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New Media Mockery: April Fools Across the Internets

What kind of jokes or pranks did you pull yesterday on April Fool's Day?Hopeflly some good ones, and hopefully none were worms like the ominous Conflicker. April Fools Day always brings out a good bit of Tom Foolery on the internet and let's face it, these days we could use it. Here are some highlights -- A startup called Monetate launched Smellr -- "It's like Flickr, but for your nose." Microsoft's Xbox team came out with a new version of Guitar Hero introducing Yodeling into the…
April 2, 2009
DesignDevelopmentMarketing

YouTube’s YouWoo of Mickey Mouse

The Walt Disney Company announced a far-reaching agreement with YouTube to launch multiple ad-supported channels featuring clips and other short-form content from ESPN and the Disney/ABC Television empire including ABC Entertainment, ABC News, ABC Family and SOAPnet. Under the terms of the deal Disney Media Networks will have the option to sell its own ad inventory to the content, the traditional model, or take advantage of Google's more innovative approaches. ESPN's video player will be integrated on its YouTube channel to showcase sports…
March 31, 2009
DevelopmentMarketing

Applied Business Anthropology — Huh? What is That?

Lately, commerce has turned to the social sciences to better understand the nature of the business world and its many components. Likewise, anthropologists, sociologists, human communications and human organization experts, as well as those in the health, medical, and sports psychology fields have focused their ethnographic gaze on the business world and the culture of consumerism, the culture of the dot com world, and the culture of entrepreneurship. Business is all about the way humans organize and find meaning in…
March 29, 2009
DesignDevelopmentMarketing

Lynch TV Launches with 1/2 of the Beatles Reunion

Can't get enough of David Lynch, or wait years for his next movie?  Fans can rejoice, for the filmmaker and transcendental meditation guru has founded a new website:  David Lynch Foundation Television. Watch Schweizer fernsehen im Ausland - Stream with VPN for free. It offers video snippets of  "consciousness, creativity and bliss." Lynch founded the foundation to try and educate at-risk young people on how to overcome stress and violence. (more…)
March 28, 2009
DevelopmentMarketing

Don’t Sugar Coat It: Today’s Business Leaders Must Project Confidence, Courage, and Pragmatism

In times of both economic prosperity and uncertainy, the strength, stamina, confidence, enthusiasm, and positive outlook of leaders are needed in all sectors of society -- whether that leader is the President of the United States, a Senator,  CEO, COO, teacher, professor, pastor, reverend,  office manager, volunteer coordinator, and head of household, it is natural that some are born to lead the various flocks of communities: this is their calling, and burden. Such a role has great responsibility, with ethical…
March 25, 2009