Year In Ideas 2008 - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com
The 8th Annual Year in Ideas
Welcome back to the Year in Ideas issue. For the eighth year in a row, we have compiled an alphabetical digest of ideas, from A to Z Start Reading (almost), that helped make the previous 12 months, for better or worse, what [...]

Advertising - Kraft Takes the Warmth of Home Cooking Outside - NYTimes.com
In the latest example of a trend that is becoming increasingly popular on Madison Avenue, heated air will descend from the roofs of 10 bus shelters in Chicago, courtesy of the Stove Top brand of stuffing sold by Kraft Foods. [...]
Such “experiential marketing” is [...]

a Paper On Single Serving Sites
There is a growing and unusual phenomenon where site authors pursue a different approach. Many people have created sites that span merely a single page and do one thing—or nothing. These sites, which writer Jason Kottke termed “single serving sites” in February 20081, capture visitors’ attention for a fraction of [...]

Jumping the shark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I blog earlier about "nukin the fridge", a point when "the characters or plot veer into an over-the-top level of the ridiculous or incredible" also refering to a scene in the film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"
I didn't know "jumpin the shark", "that point [...]

Ecofont: font goes green
The prints we make for our 'daily use' not only use paper, but also ink. Lots of ink!
Most appealing ideas are simple: how much of a letter can be removed while maintaining readability? After extensive testing with all kinds of shapes, the best results were achieved using small circles. After lots [...]

Amelie Jr. Apparel
The popotamus! Amelie Jr t-shirts (you know, that little girl that told an unbelievable story and became an internet phenomenom …). Proceeds benefit Edurelief, which "works with local school systems across Mongolia to provide these textbooks to the neediest families ensuring that every child receives their right to education and a brighter future. [...]

Gallery: Gizmodo Shows Off Gadget Prototypes From the Past
It's all about planned obsolescence….
"Gizmodo’s Brian Lam told us that the original Dyson vacuum cleaner was initially crippled in the U.S. market because manufacturers were worried it would cannibalize the multimillion-dollar market for replacement vacuum bags. "
(tags: marketing business)

Gallery: Gizmodo Shows Off Gadget Prototypes From the Past
NEW [...]

Welcome to Poken
A small gadget allowing you to physically share your socialnetworking profiles with friends.
Have you ever wished your social network could expand with a wave of your hand? Or, that you could scroll back in time to see who you met, where and when? Now you can! Just tap poken-to-poken, and you are [...]

Signage : a flickr album
Awesome!
(tags: funny infographics design)

BBC NEWS | Business | Inside a frozen pizza factory
An automated factory producing 2 000 000 pizza a week.
"While many retailers are feeling the pinch, the food industry is prospering with convenience food proving to be a popular item for many families who are eating out less than [...]

Hello baby! Hello Kitty welcomes Taiwan newborns | Lifestyle | Reuters
Mommy, daddy — and Hello Kitty — welcome newborns at a cat-themed Taiwan maternity hospital that hopes the Japanese cartoon icon will ease the stress of childbirth as well as boost business.
The 30-bed Hau Sheng Hospital in Yuanlin in central Taiwan claims to be the [...]