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Feb

Everyone, pack it in with the business cards- Lego wins

Posted by Kim  Published in virtual workspace

I just got my new business cards from Moo this week, and I was very happy. They are all black, made of lovely partially matte paper, and alternate colorful backgrounds you might find draped in fine coated cotton across provencal-style farmhouse kitchen tables in the visual merchandising at Anthropologie. They come with sleek little deck [...]

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Tags: design love, enviable innovations, guerilla marketing, inspiration, interesting, networking, presentations, social networking

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11

Feb

Cool Brain Tricks: Synaesthesia

Posted by Kim  Published in Uncategorized

Although fairly few people are truly synaesthetic, I found this video blog* on CNN to be really interesting. While most of us (myself included) can’t identify with the complexity of synaesthesia, it’s still pretty cool when a scent triggers a memory or vice versa.
I personally avoid most video stories, but I find the CNN iReports [...]

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Tags: interesting, interesting people, internet demographics, just for fun, presentations, video blogging

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31

Jan

Epic PR Fail: How Not To Use Twitter To Insult Your Big Clients

Posted by Kim  Published in Uncategorized

I feel really bad for this guy, and I think we’ve all fired off some off the cuff words into the intertubes only to have them come boomeranging back at us.
However, it’s worth noting that this sad tale starts with a disparaging tweet sent from the airport on the way to a client. To educate [...]

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Tags: bad marketing, guerilla marketing, internet demographics, presentations, social media marketing, social networking, tweets

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22

Jan

Tutorial: Inkscape for Beginners

Posted by Kim  Published in Uncategorized

Inkscape has been invaluable to me personally and professionally. This video is a great beginner’s how-to, with a bonus explanation of the benefits of open source software.
YouTube – how to use inkscape.

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19

Jan

Diversify your Data!

Posted by Kim  Published in Uncategorized

Another great Lifehacker tip- diversifying your data presentations.
Andrew’s flowchart, available as a JPEG or PDF, starts with the question “What would you like to show?”—comparison, distribution, composition, or relationship—and drills down from there based on how much and what type of data you’ve got to show.

via Charts: Flowchart Decides Which Chart Style is Best for [...]

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Tags: data, presentations, virtual workspace

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