Posts Tagged ‘web 2.0’

This is a really nice case which proves crowdsourcing can be applied succesfully in any business. Even in advertising . Belgian telecom provider Proximus has used the crowds to create this commercial. Check out the movie below:

Very nice.


I posted about this great documentary back in may. For those of you who have missed this post, RiP: A Remix Manifesto is a documentary film about what our current culture of filesharing etc. is doing to copyright etc. Very interesting stuff. But what I wanted to let you guys know, is that it will [...]


Forever Beta

07Jul09

In the ‘Foreverism’ trend report by Trendwatching.com there is a piece about ‘Forever-Beta’. Having graduated on this topic, I was immediately drawn into the subject again, and justĀ  had to share it’s simple brilliance with you.
Everybody knows that before a product gets launched, there is always a period of testing it in ‘beta’. After the [...]


Hermes 2.0

03Jun09

This is the sort of stuff I like to read about. Finally a ‘traditional’ fashion company is moving towards crowdsourcing. As far as I know this is a first for the stuck in the 20th century fashion behemoths.
In a collaboration with Designboom, Hermes is giving designers from around the world, no, even better, everybody able [...]


I don’t know about you guys, but every time I pass a wall of Lego boxes in a toy store I get this urge to buy one. I remember standing staring at these walls for hours as a kid. Building complete villages, castles and pirate ships. Unfortunately I would be interrupted roughly by my mom [...]


Pope 2.0

24May09

It has taken them a while, but the catholic church has finally joined us in the 21st century. After they discovered YouTube a while ago, they have now launched the website pope2you.net. This siteĀ  includes facebook apps, a wiki, iPhone apps and links to the before mentioned YouTube channel. Welcome Catholic church! Respect for joining [...]


LIFE Archive

17May09

I just found that Life Magazine has put its complete photo archive online. Millions of great pictures stretching from 1750 to today, this is an amazing database. Whether you use it for inspiration or simply browse it for fun, you must know that as soon as you enter the archive, it will set you back [...]


A friend of mine tipped me about his upcoming documentary. RiP: A Remix Manifesto is a documentary film about copyright and remix culture. Check out the trailer.

It captures the gap between companies defending the status quo and what is going on in the market perfectly.
All chapters are available here, and [...]


Changes!

07May09

Hey all!
As you can see, there are some changes going on here. I have decided to drop the focus on Nike, and start posting on everything that interests me. Expect to see a lot more on Marketing, web 2.0, Advertising, Fashion, Design and Architecture soon.
Keep in touch!
Matt.