So here we find ourselves heading to or already arrived at South by Southwest Interactive, and most
of us are wondering what will be the "thing" that will have us all
huddled around the bloggers lounge steadily tip-tapping away with eyes wide
open (or shut for those who dare to do Austin right) and ready for the
"wow" moment. Whether it’s your first time to SXSWi, or you’re a
weathered veteran of this fast-growing conference, you are in for...
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Posted By
Brian Unflat on 03/12/2010
The 2010 Winter Olympic Games are set to start today. This
version of the greatest sports spectacular in the world is being dubbed the first
Twitter Olympics. And with good reason—Twitter is a new phenomenon since we
last watched a pair of skis glide through the air in Torino, Italy back in
2006. Twitter, founded by Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams in March 2006 and launched
publicly in July 2006, is a social networking and micro-b...
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Posted By
Brian Unflat on 02/12/2010
Ed: This post is part of White Horse’s occasional series of slogs (speed blogs). Slogging—a concept we created here at
White Horse—riffs on improv comedy concepts to create interactive writing activities. These short games bore fruit with tons of great ideas. More details are here.The first activity we did was “Quantity over Quality”—the idea was to write as many words as possible in just a few minutes.
Coherence was optional. The winner of th...
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Posted By
Brian Unflat on 10/01/2009
After rumors that have been floating around since June, Microsoft announced the sale of Razorfish to Publicis Groupe. Does this big announcement coming to a not-so-surprised digital community move traditional and digital agencies one step closer together or move them further apart? No one really knows what will happen to the digital powerhouse “Rasoir Poisson” once Publicis Groupe has firm hold on it, but rest assured the deal will certainly ben...
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Posted By
Brian Unflat on 08/25/2009
We see so many new mobile applications, WiFi advancements, and information about on-the-go technology that we sometimes forget where these things were born and how we got here. I thought I'd share some interesting facts and fiction with you on mobile devices and the future of mobile.
Nathan B. Stubblefield and why you should buy him a beer, if he was still alive. Who in tarnation is Nathan B. Stubblefield? Stubblefield is considered the first...
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Posted By
Brian Unflat on 04/30/2009
... looks like Susan can now hang with a royal. Well, maybe for another week or so until we all realize that Susan Boyle is only famous because some producer with a
pension for the dramatic did the right thing for a change. Sure, I saw the video. It was sent to me with the subject line: Please watch this. The
body of message read: "I have never sent an e-mail to this many people before but this is absolutely amazing. Please watch it if you can...
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Posted By
Brian Unflat on 04/24/2009
Now’s the time to put some creative cuchi-cuchi into your Web
design. What is cuchi-cuchi you ask? Well if you were born after 1975, then you
may not know what cuchi-cuchi is, but it’s the trademarked expression that legendary
flamenco guitarist/actress Charo uses to express her enthusiasm toward life.
The term has no real meaning, but it is inspirational as well as humorous for
those who hear the Castilian accentuations she utters to get a...
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Posted By
Brian Unflat on 02/11/2009
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