The new business isn’t the same as the old business, just with computers.

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Printing. Paper. Ink. RFID. And cleverer phones will be the perfect things to interact with these clever objects.

Marketing guru Russell Davies recently wrote up his notes on his latest presentation on his blog. Russell has been looking at how RFID and similar technology can allow brands to tell stories about their brands. He says that the world is moving to Post Digital and that for any marketer that thought the internet was complicated, they’re going to get a lot more confused. Technology we associate with the web - Twitter tweets, imagery, games and further information - is going to become infused in real products and those products will become their own communication channels. See more.

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An Animated History of the Internet

We came across this eight minute animated documentary titled “The History of the Internet” by Mehil Bilgil that touches on the innovations that have made our interconnected online lives possible.  The video uses voiceover accompanied by PICOL icons, a pictorial communication language created by Bilgil for his university thesis.  The project is in the early stages of developing a simplistic and universal sign system to enable easier electronic communication that is free from the constraints of written language.  While the current library of icons available for download is small, the open source system invites more designers to get involved.  We’ll be interested to see if it will grow into the more sophisticated sibling of the emoticon or remain a niche form of discourse for a select few.

History of the Internet from PICOL on Vimeo.

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Faux Rockstar!

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TV, computer or cell phone?

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В Нью-Йорке анонимные либералы сделали фальшивый выпуск New York Times за 4 июля 2009-го с разными оруэлловскими новостями про счастливую лево-радикальную Америку будущего: война в Ираке закончена, нефтяные компании национализированы, Буша судят за государственную измену, и вот прекрасное — Гарвад закрыл бизнес-школу, потому что никто не хочет учиться на портфельного инвестора, все хотят быть слесарями и художниками, видимо. Бумажную версию якобы раздали тиражом в миллион с лишним экз. (больше, чем у настоящего NY Times, так что скорее всего привирают).

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Art of OR's

Street artist Invader has covered a large portion of the planet with his iconic video game inspired pixel art characters. He’s installed his tile based artworks in at least 40 cities and 30 countries. These missions aren’t just quick bombing runs either. Invader spends 2-3 weeks in each location placing little invaders in strategic locations. He’s recently branched out into creating large QR Code murals. The juxtaposition of black and white tiles echo his classic invader characters and combine hi-tech digital codes with the very low-tech ceramic tiles. When scanned, the pieces give out hidden messages like “This is an invasion”.

Video interview with the masked Invader below.

More info about this artist here

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Nicholas Negroponte: From 1984, 4 predictions about the future (3 of them correct)