June 28, 2006
CODE.TV
[via trendcentral]
CODE.TV is attempting to do something similar online for affluent Gen X and older Gen Y New Yorkers. Targeting 25-to-49-year olds earning $100,000 or more a year, the new broadband network is showcasing new clubs, restaurants, shops, and activities in the city and of course, the Hamptons, making it almost a multimedia version of New York magazine. Plans for a Los Angeles edition are already in the works.
With online video content being so successful right now, Code.tv could fare well. While the niche audience probably isn’t large enough to merit a “real” TV channel, we imagine that luxury marketers and advertisers may find Code.tv a one-stop shop for reaching consumers likely to reach for their (very sizeable) wallets.
Posted by richard ting at June 28, 2006, 02:44 PM
June 20, 2006
MOG - Music Social Network
Share your musical tastes with just a few clicks of the mouse. The world can see what you listen to. For real. For free.
Find others like your self. MOG automatically points the way.
Express your thoughts on music and everything else. MOG supports full blogging.
Posted by richard ting at June 20, 2006, 12:39 PM
June 16, 2006
one red paperclip
So, the "One Red Paperclip" is the brainchild of Kyle MacDonald and his goal is to trade one red paperclip for a house. He started with one red paperclip on July 12th, 2005 and has been making a series of trades for bigger or better things. The current item up for trade is one role in a movie. If you want to be in a movie? Pop your offer over to him at (oneredpaperclip@gmail.com) or give me a shout at 310-689-8867.
Posted by richard ting at June 16, 2006, 06:13 PM
Jackson Pollock
Here's the Jackson Pollock inspired website by Miltos Manetas. I had a lot of fun with this one and if you want to front like an Abstract expressionist painter, give it a try. It's simple to use and the interaction is so responsive to any slight movements and clicks of the mouse.
Posted by richard ting at June 16, 2006, 06:04 PM
June 13, 2006
Google Spreadsheets
[from mediapost]
IN A MOVE THAT GIVES consumers another reason to use Google for more than just Web searches, the company Tuesday released a spreadsheet program into a closed beta test. The new Google application not only allows users to post data to a Web-based spreadsheet, but also enables users to share the data with each other online, and to chat using Google Talk while editing the document. Users can then save the edits to a Google-hosted spreadsheet, or export them into an Excel format. Users can also upload spreadsheets in the Excel format to Google Spreadsheets, and have them converted.
The move, which clearly offers at least some competition to Microsoft's Excel program, also appears to reflect a broader Google strategy of convincing consumers to post data online.
Search expert Greg Sterling said the move reflects "a broader vision of utility." Google, he said, is "offering a suite of services that spans your own private data and public information online."
For now, the program doesn't carry any ads, but Google may be planning to monetize the spreadsheet program in the future. Google has previously released many products without an ad component--including Google Desktop, Gmail, and Google Earth--and later placed ads against them
Posted by richard ting at June 13, 2006, 01:20 PM
Interaction Design Institute Ivrea -- Thesis Show
The Interaction Design Institute in Ivrea, which just recently moved to Milan had it's end of semester thesis show last week. You can find an archival of the projects on the Experientia blog. Some of the projects include Ana Camila Pinho Amorim's 'uni.me' and Aram Saroyan Armstrong's 'Pooptopia'. The Institute will eventually be absorbed by the Domus Academy's 'I-Design' programme, so check out these projects now since the staff from Ivrea will not be moving to the Domus Academy. Could be your last opportunity to see work that represents the vision of the staff from Ivrea.
Posted by richard ting at June 13, 2006, 10:40 AM
Billboard Bookends for Times Square
[via nytimes.com]
THE Reuters sign and the Nasdaq Tower in Times Square are two of the most valuable advertising spaces in the world. Now, with a deal to be announced today, advertisers can rent both spaces at once — and create a virtual roadblock on the south side of the square. It is a partnership that the two companies hope will leverage both ad spaces to stand out even more in a sea of advertising.
Reuters and Nasdaq made the deal late last week, just as advertisers are beginning to roll out more outdoor advertising to take advantage of warmer weather and higher foot traffic.
But Reuters and Nasdaq, whose buildings face each other across Broadway and Seventh Avenue at W. 43rd St., are in a unique position to combine their advertising assets.
Advertisers will have the option of running the same ad on both signs, or even half of the ad on one building and the other half on the other building. Or the two signs could work in tandem. "It just made a lot of sense to put the two together," said Bruce E. Aust, the executive vice president of the corporate client group for Nasdaq. "You're getting two of the most dynamic towers in Times Square." The companies dubbed the deal "Times Square, Squared.
Posted by richard ting at June 13, 2006, 10:02 AM
Three In Five Teens Visit Social Networking Sites
[via mediapost]
MORE THAN THREE OUT OF five Web users between the ages of 13 and 17 have visited social networking sites like MySpace, with the majority of those who visit also joining such sites, according to a new study of teens' online media habits by Burst Media.
The study, based on a May survey of approximately 1,800 teens, found that 61 percent of teens have gone to an online social networking site, with females more likely to have done so (68 percent) than males (54 percent). Sixty-one percent of those who visited a social networking site went on to become a member.
Despite the apparently disproportionate number of teen girls visiting networking sites, teen boys remain heavier online users overall; 40 percent of male teens said they spend at least three hours a day on the Web outside of school, compared to 35 percent of female teens.
