Archive for June, 2008

30 Jun 2008

Your art, your rules.

Just thought this site was pretty cool and empowering in an art kinda way:

http://www.blockposters.com/

Upload an image, have it saved as a multi-page pdf, and print yourself off a massive poster. Check out the gallery for ideas.

That’s all.

26 Jun 2008

David Erixon - Mobiles, Tech & Hyper Island (Interview)

Recently I posted about Hyper Island an amazing school for technology and digital discovery. It wasn’t until a few days later that I realised one of the founders of Hyper was now working for Vodafone and I had a contact there.

So could I speak to the man himself? The answer was yes. So here’s my interview with David Erixon, Director of Brand Strategy & Manifestation, Vodafone Global Marketing. Oh yes … and co founder of Hyper Island.

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25 Jun 2008

Nokia enters mobile platform war. Google refutes Android delay. It all adds up to increased brand opportunities.

Apple, Google and Microsoft moved into Nokia’s crosshairs yesterday as the Finnish company bought Symbian, the major threat to the iPhone and Android SDK’s and Microsoft’s Windows Mobile OS. read full post »

23 Jun 2008

Top 5 Video Game Statistics … Stat!

Every week, there’s a new statistic about gaming that interests or amazes me.  It feels like records are being smashed all the time, or gaming has managed to breakthrough into yet another new area.  Whilst I’m sure that isn’t completely true, it is gratifying that games are more big business and mass interest than ever.  Here are my top 5 recent stats: read full post »

23 Jun 2008

OE-CAKE! - amazing 2d phyics sandbox.

A few months ago I posted (Big Phun - amazing 2d physics sandbox), but I’ve just stumbled across OE-CAKE! and it’s pretty impressive. read full post »

20 Jun 2008

Respect the tech!

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The FT reported this week that the shortage of engineers in Germany has become so acute that its leading companies are “turning to the kindergarten to guarantee future supplies”.

Firms like Siemens and Bosch are giving toys and hard cash to playgroups to hook kids as young as three! This got me thinking … read full post »

19 Jun 2008

Dr Chris Stevens - Creative Mastery. (interview)

Dr Chris Stevens is Principal Psychologist with Creative Mastery International (CMI) - a psychological consultancy specialising in maximising individual and organisational innovation and creative performance.

He recently popped in to talk to Knitware about how we could get a little more creative. You can listen to his Knitware interview here … download it or take a dip with individual questions and a brief bio.

Full interview: (approx 20 mins)

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18 Jun 2008

Unbranded Advertising.

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Brands spend thousands of pounds on projects and then don’t tell anyone about it, surely that can’t work … read full post »