Posts tagged marketing
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Medium
Living the dream? On one hand this is a clever way to game Instagram. On the other hand, social networks are supposed to be about being social with other people so bots like this make it a less social environment. (I've also thought that hashtags in text are machine garbage that make things less human so I'm an outlier.) And businesses just blindly handing out gifts to antisocial media accounts? What? This whole article is an exquisite mess.
www.arun.is
This post by Arun Venkatesan discusses why companies are designing custom—though very similar—typefaces. It's also a quick history of digital typography. [via Tecznts]
Anna Pickard on how Slack uses Twitter. It's also a blueprint for thoughtful online communication.
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Axoplasm with some valid critiques. I'm still not convinced this logo isn't a joke. If it isn't, imagine the meetings.
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I added this to my favorites at YouTube.
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I added this to my favorites on Vimeo.
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Social media monetization pains. I figured the Instagram acquisition was about driving traffic and content to Facebook, not serving ads. Seems short-sighted.
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A rant about the problems with using social connections in advertising.
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Adrian Holovaty's latest project helps guitarists learn songs via collaborative annotations. Very nice design.
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This puts the concentration of media into perspective. [via mlkshk]
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Time often uses a different cover in the US.
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"I hope publishers will see that conscious sharing is better than passive sharing, and that content delivery is better than app delivery." Me too. Quantity of traffic beats quality in many people's minds so I'm not optimistic.
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Nice demo. I'm not sure I buy it yet. You still have to download the entire font to use a single icon. If you're using a large number of icons it might make sense.
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Hello Brightness shortcut icon! This is great.
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"Your actions directly threaten the safety of our students." A UC Davis professor is asking the chancellor to resign after the OWS pepper spraying incident.
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Aaron Straup Cope of Flickr fame has put together some scripts to mirror your Flickr photos at a private domain. It uses Flickr auth and maintains privacy settings in the process.
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Brian Lam from Wirecutter on those soon-to-be ubiquitous holiday gadget guides. Nice axe!
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Oh boo! Google is going to change the name of Blogger to "Google Blogs". Sounds pretty bland to me, but I'm biased for obvious reasons.
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Derek's original design for Blogger. I remember the code name: Blue Note. It'll be a shame to lose that personality, but corporations gonna corporate.
I also enjoyed this review of the brand at Brand New: Water Under the Bridge.