December 2009
6 posts
Real-Time Reviews
Check out Trendwatching.com’s “10 CRUCIAL CONSUMER TRENDS FOR 2010.” Number 3 on the list: Real-Time Reviews. As people continue to share (in real time) everything they buy, watch, eat, wear, attend and so on, and with even more search engines and tracking services making it easy to find and group these ‘live dispatches’ by theme, topic or brand, 2010 will see ready-to-buy consumers tapping into...
Re:cycled Tweets
More often than not, friends’ tweets can be lackluster to say the least. Reading about being stuck at work or how much traffic there was this morning clogs up Twitter feeds around the world, leaving readers comatose with boredom.
Now it’s time to take action and convert all this cyber-trash to cyber-treasure by recycling their lame and uninteresting tweets. GetTRASHED.org has partnered up with...
Hotel of Cards
Ever lost a hotel key card? Perhaps we know where it is.
Holiday Inn commissioned Bryan Berg, a world record-holding ‘card stacker,’ to construct a 400 square-foot hotel in New York City made entirely of 200,000 plastic key cards. The stunt is Holiday Inn’s way of promoting the brand’s re-launch featuring 1,200 new hotels in 2009.
The two-ton construction was Berg’s largest card-stacking...
A New Spin on Sculpture
Throw out the chisel, toss the pick and hang up the paintbrush. Korean artist Gwon Osang has reinvented sculpture.
From a distance his pieces look like they’re ceramic, but upon closer inspection it becomes clear that they’re made entirely out of original photographs. Curiously titled “Deodorant Type,” the collection features 14 freestanding sculptures of everything from people to luggage.
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Baby Got App
If your parental instincts aren’t on point, and you don’t know why your baby is crying incessantly, don’t worry - there’s an app that’s going to make it all better.
The Cry Translator works by analyzing the pitch, volume, tone and inflection of a baby’s cry, and provides you with an answer in only ten seconds. You’ll know whether your baby is hungry, sleepy, stressed, annoyed or bored. This...