So computers really supplanted TV as a source of entertainment? Including for mature audiences? Is that counted as entertainment?
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15
Apr
08
So, we finally know what you guys want from a site. Give your opinion and read the ones posted by your peers, you want good deals, you want to make sure that you don’t get screwed, you want some video demos, you still love those cute newsletter in your inbox (some of you made the switch to RSS though), and you want to entertain and be entertained.
No rocket-science here but it’s always good to be backed-up by some good stats when you present a new project that includes one of the above mentioned.
10
Apr
08
Virality is one of those big words used so much nowadays that it’s almost blaze. Clients demand it, marketers sought it, but it doesn’t have an effective study done to show how to obtain it. Of course there is some randomness to it – but it also involves some background and context.
Virality can be obtained via the following formula: Continue reading ‘Virality 101′
15
Feb
08
Created by Carlos Ulloa Matesanz, Ralph Hauwert, and John Grden. Papervision3D is a open-source 3D engine for flash, that allows developers to change the position, size and rotation of a sprite on its X, Y and Z coordinates.
The results and possibilities for this technology are truly amazing, a website is no-longer a flat canvas but can be transformed in to a rich 3d environment. Recent updates to the engine allows developers to uses triangle tessellation to distort textures and render complex objects in real 3D.
The most exciting area to Papervision3D is the ability to embed video into a 3D environment. Could this open-source technology transform the way established traditional medias allow consumers to view their content. Combing Papervision3D and a 360 degree camera can already achieve amazing immersive video allowing us to take control of the camera and become a character in the environment.
15
Jan
08
Tv junkie or just a big sports fan, Slingmedia can make your dreams a reality. Watch your team play that big game while stuck in the office or never miss a episode of your favorite sitcom.
The SlingBox, a low-cost video placeshifting device that allows users to stream what they’re watching at home to a computer or smart phone anywhere in the world. It sends the signal from your cable box, satellite receiver or digital video recorder to any computer.
The SlingPlayer serves as your interface and features a variety of components, including a favorites bar and customizable remote controls that help bring your living room experience to your computer.
07
Jan
08
One week into 2008, we thought that it would be interesting to make a 100% subjective list of the 10 things that shaped our digital landscape for 2007. So the team at Trendwatch Daily went post-fishing last weekend to celebrate our 6-month anniversary and this is what we came back with, in chronological order.
A new form of stress born from the over-exposure to too many sources of entertainment at once.
It’s very often the 1st impression that users get from your site, so you’d better get it right the first time!
Understanding the shift in media consumption: it’s all about Return on Involvement.
A typology of the SN users to better understand users and consumers.
What are the consequences when individual and communities become more productive than profit-seeking companies?
Because you can’t find a Starbucks with Wi-Fi in Nigeria.
Probably one of the biggest PR screw-up of the year.
Social Networks taking over, is there still room for those dedicated mini-sites?
The line becomes very blurry between first and second life.
Or how to reduce development costs and pointless meetings.
Up for grabs in 2008: the coming 2008 dot-com crash, Wall Street gets frustrated with Google, Nintendo banks on fitness, smartphones become mainstream, online social networks grab more ads $ and integrate hi-def video.
And you, what’s in your crystal ball for 2008?
(post written with Manuel Faisco)
Radiohead will broadcast a commercial free, taped performance of In Rainbows in its entirety on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day on the Current TV network and website simultaneously. And later on available in the site’s archives. Don’t know current.tv? Read our previous post about it.
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