In a stunning example of interactive storytelling that pulls the reader in and engages them with sights and sounds, The New York Times delivers an experience more like a documentary film than online magazine. Using photography, video, audio, and text to create a highly immersive experience, the creative team tells …more
I thought this post from George Takei managed to nicely capture the tradition of the holiday and marry it with the gestalt of the times:
![Irving Berlin's HOLIDAY INN [colorized]](https://www.copernicanshift.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Irving-Berlins-HOLIDAY-INN-colorized.jpg)
Thanksgiving is actually a relatively modern holiday – and only an “official” holiday since 1941. In fact, although U.S. Presidents had declared a general day of thanksgiving to be observed on the last Thursday in November beginning with a custom started by Lincoln in 1863, Thanksgiving didn’t become an official …more
Article written by Mitchell Osak and published on the Financial Post: Link Mark Twain was foreshadowing when he said, “the past does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.” Thanks to recent advances in predictive software, Big Data and cloud services, organizations now have real tools to predict the future with …more
Well, it’s about that time when it’s time to put pen to paper and lay out the manifesto for ToyBots! What began as a neat word association about a decade ago has now matured into something that is possible in the near term — and it’s pretty exciting. So, let …more
We’re still at the early, quasi-fringy stage of 3D printing, but 3D printed toys are beginning to hit the market. There’s a new 3D printed toy on Kickstarter today called “Modibot”: Link This seems like an interesting early-stage concept that is similar to ToyBots, without the autonomous operating model of …more
My favorite toy growing up — and one of my favorites still — are Zeroids from the Ideal Toy Company: Link My brother and I each had our own Zeroids. Mine was Zerak, leader of the robots, while my brother had Zobor, although his has long-since been destroyed. I was able …more
As I was saying a couple of weeks ago in reference to ToyBots, it’s may be a bit early from a technology standpoint, but the time is definitely coming — Lego has had some success with their Lego Mindstorms technology, and world creation in the online world — such as SimCity; Minecraft; …more
When we first started OpenCola Inc.., which was originally called “Steelbridge Inc.”, our first application was a distributed search tool called “My Little Robot”. Our cool office, which was on the ground floor of the JWT building in midtown Toronto was filled with hundreds of little robots — none of …more
I have a couple of passages in “American Icon” that are particularly compelling — here’s one. It is from a speech that Alan Mulally gave to the Senate at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on December 4, 2008: You were clear that the business model needs to change. I couldn’t …more
I recently did a talk for the Microsoft U.S. marketing team entitled “The 7 Habits of a Highly Successful Marriage OR … …more
It was a big week in the mobile app world – Facebook launched “Facebook Home”, which is not so much a “Facebook …more
I got a chance to finish the book “American Icon” by Bryce G. Hoffman (Alan Mulally and the fight to save Ford …more
