Deciding to buy the Xbox 360

Does it have any good games?
——-/———\——-
—–Yes———No——
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—–Buy——-Don’t buy–

This is just brilliant, never mind all the hype, what it really boils down to are the games. Link

KitKat Ghost

JWT, Italia

Link via Hidden Persuader

McBucks or Starnald’s

Interesting comparison from Business Week as to how Starbucks and McDonald’s are becoming more similar. McDonald’s is replacing its coffee with upscale organic, on the other hand Starbucks is selling sandwiches and replacing it’s espresso machines with idiot-proof one button versions. Full comparison at Brand Autopsy.

Million dollar pixels

Divide your screen into 10,000 squares and sell each pixel for advertising…thinks it’s absurd? Ask yourself have you sold $712,000 worth of advertising? Read the full story.

Link via Brand Autopsy

Searching for love

This stunt in the middle of Barcelona reads don’t wait for the love of your life, find it at match.com.

Link via SpotX

Selling design, I mean innovation oops

You have a great idea and you present it to your boss and get shot down. How do you deal with the design unfriendly organization? Roger L. Martin dean of the Rotman School of Management has some advice, take this unfriendliness as a design challenge. Remember one thing that we are all in sales and if you want get people to buy your ideas then you need to be a great sales person.

Camera phones as barcode scanners

Imagine walking into your nearest electronic shop and using your cell phone to scan the barcodes and have it link to Froogle Mobile allowing you to compare prices of nearest retailers.

Link via smartmobs

at&t logo good or bad

I have been reading the comments about the new at&t logo from designers. How could you possibly satisfy us designers since we are never happy with anything. One design to please the many. My personal opinion is the new logo or new refinement is a little better. The only problem I have is that the transparent rings within the sphere are lost and won’t show properly under different applications. Yes its a sphere which rings (beachball) which anyone with Illustrator could have accomplished easily. But the real point I want to make is that designers put so much weight in the success of the logo which means little to the success of the business. The individual at&t customers will not even notice the new logo or care. Is the service being provided optimal, it the technology working and are the prices competitive are more of the concerns of the individual user.

Testing Quamana Editor

 

Posting with Qumana Editor

Doughboy Dead

Rumours have been floating around the internet:

The Pillsbury Doughboy died yesterday of a yeast infection and trauma complications from repeated pokes in the belly. He was 71. Dozens of celebrities turned out to pay their respects, including Mrs. Butterworth, Hungry Jack, Betty Crocker, and the Hostess Twinkies. Early in his career he faced a minor scandal for appearing in “Hot Crossed Buns,” a short movie that exposed his affinity for the pop ‘n fresh genre. Nonetheless, Doughboy rose quickly in show business and remained a roll model for millions. Doughboy is survived by his wife Play Dough, two children, John Dough and Jane Dough, plus they had one in the oven. The funeral was held at 3:50 for about 20 minutes.

This a good example of co-creation.