What makes a hit?

“A new study reveals that we make our music purchases based partly on our perceived preferences of others.” From aLive Science article

Hacking the enemy

My project’s enemy no 1 the iPod nano was hacked by the Technology review team at MIT.

LIFT quotes…

I laughed and cried in the 2 days at LIFT but the best things were the quotes i can still remember… “…now with fewer desirable features” – Cory Doctorow “there needs to be terms of abuse for everything because otherwise nothing gets done” – Bruce Sterling “Europe has been more connected by EasyJet than by… Continue reading LIFT quotes…

LIFT corrections…

As i was live-blogging this whole conference i went back to my posts to correct the spelling mistakes and unfinished sentences… apologies for those of you who may have felt insulted :-)

LIFT: Euan Semple: Working in a wired world

Talking about the working environment and efficiency in the workplace. He used an online forum called talk.gateway to tap into the company and what the employees were interested in. When decisions get questioned within the business. eg. The 3D weather graphics in England. The decision was really discussed and criticized and the person responsible for… Continue reading LIFT: Euan Semple: Working in a wired world

LIFT: Hugh Mcleod: Global Microbranding

Goes into talking about the relationship between advertising and blogging. How would you make money out of blogging and making a career out of it. What are the advantages in terms of business to blog, to talk about other competitors, to be transparent, honest and informative about your field. The presentation is basically here

LIFT: Thomas Sevcik:InnovationLab

From arthesia.com When theme parks, think tanks, and companies collide. innovation has become a crucial success factor for companies but they are facing challenges: silos, “play” is still not questioned and there is no time to focus. When theme parks and think tanks come together, they are creating “instant”. Theme-parks are a unity of space… Continue reading LIFT: Thomas Sevcik:InnovationLab