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Von der Masse geküsst: Ideen per Crowdsourcing

February 23, 2010
By mario.gamper
Von der Masse geküsst: Ideen per Crowdsourcing

Crowdsourcing ist hip. Zuerst mal weil’s geht. Ohne Web 2.0 bräuchte man über die smoothe Verteilung von Miniaufträgen in die Wolke der Bereitstehenden gar nicht zu reden. Zum zweiten ist Crowdsourcing aber auch philosophisch spannend – denn wie wir aus “Wisdom of the Crowds” gelernt haben, gibt es eine ganze Menge Fälle, in der...
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Let the spending soar. The Battle of Keynes vs. Hayek.

February 16, 2010
By mario.gamper

Take away the political showboating and petty tax schemes and Capitalism boils down to two ideas -- embraced in battle. Hayek vs. Keynes; Govt. bashing vs. Govt. spending. Looking at their philosophies duking it out in this rap video -- I’ll be rolling with Keynes. Limo!
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People may drop food. But they hold on to the rules.

January 24, 2010
By mario.gamper
People may drop food. But they hold on to the rules.

Nice visualiation of the unspoken ideas and rules that govern the picking up and eating of food that has fallen on the floor.
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TV-Ads killed the Late-Night Star.

January 21, 2010
By mario.gamper
TV-Ads killed the Late-Night Star.

Seit Harald Schmidt 1995 damit begann, am späten Abend Gäste vorzuführen, gibt es Late Night Television ja auch in Deutschland. Aber 15 Jahre Schmidt sind nichts im Vergleich zur Tradition von NBCs Tonight Show, die seit 1954 ununterbrochen das Ende des Fernsehabends in den USA einläutet. Umso fassungsloser schaut die medieninteressierte Bevölkerung der USA gerade...
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Honestly Annoying

January 7, 2010
By mario.gamper

“For twenty years, we made Pizza that tasted like cardboard. We’re sorry, but until now, Domino’s really didn’t care, er… know.” (Actual Employee) If this kind of statement makes you pick up the phone and ask for instant delivery of the “new recipe” pizza, then you might be exactly the person that Crispin, Porter +...
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Ian Tate has seen the future.

December 29, 2009
By mario.gamper

Because nothing beats a list: Here is his list of the 10 things that will happen in advertising in 2010. I like the Andriod one, and the newfound love of small campaigns. But that’s like going for a penalty kick against a 2nd grader. The rest is a bit too intentionally hazy but nevertheless...
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"It's not funny until someone else is laughing."

December 11, 2009
By mario.gamper
"It's not funny until someone else is laughing."

Yesterday, I totally lucked out. First, I walked across Spring Street to look at the menu of “Bread” and was NOT run over, because the driver of a van had superhuman reflexes. Then I receieved an email that I had a seat on swissmiss’ CreativeMorning in Brooklyn – with guest speaker Charlie Todd. By now,...
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Truth revealed. Twitter is serious.

December 10, 2009
By mario.gamper

According to the “Consumer Internet Barometer” 0,0% of men say they use Twitter for fun. Right. They probably also use their PS3 to do their homework.  http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1007193
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Taking Miami to the Next Level

December 9, 2009
By mario.gamper
Taking Miami to the Next Level

At the beginning of 2008, smack in the middle of America’s largest recession in over a gazillion years, two young entrepreneurs decided to create a new kind of work environment for the local Miami creative community. Being the digital natives they are, they didn’t just guess what people needed, they polled. Alison Wadsworth, one of...
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