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The new brand for the London 2012 Olympics has been revealed. Apparently it’s meant to be “dynamic, modern, flexible”, “user-friendly” and seen on “social networks and mobile phones”. Too bad it’s horrend ...

Article - Alex Schleifer - June 04, 2007 - 26 comments - 0 attachments

The new London 2012 logo looks like a Wham! album cover, the presentation video looks like Queen’s A Kind of Magic video. The rebranding could have included changing 2012 to 1986. To be fair, the brand has plenty of time to grow on us in 5 years ...

Article - Alex Schleifer - June 04, 2007 - 2 comments - 0 attachments

This is by far the most anticipated moment of the D5. The appearance of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, on a non-scripted, non rehearsed show… I’m neither an Apple or Microsoft fanboy, I like to use what’s best for me, at any given timeR ...

Article - Constantinos Demetriadis - May 31, 2007 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

During a user experience leadership seminar that I gave last summer, I asked about the extent to which the company’s user experience personnel collaborated with each other as well as with others. I had just argued that such collaboration is important an ...

Article - Richard Anderson - May 31, 2007 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Palm announces their Foleo ‘mobile companion.’ Is this is the revolutionary device that was promised? I hope not. I thought that the reason one deals with the clunky form factor of a smartphone was so you would NOT need to carry around ...

Article - Howard Mann - May 30, 2007 - 6 comments - 0 attachments

Google just one-upped everyone else by adding supremely useful 360 degrees street views to maps. Driving all those Google cars around San Francisco is finally paying off. This changes the game. Wonderful. Test-drive it here. (via TechCrunch) ...

Article - Alex Schleifer - May 30, 2007 - 3 comments - 0 attachments

Google takes the leading role Within the e-commerce sphere, the “mind games” between site owners and search engine designers have focused on search engine optimization ( SEO ). After all, you can’t make a sale if visitors aren’t reaching your ...

Article - Frederick Townes - May 30, 2007 - 1 comment - 0 attachments

I spent some time this weekend listening and thinking about Chris Anderson’s talk from PopTech! . Chris is looking to move beyond the Long Tail and is focusing on the notion of what happens when you look at the world through a lens of abundance rath ...

Article - Jon Lax - May 24, 2007 - 20 comments - 0 attachments

Microsoft Surface was introduced by Steve Ballmer today at the D5 | All Things Digital, just before the long awaited Jobs-Gates confrontation. The Microsoft Surface is not a new concept, as we’ve seen similar videos going around, but it sure takes ...

Article - Constantinos Demetriadis - May 30, 2007 - 2 comments - 0 attachments

Talk about screen envy! Take a look at the setup in Al Gore’s office as pictured in a recent TIME Magazine article. Ironically, that much power usage does not strike me as very carbon neutral. (Via Airbag) Article No:  ...

Article - Howard Mann - May 23, 2007 - 7 comments - 0 attachments