Digital Manners Policies
Thursday, den 26. June 2008Security expert Bruce Schneier has some eye opening insights into the future of DMP - kind of a next generation DRM. DMP or digital manners policies goes way beyond just preventing the copying of MP3’s… … continue reading
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A Physical and Virtual Run Through Florence
Thursday, den 26. June 2008We like Marnix de Nijs’ latest work, Exploded Views - Remapping Firenze, an interactive art installation now showing at the Centre for Contemporary Culture Strozzina in Florence. The piece consists of two treadmills positioned in… … continue reading
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The Spinning Skyscraper
Thursday, den 26. June 2008The world’s first rotating skyscraper is going up in Dubai. Construction begins this month on the $700m “Dynamic Tower”. Architect David Fisher has designed a one of a kind structure that contains 80 apartments which… … continue reading
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Geovictwardianism
Thursday, den 26. June 2008Geovictwardianism is a throwback subculture hailing from the UK that takes its inspiration from the country’s earlier days. The Geovictwardian style of dress is similar to the ethos propounded by Dandyism and Chap Magazine. They… … continue reading
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How We Carry Our Mobile Phones
Thursday, den 26. June 2008Here’s an interesting study of cellphone carrying behaviors around the world from Jan Chipchase and Fumiko Ichikawa’s presentation to Nike Tokyo Design Studio. We don’t often stop to think about the way we carry our… … continue reading
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Learning Something from Seth Godin
Thursday, den 26. June 2008Ok, there is no point in denying that like a lot of other people out there, I am a big fan of Seth Godin. And I just like to follow what he is writing or how he is packaging his products or how he is selling himself.
In my last post [writing a blog post] I was talking about Squidoo. Lets complete that discussion. What do you find the most interesting thing in Squidoo?
I asked this question to some fellow content writers and web designers. And as expected, there were two answers - “emphasis on user generated content” and the other is “simple design”. Do you want to add anything to it?
Ok, here are my observations on Squidoo:
1. The most stunning thing about Squidoo is its navigation - it does not have traditional navigational pattern like - home | submit article | Contact Us | About Us | etc. And this is the section, where Seth has left Hub Pages miles behind. In Squidoo, you have just a drop down image that is inviting you to ‘build your own’ lens.
What webmasters generally does when they start such a website? Just take a look at any other article directory and you will have the answer. We would have definitely kept a common navigation bar for the reason that, the users may not be as much web savvy as we are and may face problems to use the site.
What does this mean? We are actually giving them the freedom to move around as they wish. And Seth (may be with his team) is guiding the visitor through the process of creating a lens. And, undoubtedly, it takes lots of courage to take such a drastic step when you are dealing with general people and Seth has successfully done the job.
2. Another most important aspect of Squidoo is its use of language. All through the process, the website is more playful than serious and he is selling it every time.
3. And the idea itself is great - a one page blog on anything with as many link as you want.
There are lots of other issues that you may notice in Squidoo. And this is what I call Web 2.0.
By the way, did you click on Seth’s Head in his blog? What do you call it? Just a design or idea branding?
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PUMA’s Series of Short Films on Bike Culture
Thursday, den 26. June 2008PUMA have just released a series of short films exploring bike culture. Produced by Daniel Leeb of Cinecyle Productions, The I-Cycle Film Series consists of five surprisingly well made videos documenting five different influencers… … continue reading
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Bottle To Bottle Recycling
Thursday, den 26. June 2008Closed Loop Recycling, is opening a state of the art plant in the UK this week. They claim to be the first in the world to be able to convert used plastic containers back into… … continue reading
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PSFK Conference San Francisco Speaker Frank Striefler
Thursday, den 26. June 2008Frank Striefler, Director of Media Art Planning at TBWA\Chiat Day, will be joining our “Making Inspiration Matter” panel at the PSFK Conference San Francisco 2008. Along with Eric Corey Freed of organicARCHITECT, Josh Morenstein… … continue reading
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Hey Kids: Less Electronic Media, More Make Believe
Thursday, den 26. June 2008Psychologist Susan Linn believes that children are loosing touch with their natural ability to pretend and use their imaginations. In her new book, The Case for Make Believe: Saving Play in a Commercialized World, she… … continue reading
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