Ben Moore, friend & co-founder of Headmix, sent me a pointer to Laura Fitton’s great write-up of Gary Koelling and Steve Bendt efforts to roll out a mobile version of the much lauded BlueShirtNation.com – based on HeadMix – for use internally by Best Buy’s General, Territory, and District Managers.
“…the Apple logo is no longer on the Command key on the new keyboards” – John Gruber
Looks like I have 2 options:
Never change keyboards, and in fact, dig up and old Apple II with the ‘closed Apple’ key – just to keep it real.
Print up an lifetime supply of ‘open apple’ stickers for placing on [...]
Not sure if it’s a result of their new found Apple partnership or their second attempt at consumer electronics, but I just noticed Intel’s new logo.
From the Old Intel Inside Logo
To the New Intel Logo
Unlike the icon that is Kodak’s logo, Intel’s redesign is a much-needed modernization.Notice the dropped ‘e’ of the original [...]
Design competitions are rarely a good thing. Those of us that have been fortunate enough were burned long ago early in our careers submitting to design competitions. Some of us will be burned later on. Some of us, such as Architects, seem inexplicably stuck in a spec-work industry. But this one I’m going to let [...]
Yesterday, while doing some testing on Jen’s computer, I hit Amazon and to my surprise, I saw the new, more text-based header. Back on my machine, still the old header full of tabs.
My sister said she gets the simplified interface after signing-in.
About a year ago, I heard a rumor Amazon was experimenting with a [...]
The Saturday Morning cartoons I grew up with were full of good and evil, black and white teams battling for control of the universe. It seemed the “evil” team’s name was always a nefarious acronym. In G.I. Joe, it was COBRA filled with Battle Android Troopers (BATS). In M.A.S.K. (Mobile Armored Strike Kommand) the evil-doers [...]
With spring, Winteractive has seen our snowman melt, leaving MNteractive.com very unseasonable. With a little bit of hard work, and a bit of perspiration we have a new identity!
Now you may ask yourselves…
How did they achieve this? What was their thought behind it all? Think Minnesota. Think Dialog. Think Community.
View a PDF of the [...]
Don’t miss the U.S. Bank Speaker Series featuring bestselling business writer and entrepreneur Seth Godin!
Meet Seth Godin, get a FREE copy of bestseller Purple Cow, and stay for the Timberwolves game!
Date: Wednesday, April 13th
Speaker: Seth Godin, author of bestseller Purple Cow
Topic: Marketing in a Crowded Marketplace
Game: Timberwolves vs. Warriors
Offer: $40 and $24 packages include speaking [...]
The advertising industry’s and the broadcast television industry’s business models are broken. They’re leaning against each other for support – not because it works, but because that’s what they’ve always done.
That’s what I learned watching Front Line’s – The Persuaders.
It’s a fantastic and accurate – from what I’ve heard being 1 step removed – [...]