Tidbits: SXSW 2014. Jealously plucked from the Havas Worldwide SXSW Blog.You could never learn to knit by just studying the math – another case for learning through doing. – TIM BROWN, IDEO #SXSWMAKE
Bio-engineering is moving at 6 times Moore’s Law. A chromosome can store data more densely than a hard disk. - JOIE ITO, MIT MEDIA LAB
Parents are going to need to have the data permanence conversation with their kids before the birds and the bees conversation. - JAROD COHEN, GOOGLE
New Google moonshot; to make it so that in a decade, internet censorship will be impossible. - JAROD COHEN, GOOGLE
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How Topshop used Oculus Rift Virtual Reality earlier this year
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Facebook buys Oculus Rift – Zuckerberg Announcement
This got me SO super excited, however my gaming friends weren’t feeling quite so enthused as they thought it would ruin the future of VR gaming. Never fear, Zuckerberg promises “Oculus already has big plans here that won’t be changing and we hope to accelerate” “After games, we’re going to […]
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Why are we so hooked on Prankvertising?!
My favourite of prankvertising stunt so far! The devil baby. 2013 was truly the year of prankvertising, and the trend has bled into 2014. Promoting movies, soft drinks, airlines, smartphones, beer and even phone books, brands have entertained millions of online video viewers with prankvertising efforts. Branded prank videos have flooded […]
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Prankvertising: Pepsi Max Augmented Reality bus shelter ad! So good!
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Topsy: search and filter Twitter’s 425 billion posts
Now you can search Twitter! Since it’s launch in 2006, Twitter has seen an insane amount of content posted – totalling well over 425 billion pieces of content, including photos and linked pages. San Francisco-based startup Topsy has conveniently indexed all of this content into one easily searchable database. Have a looksy […]
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Happy 25th birthday, internet!
The internet turned 25 last week. I’m only 2 months older than the internet, so I feel a kind of connection with it. haha, geddit.. :D To celebrate it’s birthday, this amazingly detailed (and scaled) map of the internet has been doing the rounds. Check out the full version. This […]
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Everything about this picture is so rad.
Jay Morgan, Havas Digital Creative Director, on the right. ‘Tech Off Your Clothes: Naked Truths Of Wearables’ at SXSW.
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