/a


How can an ad agency get faster and cheaper? /by @dobronski

a href=”http://copelandcommunications.wordpress.com/2009/12/13/how-can-an-ad-agency-get-faster-and-cheaper/”How can an ad agency get faster and cheaper? /by @dobronski/a


Thank you @Uservoice and @Justintv for your support with http://pledgepyramid.com – Promoting democracy in Copenhagen!

a href=”http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tps/planet-pledge-pyramid”Thank you @Uservoice and @Justintv for your support with http://pledgepyramid.com – Promoting democracy in Copenhagen!/a


15 ways to get on with TechCrunch Europe /by the man himself @mikebutcher

a href=”http://eu.techcrunch.com/2008/08/22/the-top-15-ways-to-get-on-with-techcrunch-uk-and-maybe-other-media/”15 ways to get on with TechCrunch Europe /by the man himself @mikebutcher/a