Notes of Think Digital Conference by IAB
Invitation of this conference dropped rather unexpected in my mailbox, so I first was a bit reticent to go, but anyway I went. Organised by IAB (Interactive Advertising Bureau), place was The Egg, a nice but typical conference location. First to kick off was Alex West with the Holy Trinity of the Mother Agency. According … Read more
How to create Seductive Interactions
According to a BBC study people of today, due to addictive web browsing, have a attentionspan of about….9 seconds. Ignoring stuff is the mastery of people of today, so yelling even more is not the way to get messages across. This means we only have this brief moment for people to fall in love with … Read more
A Book Apart
Brief books for people who make websites. A Book Apart publishes highly detailed and meticulously edited examinations of single topics. We produce brief books of about 100 pages—the perfect size in terms of subject depth and coverage for topics like HTML5, CSS3, content strategy, responsive web design, and more. Essential readingstuff for those who want … Read more
Jay O’Callahan: The Power of Storytelling
Jay O’Callahan has the rare distinction of traveling the world telling stories. Here, he introduces us to the power of storytelling – that most human, and ancient, art form. Through the lens of a tale about NASA putting a man on the moon, O’Callahan illustrates how storytelling taps into our imagination, engages those around us, … Read more
Inspiring Creative Mornings by Jim Coudal
Jim Coudal is a truly inspiring character. His company decided to shift from the standard model of selling their creative services to clients, to a model of creating products which they own and have full control over. And they’ve been very successful at it. Coudal Partners is proof that you can indeed create your own reality.
Highlights of The Next Web Conference 2011
As my experiences of conferences are mostly defined by US ones,I was curious about The Next Web here on my homeland Europe. As our Dutch neighbors are pretty much in line with progressive thinking I was pretty excited and curious when I booked my tickets. Even though every speaker reflected on valuable information I … Read more
“How much can I get away with?”
There are two ways to parse that question. The usual way is, “How little can I do and not get caught?” Variations include, “Can we do less service? Cut our costs? Put less cereal in the box? Charge more?” In short: “How little can I get away with?” The other way, the more effective way: … Read more
The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us.
Most of us believe that the best way to motivate ourselves and others is with external rewards like money, the carrot-and-stick approach. That’s a mistake. The secret to high performance and satisfaction-at work, at school, at home-is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things. There is a … Read more
Is it Urgent, or is it important?
In this age of distraction, prioritization is a constant challenge. We could easily spend all day just reacting to incoming communications, without ever doing anything to move the needle on the “important stuff.” In this short video, Behance founder and CEO Scott Belsky discusses the need to distinguish between what’s urgent and what’s important.
Do you know the traps of thinking about Happiness?
How do we think about Happiness? Do we all feel the same? How do we remember our lives? When we talk and think about Happiness we have to avoid a few traps that will otherwise lead us to misconceptions. There is a clear distinction between our experiences (What happened in reality) and our memory (How … Read more
