February 2011
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“When Jobs introduced the spot at Apple’s annual sales meeting in Hawaii in...”
– Steve Hayden - Adweek
January 2011
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Attention Turns to the Dangers of Distracted... →
“The big thing has been distracted driving, but now it’s moving into other ways technology can distract you, into everyday things,” said Anne Teigen, a policy specialist for the National Conference of State Legislatures, which tracks legislative developments.
Exercising in Central Park on Tuesday, Marie Wickham, 56, said she understood what all the fuss was about: “They’re zigging, they’re...
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Watch“Tableau is an refinished heirloom nightstand that stores and retrieves memories using a Twitter account. It acts as a bridge between users of physical and digital media, taking the best parts of both. The nightstand quietly drops photos it sees on its Twitter feed into its drawer, for the owner to discover. Images of things placed in the drawer are posted to its account as well.”
Asleep and Awake →
“Attention-seeking is something we often do when we’re uncomfortable, though – when we need to remind the world we’re still there. And the strongest feeling I get from my recently-acquired Kindle is that it’s comfortable in the world.”
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John S. Hall's Poem about Facebook →
1. A wave of relief washes over me, As if I had stood at the shore and begged the waters to envelope me, And the waters granted my wish, With a whole bunch of water, enveloping me, and I was swept away, by an unusual destiny in the blue sea of August;
And now I am accepted, like the way we all hope to be accepted-by our peers or our audiences or our idols or our deceased descendants,
I am...
A catalogue of unboxing videos →
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CES 2011: Do tablets mean more entertainment --...
“…just think of it. Until the 1950s, motion pictures were a completely group experience. You went to the movies; you sat in a theater with a few hundred people from your area and watched (and reacted to) full-length films, shorts, the news of the day, etc. Once television gained prominence, the people you sat with closed in to your immediate family and/or friends. Sometimes, it was an...
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