Check out Like.com.
Visual shopping. Search by appearance.
Like.com applies photo recognition technology to the comparison shopping category. We’re only a year or two away from pointing to an object in an a streaming video and buying it with a click.
Tom, Myspace’s co-founder and icon, writes posts to 100,000,000 million people with the most laid back, friendly style. I think that’s one of the reasons why Myspace has retained its culture.
Robin Good is a blogger to know. His blog entries are detailed yet digestible, well researched and unique.
Here are three of my favorite entries:
Generosity is one of the qualities I admire most in bloggers, and many of Robin Good’s posts possess a generous helping a research and resources.
Project Playlist is the newest in Myspace Widgets. It enables Myspace users to publish their playlists to their Myspace page, blog, etc. The revenue model is two fold: a rev. share on music purchases and an ad supported web site. There’s a social component on their web site. If you’re exceptionally bored, you can browse other people’s music or even make new friends. It’s a cool idea. Let’s see if it sticks, or if Myspace offers the same feature with the music on their site.
The Robinhood Fund is a pretty good idea. It’s an online community for people who have wishes. Each month the Robinhood fund grants two wishes by giving away $20,000 to fulfill them. It reminds me of 43things, yet lacks the breadth and diversity of content. I love the concept though, and it’s worth keeping an eye on:
Here are some wishes Robinhood has granted:
Check out Get A Second Life.
Reading it makes me realize all the great benefits of a first life, including:
Microsoft’s DevSourceVideo’s “Great Mind’s in Development Video” series is a great resource where web thought leaders like Steve Kurg and Jesse James Garrett give their perspective on web dev, usability and fundamentals.
Golden place has the most innovation-marketing program I know. Half shock factor -paying pregnant woman to write Golden Palace on her belly- and half brilliant pr earning millions in media placements for their odd investments. Check them out here!
Air guitar sponsorship
Tom Cruise’s baby poop sponsorship
William Shatner’s kidney stone sponsorship
Now enter “online casino,” into Google.
Golden Palace is #1.
I think search engines will become fully interactive and video based. Here’s a great look into the future.
I love Video Jug. It’s a video web site with a robust how-to section and a library of historical content. The content is generally good quality, and it’s the type of web site in which you can get lost for hours. Here are three videos I like:
how to pull of the Michael Jackson side slide
VideoJug: How to pull off the Michael Jackson side slide
Kennedy Sworn In
VideoJug: Inauguration - Kennedy Sworn In, 1961
how to give a great handshake
VideoJug: How to give a great handshake
Check out Snapvine (www.snapvine.com). It’s pretty cool. Basically, it’s a widget–as you see below–that allows people to leave you voicemail on your blog or myspace page. Here’s the twist, your voicemails are public, just like blog comments. This is really pushing the line between public and private space. Additionally, snapvine is creating a social network from voicemail boxes, as well as providing widgets to Myspace.
Question: What happens to the content of a private message when it becomes public? It is more performative…If this interests you, leave me a message below…go ahead, try!
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“What”s a brand? A singular idea or concept that you own inside the mind of the prospect.” - Al Ries
I was driving on the highway a few days ago when I passed by a stranded motorist. He was waiting by his car. In his left hand, he held an empty red gas container. He pointed to his car with the other hand. On his face, he gave this perfectly delivered look: a mixture of pleading and friendliness.
Even though I past him at 70 miles an hour, seeing him for mere seconds, the image stuck in my mind. I immediately recognized the situation and made a decision as to whether or not I wished to be involved.
This made me realize how effective branding can be: When you create an image people can relate to and immediately identify with, they don’t need to be convinced or persuaded about an idea, product or service. They know.
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