Cool advertising:

“To p romote the exclusive thrillers and horror films on 13th Street, the toilet of a nightclub in Hamburg was specially prepared. Just after entering the room, the light suddenly goes out and the room is bathed in Black light. And now a bloody crime scene becomes visible on the floor and walls: “See what others don’t see. 13TH STREET. The Action and Suspense Channel.” ”

14-16 April in London: Onitsuka Tiger Vending Machine

I love the whole world for Discovery Channel

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And cool products from Swissmiss
The Teafort Tea-over-ice
and
Magnetic leaves for the fridge

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Habbo has conducted its Global Youth Survey, questioning 58,000 teens aged 11-18 over 31 countries, including Europe, US and Latin America. Habbo broke down typical teen web users into five typical personality types, which were evenly split around the globe, although there were variations from country to country. These types are achievers, rebels, traditionals, creative and loners. Further info can be found here.

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Sprint’s Samsung Instinct, an Iphone competitor?

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How Social Networking Could Kill Web Search as We Know It: “With the rise of social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Second Life, LinkedIn and even Google’s own Orkut, the next generation of Web users may find what they want by using their social network rather than a search algorithm. After all, the people in your online social network should know you better than a mathematical equation, right?”

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I came across 2 articles back to back talking about attention being in the center of the new economy: the first one in Wired and the second one, dated ‘05, by Umair Haque of BubbleGenerations/HBS
“Across consumer markets, attention is becoming the scarcest - and so most strategically vital - resource in the value chain. Attention scarcity is fundamentally reshaping the economics of most industries it touches; beginning with the media industry.”

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UK first islamic pub

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