Recently, I’ve begun messing about with Google Profiles. It’s a different take on the whole social. It’s very clean and simple, yet it’s far too easy to leave it empty and unused. I feel that far too much is left to the user to add information, and is not interactive enough – more as a shop front with which to (more…)
…that makes today's brands so different, so appealing?
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So I’ve been playing around with the Skype Android app over the past two months or so and it’s a lot better than it was. First off, and a big first – you can now (more…)
More messing around with my new graphics tablet! Still dead impressed how easy it is to paint (and realistically) on this. Takes all the cruft out of painting for real (e.g. setting up a corner, laying down newspaper/rag cloth, priming canvas, mixing paints, remixing paints, paints run out, paints dry out, remixing paints, paints dry out, remixing paints, cat decides to sit on paint palette and so on..
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Ok, fun over, back to work!
Just discovered the wonderful world of Wacom Bamboo and the stunning amount of control that comes with it. Who would know that £40 could get you this kind of control?
My first forray into graphics tablets:
New to the world of graphics tablets as I am, I couldn’t help noticing a big fuss around the new NoteSlate device by… erm NoteSlate. Wired, Ubergizmo and Gizmodo are just a few of the big names currently raving about this fabled product, with Wireless Goodness labelling it as the ‘the $100, single-color tablet that will replace our legal pad forever’. Quite a big claim for something no one’s as yet even seen for real let alone a couple of Mr Blurrycams.
For those of you who don’t know… (more…)
It’s been a while in coming, however, it’s finally done! Whoohay! My dissertation is complete.
So what was it all about?
My dissertation originally sought to understand the reasons why consumers purchased an Apple product. Was it because of the brand? Or was it because, functionally, they really did just do things in a better way?
A brand which I think needs real recognition in light of recent events, is Cadbury. The rejection of the £9.8bn hostile takeover bid by Kraft, has shown a strong unity between its shareholders and its own values. It’s also a story which attracted a strong emotional response from Britons, attracting 61 comments on the Guardian’s site.
‘But is that all?’ I hear you ask… well no, there is more.
Android needs help.
… explains a bewildered Om Malik at Gigaom. Figures taken from AdMob’s latest report yesterday estimate Google’s Android Market sales at a measley $5 million a month paling vastly in comparison with Apple’s hugely successful App Store. Although surprising, it’s not necessarily shocking. To understand the root of this, it’s well worth going back to the business model itself.