Rob Noble

SoDA Members - Society of Digital Agencies

2010-05-31T01:04:00.001-07:00

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The ever growing list of great agencies that are now SoDA Members

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Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the learning revolution!

2010-05-27T00:28:00.001-07:00

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Another brilliant speech from Sir Ken Robinson at TED in February.

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Mark II Space Shuttle timelapse footage

2010-05-21T08:11:00.001-07:00

via blog.planet5d.com

An amazing piece of footage showing the build up and launch of the space shuttle.

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Google Font Directory

2010-05-19T23:24:00.001-07:00

The Google Font Directory lets you browse all the fonts available via the Google Font API. All fonts in the directory are available for use on your website under an open source license and served by Google servers.

View font details to get the code needed to embed the font on your web site. Please also visit our quick start guide and FAQ page. For more help and suggestions, use our moderator page

via code.google.com

Google continues its efforts to make the web a more beautiful place with free web fonts. Thanks to The FWA for the tip off!

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Airspace Rebooted

2010-04-29T01:04:00.001-07:00

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This is courtesy of mr mullany and is amazing

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Peter Gabriel - Witness

2010-04-27T00:09:00.001-07:00

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Peter's talk about Witness at TED

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Emma & Fashion | Emma Watson official

2010-04-17T03:53:00.001-07:00

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great fridays latest digital offering is a website for the actress and fashion icon Emma Watson. More to come shortly. Stay tuned.

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BBC News - The Big Picture: Volcanic ash

2010-04-17T03:43:00.001-07:00

via news.bbc.co.uk

Another great shot of the UK as flights continue to be grounded.

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Bryan Christie Design

2010-04-11T01:35:00.001-07:00

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Absolutely love this infographic which I first saw on John Caswell's blog. Designed by the brilliant Bryan Christie

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Apple v Adobe: this time it's executable | Technology | guardian.co.uk

2010-04-11T01:16:00.001-07:00

Adobe labs touts cross-compilation for the iPhone

Apple introduced some new terms to its developers contract on Thursday. Buried away in the 21,000-odd words of the agreement is this interesting clause:
3.3.1 Applications may only use Documented APIs in the manner prescribed by Apple and must not use or call any private APIs. Applications must be originally written in Objective-C, C, C++ or JavaScript as executed by the iPhone OS WebKit engine, and only code written in C, C++ and Objective-C may compile and directly link against the Documented APIs (e.g., Applications that link to Documented APIs through an intermediary translation or compatibility layer or tool are prohibited).
It's that last bit which is the real kicker. The stuff about private APIs - basically, calls to programming hooks that Apple reserves for its own applications on the iPhone and iPod Touch (the iPad uses a slightly different version of the OS) - isn't new.
But that last bit is a shot not just across the bows of Adobe - it's a broadside aimed right into its new Creative Suite. Because CS5, which is being readied on the slipway right now and is due to be introduced next week (I was to have had a prebriefing on it yesterday but - ah, cruel fate - had to put that to write about the Digital Economy bill, now Act) - allows you to write apps in Flash but then to cross-compile them to run on devices like, ooh, iPhones or iPod Touches.
See, it's even been touting it on its blogs:
"Adobe® Flash® Professional CS5 will include a Packager for iPhone that will let you publish ActionScript 3 projects to run as native applications for iPhone. These applications can be delivered to iPhone users through the Apple App Store.*"
Oh yeah, the asterisk in that sentence? You scroll wayyyy down and you get to the caveat: "* Delivery through the App Store requires participation in the iPhone Developer Program and approval of the application by Apple."
And now Apple is saying: no way. You write it in something that's one of our favoured languages - particularly Cocoa Touch - or you don't get it on our device. Perhaps the asterisk ought to have a BLINK marquee around it and a giant pulsing arrow.
We've already seen that Apple wants to keep Flash off the iPhone OS devices (which covers iPhones, iPod Touches and iPads). Its reasoning: that Flash programs suck up CPU and cause more crashes than it wants (basically, that they spoil the user experience). The absence of Flash on the iPad is really quite annoying, not just for users but also for news organisations and publishers which want to be able to serve video and ads: Apple's refusal, tied to the fact that it's selling a lot of these devices, and that they're a growing proportion of the mobile access of news websites, means that it would be easier all around if Apple would just let them serve Flash.
OK, so Apple won't. But what's the reason for this change to the developer agreement? After all, what is there to complain about in a process that lets developers produce programs that run in Flash but then cross-compile to run on the iPhone OS devices without Flash?
Adobe seems discomfited. In a statement to the New York Times, it said: "We are aware of Apple's new SDK language and are looking into it. We continue to develop our Packager for iPhone OS technology, which we plan to debut in Flash CS5." (And: "Apple did not respond to a request for comment." Did you guess that would happen?)
John Gruber, who first pointed out the changed clause, interpreted that statement thusly. And he's been analysing why Apple would have made the change:
"what Apple does not want is for some other company to establish a de facto standard software platform on top of Cocoa Touch. Not Adobe's Flash. Not .NET (through MonoTouch). If that were to happen, there's no lock-in advantage. If, say, a mobile Flash software platform — which encompassed multiple lower-level platforms, running on iPhone, Android, Windows Phone 7, and BlackBerry — were established, that app market would not give people a reason to prefer the iPhone.
"And, obviously, such a meta-platform would be out of Apple's control."
Yes, control. It's all about control. Gruber again:
"I'm not saying you have to like this. I'm not arguing that it's anything other than ruthless competitiveness. I'm not arguing (up to this point) that it benefits anyone other than Apple itself. I'm just arguing that it makes sense from Apple's perspective — and it was Apple's decision to make."
And what do developers think? There's a lot of jaws dropped. Here's one from Dominique Jodoin, president and CEO of Bluestreak Technology, which describes itself as "the second largest provider of embedded Flash solutions in the world (after Adobe)":
"with Apple leaving Flash off the iPad and iPhone, [plus] Microsoft's announcement of no Flash support in the new Windows Phone, and the emergence of HTML5 as a new standard to compete with Flash this situation presents a serious challenge for Adobe going forward."
He goes on to point out some facts we probably already knew:
"Steve Jobs and some frenzied analysts may enjoy positioning Flash as a dying technology [actually, nobody says it's dying; Jobs and his engineers just dislike the crashes and the CPU use - CA] but let's just look at the facts as they stand today:
"1.2 Billion mobile phones are Flash-capable; 70% of online gaming sites run Flash; 98% percent of internet-enabled desktops use it; 85% of top 100 websites use Flash; it's the #1 platform for video on the Web – 75% of all videos use Flash (including Hulu, Disney and YouTube); 2-3 million person Flash developers community; 90% of creative professionals have Adobe software on their desktops.
"With numbers and penetration rates like that, the better question is why wouldn't I choose to support this technology? None of the facts indicate that Adobe Flash is disappearing anytime soon."
The trouble with this analysis is that it doesn't tell us much about the future. It may be that 85% of the top 100 websites use Flash, but is that because they're using it to run ads or video (as the Guardian, where you should be right now, does)? And the bit about 1.2bn Flash-capable phones is interesting, but doesn't tell you if those phones are actually using it. I mean, my phone is email-capable - but there's not a chance in hell of my trying to set it up, because its interface is horrendous.
Certainly, Flash isn't going to vanish. Well, not overnight. (It might be superseded by something - also from Adobe.)
The real question is, what sort of meeting did Apple staff have where they determined that it was a good idea - and a necessary idea - to block cross-compilation? "Hey, Adobe's doing a cross-compiler that will generate iPhone OS programs. Do we like that?" In code terms, they should be indistinguishable from a native app (although they might look a bit horrendous: Gruber points to the Kindle app, cross-compiled using Qt, as an example).
It's just possible that Apple is trying to enforce some sort of user interface guidelines here, having seen the horrors of the Kindle app and yelped; on the Mac, programs created with RealBasic and Java have a similar ability to look like something lovingly built with a knife and fork.
The timing, though, speaks of a snub - although at least those developers will be happy that Apple did it now rather than after CS5 was released. Power games? You bet. And Apple is again demonstrating that if you control the hardware and control the gates, you control the whole of the experience. The odd thing is, people - as in users - seem to like it, judging by Apple's financial results.

via guardian.co.uk

Really concise point of view on the Apple v Adobe battle after the change to the developer agreement.

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Google Plans to Upgrade Old Billboards in Street View

2010-01-12T01:00:00.001-08:00

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Virtual real estate from google

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BBC News - Frozen Britain seen from above

2010-01-08T09:14:00.001-08:00

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A great shot of the uk covered in ice from NASA

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The Biggest Stories of Our Time, Visualized | Slideshows

2009-12-28T14:45:00.001-08:00

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Great visuals

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great fridays christmas 2009

2009-12-16T04:20:00.001-08:00

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When Google Runs Your Life

2009-12-12T07:09:00.001-08:00

via forbes.com

Really interesting piece on google

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The Google Phone Cometh?

2009-12-12T07:07:00.001-08:00

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Looking good!

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BBC NEWS | Technology | BBC iPlayer launches Wii channel

2009-11-13T08:20:00.001-08:00

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Moving Windmills: The William Kamkwamba Story | Moving Windmills Project

2009-11-06T07:47:00.001-08:00

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An old story I know but still a great one!

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From Russia With Love - SoDA at Russian Internet Week - Society of Digital Agencies

2009-11-01T05:04:00.003-08:00

Impressions from Moscow at Russian Internet Week: First let’s talk about Moscow, and ditch the stereotypes, at least some of them. No mafia, at least visible; a mighty city, full of modern design, wonderful classic architecture, world class shopping and hordes of Mercedes, Ferraris and Rolls-Royces. Tall, elegant Russian women dressed to the hilt in wild, thousand dollar platform boots. Contrasts everywhere; from slick, expensive restaurants, bars and clubs that would be hot in New York or London, to monstrously amazing soviet government buildings and old ladies in babushkas. A strangely spotless metropolis, with many of the classic buildings fully renovated to their former glory and unbelievable traffic jams.
From the first moment I landed in Russia it felt different and a little dangerous, although I figured out most of the danger was in my imagination. I was surprised at how many Russians are very tall and good looking, with the classic tough, unsmiling faces of cold war movies and mafia stereotypes, so it was a little while before I realized I wasn’t going to get kidnapped. My invitation to Moscow was to make a presentation of SoDA’s creative work and trends in digital marketing to agencies and clients at Russian Internet Week, the most important annual event for everything internet from digital marketing to infrastructure.

The conference was held in a convention center in the shadow of Moscow City, a huge new development in the heart of Moscow made up of a cluster of extraordinary skyscrapers still under construction. While the conference hall was bustling and busy from day one, it was a small show by U.S. standards, although what it lacked in size it made up for in enthusiasm.
My host, Andrey Anischenko, CEO of Grape, our new member in Moscow, picked me up from my hotel, a short walk from Red Square and the Kremlin, and took me to register. He also asked me if I would say a few words at the conference opening ceremony.
I agreed and proceeded to focus on the novelty of seeing my name in Cyrillic on my badge, which was about the only thing I could translate in the exclusively Russian affair.
I was introduced to Constantine, my interpreter and seated in front of the central stage in the hall.
Quickly a surprisingly large number of people, press and TV gathered around and the official opening was underway, kicked off by the Deputy Minister of Communications. This was clearly a bigger deal than I thought it was going to be, and as the minister read a lengthy prepared speech, I sat in the front row wondering how to wing it. A number of other dignitaries followed the minister and my interpreter pointed out that prime time TV news was covering the event. With the future of U.S./Russian relations on my mind, I mounted the podium.
I introduced SoDA and explained that like the internet, our organization of digital pioneers knew no boundaries, which was why I was there. I explained that our work was not only helping brands navigate challenging digital waters, but redefining the basics concepts of advertising and marketing. I also threw in that it was changing the way commerce based cultures worked. I watched the minister when I said it, he didn’t smile.
Then came the press conference and now I had no idea what to expect.
With a microphone thrust in my hand I talked more about trends in the U.S and then took questions from the fifteen or so press people in the room. All was going well with questions about digital spending trends and the agency business, until I got a question, from a character with a long beard, who looked a lot like Rasputin. He wanted to know why America had conspired to create the “crisis” and why it was a conspiracy linked to the bible and….…I lost him after that. I started to come up with an answer, but he shouted me down and I gratefully passed the mike to my interpreter.
The rest of the day was spent visiting with Andrey and his team at Grape.
They shared with me how they attempt to educate clients and the challenges they face in endeavoring to change attitudes. What came across loud and clear is that they are dealing with many of the same problems other SoDA agencies are facing today, plus those that many of us dealt with two years ago.
The next day I met with the CEOs of a number of top Russian digital agencies.
Attending were Anna Sverdlov, Managing director of ACTIS, Vitaly Bykov, CEO of RedKeds, Alexey Persianov, CEO of ADV, Andrey Vynograd, CEO of TribalDDB Moscow, and Natalya Logutova, Business Development director for Articul.
I told them about SoDA, its members and its mission. They told me about their agencies and the challenges they face. Like Grape they are very focused on educating the client community and showing them that they need to take a fresh look at how they go to market in the light of the rise of digital. They explained how small shops, with a couple of guys in a garage, are undercutting their pricing and how clients are enabling this because they don’t yet understand how to do digital correctly. They talked about the huge pool of motivated, highly educated talent they have just waiting for work and the corruption they face from mid-level managers in companies who demand kick-backs. They explained that they need standards that their clients can use for success metrics, process and legal and how they are tired of giving away strategy and creative in order to get production dollars. They were an articulate, smart group that understands our industry and is struggling with a slow moving client community. They were also very enthusiastic about SoDA and how we can help them accelerate change and awareness.
On Saturday afternoon the SoDA session was the last session of the conference and I was surprised to see not only see an overflowing room of over two hundred, but even to hear that two to three hundred additional people, who couldn’t get into the room were watching the session remotely.
Their interest in the work and ideas of SoDA agencies couldn’t have been greater. After a few nerve racking moments when I was informed at the last minute that they would not be able to accommodate my Macbook, all was well, and with a little ice breaking in Russian, courtesy of my interpreter, we were off and running.
My presentation outlined what SoDA was all about, discussed trends in the US. and ended up with a series of fantastic video case-studies from SoDA agencies Agencynet, Big Spaceship, Firstborn, Odopod, Schematic and Obscura. A big thank you to these members for putting them together.
Overall the reaction was terrific and there was especially enthusiastic applause for the case-study videos.
Now sitting on the plane, as this whirlwind adventure comes to an end, I can’t help but reflect on the energy and intelligence I saw in the Russian digital community. Clearly this is a culture where a lot is happening and where capitalism is on a fast track in all its guises, including digital. The people I met were very informed, bright, worldly, bi-lingual and hungry for knowledge. It seems Russia is digitally where the US was maybe 3-4 few years ago and can learn from our mistakes and experience. This was a wonderful opportunity to live the values of SoDA to the fullest and share knowledge and know-how with members and potential members of our worldwide community of digital agencies. Many thanks to Russian Internet Week, and to Grape, and especially to Andrey and his wife Katie for their wonderful, warm Russian hospitality.

Entering Red Square

Who's this guy?

A million cars & shops

Not scary anymore

My kind of Social Security

The power of the Soviet

Andrey from Grape with his wife Katie and my wife LouAnn

via sodaspeaks.ning.com

Kudos to Tony

Posted via web from Rob Noble

From Russia With Love - SoDA at Russian Internet Week - Society of Digital Agencies

2009-11-01T05:04:00.001-08:00

Impressions from Moscow at Russian Internet Week: First let’s talk about Moscow, and ditch the stereotypes, at least some of them. No mafia, at least visible; a mighty city, full of modern design, wonderful classic architecture, world class shopping and hordes of Mercedes, Ferraris and Rolls-Royces. Tall, elegant Russian women dressed to the hilt in wild, thousand dollar platform boots. Contrasts everywhere; from slick, expensive restaurants, bars and clubs that would be hot in New York or London, to monstrously amazing soviet government buildings and old ladies in babushkas. A strangely spotless metropolis, with many of the classic buildings fully renovated to their former glory and unbelievable traffic jams.
From the first moment I landed in Russia it felt different and a little dangerous, although I figured out most of the danger was in my imagination. I was surprised at how many Russians are very tall and good looking, with the classic tough, unsmiling faces of cold war movies and mafia stereotypes, so it was a little while before I realized I wasn’t going to get kidnapped. My invitation to Moscow was to make a presentation of SoDA’s creative work and trends in digital marketing to agencies and clients at Russian Internet Week, the most important annual event for everything internet from digital marketing to infrastructure.

The conference was held in a convention center in the shadow of Moscow City, a huge new development in the heart of Moscow made up of a cluster of extraordinary skyscrapers still under construction. While the conference hall was bustling and busy from day one, it was a small show by U.S. standards, although what it lacked in size it made up for in enthusiasm.
My host, Andrey Anischenko, CEO of Grape, our new member in Moscow, picked me up from my hotel, a short walk from Red Square and the Kremlin, and took me to register. He also asked me if I would say a few words at the conference opening ceremony.
I agreed and proceeded to focus on the novelty of seeing my name in Cyrillic on my badge, which was about the only thing I could translate in the exclusively Russian affair.
I was introduced to Constantine, my interpreter and seated in front of the central stage in the hall.
Quickly a surprisingly large number of people, press and TV gathered around and the official opening was underway, kicked off by the Deputy Minister of Communications. This was clearly a bigger deal than I thought it was going to be, and as the minister read a lengthy prepared speech, I sat in the front row wondering how to wing it. A number of other dignitaries followed the minister and my interpreter pointed out that prime time TV news was covering the event. With the future of U.S./Russian relations on my mind, I mounted the podium.
I introduced SoDA and explained that like the internet, our organization of digital pioneers knew no boundaries, which was why I was there. I explained that our work was not only helping brands navigate challenging digital waters, but redefining the basics concepts of advertising and marketing. I also threw in that it was changing the way commerce based cultures worked. I watched the minister when I said it, he didn’t smile.
Then came the press conference and now I had no idea what to expect.
With a microphone thrust in my hand I talked more about trends in the U.S and then took questions from the fifteen or so press people in the room. All was going well with questions about digital spending trends and the agency business, until I got a question, from a character with a long beard, who looked a lot like Rasputin. He wanted to know why America had conspired to create the “crisis” and why it was a conspiracy linked to the bible and….…I lost him after that. I started to come up with an answer, but he shouted me down and I gratefully passed the mike to my interpreter.
The rest of the day was spent visiting with Andrey and his team at Grape.
They shared with me how they attempt to educate clients and the challenges they face in endeavoring to change attitudes. What came across loud and clear is that they are dealing with many of the same problems other SoDA agencies are facing today, plus those that many of us dealt with two years ago.
The next day I met with the CEOs of a number of top Russian digital agencies.
Attending were Anna Sverdlov, Managing director of ACTIS, Vitaly Bykov, CEO of RedKeds, Alexey Persianov, CEO of ADV, Andrey Vynograd, CEO of TribalDDB Moscow, and Natalya Logutova, Business Development director for Articul.
I told them about SoDA, its members and its mission. They told me about their agencies and the challenges they face. Like Grape they are very focused on educating the client community and showing them that they need to take a fresh look at how they go to market in the light of the rise of digital. They explained how small shops, with a couple of guys in a garage, are undercutting their pricing and how clients are enabling this because they don’t yet understand how to do digital correctly. They talked about the huge pool of motivated, highly educated talent they have just waiting for work and the corruption they face from mid-level managers in companies who demand kick-backs. They explained that they need standards that their clients can use for success metrics, process and legal and how they are tired of giving away strategy and creative in order to get production dollars. They were an articulate, smart group that understands our industry and is struggling with a slow moving client community. They were also very enthusiastic about SoDA and how we can help them accelerate change and awareness.
On Saturday afternoon the SoDA session was the last session of the conference and I was surprised to see not only see an overflowing room of over two hundred, but even to hear that two to three hundred additional people, who couldn’t get into the room were watching the session remotely.
Their interest in the work and ideas of SoDA agencies couldn’t have been greater. After a few nerve racking moments when I was informed at the last minute that they would not be able to accommodate my Macbook, all was well, and with a little ice breaking in Russian, courtesy of my interpreter, we were off and running.
My presentation outlined what SoDA was all about, discussed trends in the US. and ended up with a series of fantastic video case-studies from SoDA agencies Agencynet, Big Spaceship, Firstborn, Odopod, Schematic and Obscura. A big thank you to these members for putting them together.
Overall the reaction was terrific and there was especially enthusiastic applause for the case-study videos.
Now sitting on the plane, as this whirlwind adventure comes to an end, I can’t help but reflect on the energy and intelligence I saw in the Russian digital community. Clearly this is a culture where a lot is happening and where capitalism is on a fast track in all its guises, including digital. The people I met were very informed, bright, worldly, bi-lingual and hungry for knowledge. It seems Russia is digitally where the US was maybe 3-4 few years ago and can learn from our mistakes and experience. This was a wonderful opportunity to live the values of SoDA to the fullest and share knowledge and know-how with members and potential members of our worldwide community of digital agencies. Many thanks to Russian Internet Week, and to Grape, and especially to Andrey and his wife Katie for their wonderful, warm Russian hospitality.

Entering Red Square

Who's this guy?

A million cars & shops

Not scary anymore

My kind of Social Security

The power of the Soviet

Andrey from Grape with his wife Katie and my wife LouAnn

via sodaspeaks.ning.com

Kudos to Tony

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Is Barnes & Noble's Nook a Kindle killer? | Crave - CNET

2009-10-20T13:48:00.001-07:00

via news.cnet.com

Let the games begin. 2010 ebook player wars!

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How the iPhone’s App Store Could Stimulate the Flash Economy | Gadget Lab

2009-10-13T07:33:00.001-07:00

via wired.com

The question on everyones lips is how complex an app can it compile though? The demos at MAX were hardly state of the art. We shall see.

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SoDA Member Obscura Digital

2009-10-10T05:23:00.001-07:00

via youtube.com

Great work from SoDA agency Obscura

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Elect The Jury - 2010 ANDY Awards

2009-10-08T17:20:00.001-07:00

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My friend mike is co-chair of Andy Awards. Those of you from the digital world please help vote, nominate and share with your agencies and industry friends to help form a strong and balanced final jury of 25

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NFL Fantasy Files: The Best Players

2009-10-06T11:37:00.001-07:00

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Amazing!

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Microsoft Courier Video LEAKED: Watch Touchscreen Tablet Demonstrated (VIDEO)

2009-10-05T06:11:00.001-07:00

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great video demo of the Microsoft courier tablet

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Apple hits 2 billion App Store downloads - but what are they worth? | Technology | guardian.co.uk

2009-09-28T19:43:00.001-07:00

via guardian.co.uk

Mark Mulligan of Forrester noted that "lt took Apple over 3 yrs to hit 2bn song downloads. It took less than 1.5 years to hit 2bn app downloads

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Google Editions

2009-09-24T20:53:00.001-07:00

Google Editions is the coming out party for “cloud publishing” where content is purchased, but never physically owned

via blackplasticglasses.com

Great Article about how Google Editions will enable consumers to buy instant access to 100% of the content of a single title (as opposed to a random sampling of 20%) along with the option to order the associated print book

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BBC NEWS | Technology | Future is TV-shaped, says Intel

2009-09-24T20:36:00.001-07:00

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By 2013 90% of all IP traffic will be video. 60% of all video will be consumed by consumers over IP networks

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Society of Digital Agencies (SoDA) Expands Worldwide with New Digital Agencies

2009-08-20T03:15:00.001-07:00

Society of Digital Agencies (SoDA) Expands Worldwide with New Digital Agencies

The Society of Digital Agencies (SoDA) today announces the global expansion of SoDA with new member agencies in Brazil, Russia, Australia, France and the UK. The current round of organization expansion wasn't just limited to international firms, with many well-known U.S. digital agencies joining forces with SoDA also. In total SoDA has welcomed 18 new digital agencies maturing the organization with a representation of over 30 top agencies worldwide.

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) August 19, 2009 -- The Society of Digital Agencies (SoDA) today announces the global expansion of SoDA with new member agencies in Brazil, Russia, Australia, France and the UK. The current round of organization expansion wasn't just limited to international firms, with many well-known U.S. digital agencies joining forces with SoDA as well. In total SoDA has welcomed 18 new digital agencies maturing the organization with a representation of over 30 top agencies worldwide.

Additional new members include: Bloc, Colossal Squid, Deep Focus, Evolution Bureau (EVB), GRAPE, Great Fridays, Gringo, IE, Mekanism, Obscura Digital, Profero, Rain, R/GA, SOAP Creative, Soleil Noir, Terralever, and Unit 9. The new members have been invited for their industry leadership and expertise to join an already elite group of SoDA members that includes: 360i, AgencyNet, Big Spaceship, Blitz, Domani Studios, Exopolis, Firstborn, GrupoW, IQ Interactive, Odopod, Schematic, Struck, WDDG and WhittmanHart.

SoDA has grown from its inception in 2006 when 13 agency executives got together in South Beach Miami for Mojitos and engaging conversation about the various aspects of the digital marketing business. SoDA members meet several times a year to discuss and propose initiatives for the business of digital marketing related to best practices, education, and advocacy. In addition to the annual members-only conference, SoDA hosts their signature "unConference" at key industry events each year, including Adobe's MAX Conference, SXSW, and the OneShow.

While SoDA has had an international following since its inception, it began to see more and more international agencies attending industry events in the U.S., and in many cases solely to attend the SoDA unConferences. The result was an engaging dialog on the similarities and sometimes, great differences in the digital business overseas. These valuable conversations led to an acceleration of our membership expansion plans to bring a global perspective to our business.

About SoDA:
The Society of Digital Agencies is the voice of digital marketing professionals with a mission to advance the industry through best practices, education, and advocacy. SoDA is a non-profit industry organization with Adobe Systems as its founding sponsor.

For more information about SoDA visit www.societyofdigitalagencies.org or join the conversation at www.sodaspeaks.ning.com.

CONTACT:
Kendyll Picard
SoDA Communications Coordinator
727.967.9342

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SoDA expands its membership to include more great agencies

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Adobe MAX 2009

2009-08-04T22:42:00.001-07:00

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Submit your MAX Award entry now. Deadline this Friday.

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BBC NEWS | Technology | Barcode replacement shown off

2009-07-28T06:41:00.001-07:00

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a new way o f tagging content??

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Amazon Acquisitions and Investments | Zappos

2009-07-27T05:34:00.001-07:00

via meettheboss.com

Nice visual

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Society of Digital Agencies

2009-07-13T02:13:00.001-07:00

via sodaspeaks.ning.com

The new SoDA blog. Come on digital folk see what the top agencies in the world have to say.

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HTC introduces Sense, the first customized Android installation on its new Hero - UPDATE

2009-06-24T13:14:00.001-07:00

via crunchgear.com

the new htc sense ui. mmmm.!

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Sending your video camera around the sushi conveyor - Boing Boing

2009-06-24T13:00:00.001-07:00

via boingboing.net

i just tweeted this out and thank mr. drake for sharing. Enjoy!

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Introduction to Augmented Reality

2009-06-20T01:14:00.001-07:00

via gotoandlearn.com

great video introduction to augmented reality

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AppleInsider | New study shows iPhone users to be in a class by themselves

2009-06-14T01:43:00.001-07:00

via appleinsider.com

Iphone users are better educated, wealthier and younger...?? Spend more on their service

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Google Wave Extensions: An Inside Look

2009-06-11T21:52:00.001-07:00

via mashable.com

Great article on wave extensions

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E3 Trends

2009-06-10T00:45:00.001-07:00

via adage.com

Sony Playstation Home launches at E3. Check out the tile UI and who wouldnt want to own the firestation in Ghostbusters??

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Taking notes creatively

2009-06-07T13:30:00.001-07:00

via flickr.com

Love this set of notes from Margaret Gould Stewart at TED this year

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Google Wave Drips With Ambition. A New Communication Platform For A New Web.

2009-05-31T11:48:00.001-07:00

We now have a much more robust web full of content and brimming with a desire to share stuff. Or as Lars Rasumussen put it, “Wave is what email would look like if it were invented today.

via techcrunch.com

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Wolfram Alpha

2009-05-17T03:03:00.001-07:00

via wolframalpha.com

Is it really the engine to challenge Google?

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Hotel Room Reviews - Find the Best Hotel Room on TripKick.com

2009-05-08T06:17:00.001-07:00

via tripkick.com

great tool for traveling in the USA

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Pattie Maes demos the Sixth Sense

2009-04-16T07:42:00.001-07:00

via ted.com

Creativity, technology, data all coming together...browser not required??

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Two tacos trucks serving korean BBQ twittering their locations

2009-04-06T23:42:00.001-07:00

via avc.com

'What they did not have was a way to get the word out quickly and build a brand.'

With 12,500 followers on twitter this is a great 'out there' example of how digital thinkers captured an audience with process and regular information share all day long. Brilliant!

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