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Its been a while…. Tjala Arts back with their 2012...

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 09:39:27 -0500

Its been a while….

Tjala Arts back with their 2012 Christmas video. As great as ever (kudos Shannon), and a good chance to reflect on a big year.

Here’s to another great year in 2013!

Ah, dubstep. So much happier now I know how it is made.

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:18:47 -0400

Ah, dubstep. So much happier now I know how it is made.

I need to immediately start doing this to friends and...

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:59:37 -0500

I need to immediately start doing this to friends and adversaries.

The clarity of that circle is insane!

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:16:46 -0500

The clarity of that circle is insane!

Lovely, lovely, lovely. The perfect marriage of Dr Seuss and...

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:41:23 -0500

Lovely, lovely, lovely. The perfect marriage of Dr Seuss and Burning Man with a recreation of “Oh, the Places You’ll Go”

Well worth a 6 minute watch.

jetsetterukblog: Very excited to announce the launch of our...

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:09:01 -0500

jetsetterukblog:

Very excited to announce the launch of our partnership with Conde Nast Traveller.

Together we have created the Gold List sale to offer amazing deals on a selection of the world’s best hotels. This week, we are kicking off with the one and only Claridge’s, Alilia Villas Uluwatu in Bali and the Hacienda Benazuza in Seville.

Really, really excited to get this out of the door. If you are not booking, you are foolish.

Another lovely idea, although there might be something a bit...

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:29:52 -0500

Another lovely idea, although there might be something a bit self-righteous about the prize. I wonder how many people with do it.

Nice ad, smart concept. It pays to be different.

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:03:05 -0500

Nice ad, smart concept. It pays to be different.

Jetsetter UK: Virgin Atlantic's flyers read trashy books. We're saying nothing.

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:50:05 -0500

Jetsetter UK: Virgin Atlantic's flyers read trashy books. We're saying nothing.:

jetsetterukblog:

Alan Sugar and Katie Price. Downton Abbey and Vegas. Not the likeliest of couplings, but they’ve all found themselves on the list of the books that were most abandoned on Virgin Atlantic planes over the Christmas period.

Sir Alan’s The Way I See It came top, followed by Glorious by Paul…

Last Exit to Brooklyn No.1 Front wasn’t some illegal...

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:31:21 -0500

Last Exit to Brooklyn

No.1 Front wasn’t some illegal Russian crack den back then, it would appear.

Photo

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:31:32 -0500

The annual Christmas card from Tjala Arts in Australia. Tjala is...

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:41:00 -0500

The annual Christmas card from Tjala Arts in Australia. Tjala is one of the leading centers for Aboriginal art in Australia, and is lucky to have many of the country’s leading artists working from the center.

Here is their annual Christmas card, produced by the talented Shannon, and featuring many of the art center’s artists.

Such an amazing group of people. Happy Christmas!

Svpply Wish Lists

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:57:00 -0500

For my money, Svpply has been the slowburn company of 2011, and is absolutely the company to watch in 2012.

I believe that Social Shopping, or the theory that our inclination to purchase a product or service can be adjusted by our friends, and curators that we trust, is going to be the major trend of 2012, and that we will see major financings, and substantial airtime, for the small group of companies that are emerging in the space.

Svpply leads the pack in my mind, and is winning by putting the products themselves at the center of their experience. The sharing and curation are both there, but they play a comfortable secondary role to the products, which is very much how I think the shopping experience should be.

Wish lists was an inevitable development for them, in fact I have been sharing links to my svpply with potential gift-givers for months now. You can see mine here, and create your own. One thing I expect you will be struck by is just how easy it is to find beautiful and covetable products, and how quickly you will be building a wish list of your own.

Love. It. Great action shot from the flight carrying two Giant...

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:10:08 -0500

Love. It.

Great action shot from the flight carrying two Giant Panda’s from China to their new home in Edinburgh Zoo.

As seen in Texas earlier this week. Wise words.

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 13:37:53 -0500

As seen in Texas earlier this week. Wise words.

They keep finding mileage in this great concept. So good.

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:47:48 -0500

They keep finding mileage in this great concept. So good.

Excellent news. People of the world take note. Really, really...

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:15:24 -0500

Excellent news. People of the world take note. Really, really cheap designer clothing can now wing its way straight to your doorstep.

I have long since been fascinated by the use of incentive prizes...

Sun, 23 Oct 2011 10:00:06 -0400

I have long since been fascinated by the use of incentive prizes to achieve far reaching goals. Netflix and the algorithm challenge is the classic example, although there are plenty of others, as you can see in the chart above.

Real lessons for businesses trying to crack significant problems.

And now we have the Wolfson prize, awarded to anyone that can propose a method for the successful removal of a troublesome state from the EMU.

theweekmagazine: The Occupiers of Wall Street have been...

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 07:09:41 -0400

theweekmagazine:

The Occupiers of Wall Street have been portrayed as everything from hippies to “hot chicks,” from everyday people with friendly dogs to violent anarchists. Now, two surveys offer some actual data about the demonstrators and their sympathizers. Here, a look at the movement’s demographics:

15
Percent of the demonstrators who are unemployed

53
Percent of demonstrators who say they have previously participated in a political movement, according to Schoen’s survey

98
Percent who say they would support civil disobedience to achieve their aims

31
Percent who say they would support violence

8
Percent who say they are unsure of what they would like to see the movement accomplish

More numbers here

Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Time for trampolining to get a hiphop make over, just like...

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 07:04:59 -0400

Time for trampolining to get a hiphop make over, just like climbing on walls (Parkour)?