November 2007
12 posts
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Chinese viral video about the origins of cool, in this case the creator of hiphop, made for Nokia Nseries
占座 | 中国大学生实名网络社区 →
There’s an interesting rumour that Facebook may be interested in buying this Chinese student SNS. “ZhanZuo” means to take your seat quickly in class. ZhanZuo only has 7million members so far, compared with 15million uni students already signed up to XiaoNei, which is a more obvious clone of Facebook.
Discover or Start Trends - Polyvore →
User generated mix+match fashion website
Intel's Operation:Inside →
Chose right and fight the forces of Superficial!
HiPiHi-中国网络虚拟生活的平台 →
3D world builder based in Beijing
China traps online dissent →
Is Social Media Killing the Campaign Microsite? →
SVA MFA Designer As Author: Guest Lectures →
OSOYOU | Stare. Shop. Share. →
Before DFS Galleria closed operations in China, we were working with them to develop a social shopping community site similar to this…
City8 - China's equivalent of Google maps →
Street level mapping of 8 Chinese cities.
Secret Love Calculator - Secret in Love? In love?... →
I’m currently working on a campaign involving online personality tests. I thought this example was hilarious.
FreeRice →
Guess the meaning of difficult & obscure words. For each word you get right, the sponsors of this site will donate 10 grains of rice through the United Nations to help end world hunger. A worthy cause…
October 2007
10 posts
Splice: Make Music. Remix Music. > Meet. Mix.... →
MySpace, Facebook Get Serious About Asia →
Very interesting to read how popular Orkut is in India, and how most of Friendster’s users are in Asia-Pacific. No mentions of local players beyond Cyworld though.
Chinese Seek Quality From Multinationals →
Many analysts argue that Chinese consumers are extremely price-sensitive and only want to buy the cheapest products available. This has led to price cutting in the China market by the likes of Dell and other multinationals. Many are trying to match the prices of domestic Chinese companies like Lenovo that are providing “good enough” products at discount prices. However, multinationals...
The Arcade Fire presents Neon Bible →
Interactive music video… intriguing
The New Advertising Outlet: Your Life →
Last year, Nike spent just 33 percent of its $678 million United States advertising budget on ads with television networks and other traditional media companies. That’s down from 55 percent 10 years ago, according to the trade publication Advertising Age. “We’re not in the business of keeping the media companies alive,” Mr. Edwards says he tells many media executives. “We’re in the business of...
Forrester: Interactive Marketing Spend to Surpass... →
Interactive’s share of total ad spend is forecast to increase from 8 percent in 2007 to 18 percent in 2012. The increases will be “driven by marketers who will leverage a distribution of channels rather than pour new spends into a single place,” projects the report. “This maturing perspective on interactive channels coupled with technology advances will lead to a...
EatBetterAmerica.com - The Good Food Fight →
Ruthless Ruth gave me a good beatdown…
New Facebook Apps Explore Dark Side of... →
An MIT grad student has developed a Facebook app focused on “keeping it real.” Described as “an antisocial utility that disconnects you to the so-called friends around you,” Kevin Matulef’s Enemybook is a new app that lets people list enemies below friends on their profiles, according to the Boston Globe. The satiristic app is intended to suggest the people who add...
September 2007
16 posts
Chinese Couple tries to name child '@' →
Online lynching: What's a firm to do? →
Space-tourism →
Exciting idea, but burning all that fuel just to fly a bunch of rich people into space can’t be good for the environment.
User Generated Content by Tweens
As you know, consumer generated content has become the basis for all things dot com and it’s not stopping there. Authors are writing multiple endings for readers, games come with rules that players can dictate how to enforce and now TV shows for the tween set are granting creative control to the very consumer they are hoping to attract. New Nickelodeon comedy series iCarly is doing just that....
Pepsi finalizes its latest digital contest in... →
SHANGHAI—PepsiCo has launched an ad campaign in China alongside new packaging and marketing alliances with companies like China Merchant Bank and the Italian clothing brand, Kappa, to celebrate the winners of the second Pepsi Creative Challenge. Like last year’s competition, in which consumers helped Pepsi develop a TV commercial starring Asian superstar Jay Chou, this year’s...
OurStage →
After spending a few months in beta, growing online talent community OurStage has officially launched. An online American Idol without the biting criticism, the site serves as a portal for musicians and filmmakers looking to attract industry exposure. Songs and films are put in a series of four one-on-one competitions, with winners selected through a democratic voting process, open to anyone, that...
How to party →
A website by TBWA Sweden preaching “drink in moderation” because look how alcohol completely f&*ks up your body! Pretty well executed, except the ending just loops back to the beginning.
35 Percent of Senior Execs are Gaming at Work →
“The largest share of luxury consumers (44 percent) and the largest share of...”
– Luxury Consumers: What Counts Are Experiences, Not Things - MarketingVOX
RockYou.com →
The evil geniuses behind the Zombie facebook app.
Inquiringmind™ Magazine →
Awesome hiphop tracks on the inbuilt music player.
Rack - Steal this magazine →
The online version of the new Shanghai streetmag RACK
China Blocks FeedBurner RSS Feeds →
And now all my newsletter subscriptions don’t work!
August 2007
21 posts
China Surpasses U.S. In Internet Use - Forbes.com →
And about bloody time too!
Luxury Myths Revealed on PSFK →
Independent research company, Luxury Institute, which focuses it’s research on only the top 10% of America’s wealthy, has created a list of the top ten myths about wealth and luxury from a marketing and branding perspective and de-mystified them. In it, they dismiss many long held assumptions that America’s super wealthy are all drinking Cristal on their Yachts and throwing money at anything that...
Beijing police launch virtual Web patrol →
BEIJING - Police in China’s capital said Tuesday they will start patrolling the Web using animated beat officers that pop up on a user’s browser and walk, bike or drive across the screen warning them to stay away from illegal Internet content.
Chinese anti-graft game proves popular →
BEIJING - A Chinese government-sponsored online game that allows players to battle corrupt officials and their bikini-clad mistresses has been overwhelmed by user demand, state media reported Tuesday.
blinkville →
CLOT →
Welcome to RubberPixy's Website!! →
WFMU's Beware of the Blog →
A treasure trove of bizarre music & pop cultural references
Tweaking The Music Business Model So People Get... →
Wouldn’t it be interesting if users sharing music over P2P networks got paid a small fee as distributors of their favourite music & artists?
McDonald's Videogame →
Brilliant & addictive.
CareerOne →
Very cute salary bar slider & lifestyle improvement animation.