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This fast moving world

Posted by Anne on July 2, 2010

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The Internet speed issue becomes a legal matter. Finland is the first one to break the ice, setting a minimum of 1 mega/second for every Finnish citizen.

As their Minister of Communication  – Suvi Linden – states, the Internet services are no longer only a matter of entertainment.

We’re curious how these changes will affect the provider-consumer relations and whether this is only the beginning and the Internet services will become a subject of more legal frames.

What would you say about this?

Do you usually choose the fast lane?

Posted by Anne on June 21, 2010

If so, this might be of great fun & interest to you.

Most of you should know about the Fun Theory, initiated by Volkswagen. The company brings some new fun to it these days with the launching of VW Polo GTI.

The marketing campaign, run exclusively on the Facebook official page, is comprised of a platform with the following motto: “Fast Lane – Driven by Fun”.

The Fast Lane Facebook page can bring you to the action faster, if you’re in a hurry and below you can see how the people in Berlin were driven by fun:

Talking about reaching your target

Posted by Anne on June 9, 2010

Alec Brownstein, copywriter in search of a job found a brilliant, simple and cheap idea to enter the job market.

With only $6 his resume was delivered to 5 of the biggest Creative Directors in New York and landed straight on the top of the big piles of CVs on their desks. He didn’t have to print a single page or mail any motivation letter. Now he works for the Y&R NY and he would like to share his story with us:

Ingenious basterds

Posted by Anne on April 2, 2010

Since April Fool’s Day is gone and there’s no spoiler alert danger for this year any longer, we can all relax and lay back. There’s no such thing as butterfly attacks and no human was harmed during the shooting for the following viral video:

More about this here.
p.s: who else played a good prank on his friends yesterday?

Once upon a time in the future…

Posted by selfconsuming on October 14, 2009

Although some say that the internet/the cloud/the web is toxic for kids, others sustain that it could be healthy.

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And here you are – another dilemma. What should you do? Is it good? Is it bad? What to choose? How can you find some more time? And so on.
It’s a serious matter. It’s about your kid. And you want to be the best parent ever.

I think that the answer (although it’s not really an answer) is „moderately”. What’s a lot is too much, and what’s a little, it’s missing.
After all, the kid falls, gets up, cries, laughs, hurts, gets over it and so on.

Even if I’m not a parent, I think we should protect him/her „moderately” (a thin line between freedom and control).

But then again, why am I to give advices?
Anyway, I’m going to watch Silly Symphonies again. I can barely wait to show them to my future child.
Good luck to all the parents out there (classical ones, 1.0, bio, 2.0, trendy, retro, 3.0, cool and so on)!

Sick to click

Posted by selfconsuming on

I really tried to find a subject. Lost in the cloud, I remembered about a really good site. It’s a true experience.

I searched for it and found it.

I promise it’s worth the clicks. It’s also related to consumers, reflexes and habits.

This is your last click!

Creating controlled-freedom

Posted by selfconsuming on

Happy creation day to you, dear Internet!

Why is it that the moment we find freedom, we begin to control it?

“There is more freedom for the typical Internet user to play, to communicate, to shop — more opportunities than ever before [...] On the worrisome side, there are some longer-term trends that are making it much more possible (for information) to be controlled.”

Read more here.
We’re in this together.