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‘Interactivity’
It’s crazy how a word can lose it’s meaning, like ‘interactive.’ It used to mean something that’s engaging and full of possibilities, but now it usually just means “it’s on [...]
If I worked at Bloomingdale’s or Macy’s…
If I worked at Bloomingdale’s or Macy’s, I’d create an interactive online Holiday Window Display feature. Visitors would make their own personal branded holiday window that’s fun to share with [...]
Streaming TV Ads
Advertising agencies still don’t know how to use technology to really benefit their clients. In general, clients want what’s new and sexy while measuring effectiveness with inapplicable rulers. Business and [...]
hireTed.biz 101
This site was created because portfolios merely show what someone’s done. However, now I think it’s more important to show what I can DO: Combine my creativity, technical capabilities, and [...]
Class
Usually when you see someone famous and want to say “Hi,” you either have to fight a mob or intrude on their privacy. So I let celebrities have their crowd [...]
Art Thou Indispensable?
A lot of people have read and been moved by the ideas in Seth Godin‘s book Linchpin. So when he suggested getting together on June 14th, a world-wide series of [...]
Your Home, Your URL
Street addresses make great URLs: 289convent.com 224wellington.com 437madison.com None of those are taken, yet they’re all addreses I’ve been affiliated with somehow over the years. (Actually, the last one is [...]
GOOD MORNING, CAFFEINE!
I had this idea a long time ago. Really! I did! Then again, it’s not THAT original: Others have mentioned it. Yet we didn’t make it a reality, Amp did. Of course [...]
Kill My Banner Ads, Please
Can we please agree to bury the banner ad? It served its purpose, but at this stage it’s mostly just digital noise.
Interactive Presentation
Presentations are usually created in Microsoft PowerPoint (or Apple Keynote), and are shown as a linear series of “slides” that hope to clarify what is being said. Sometimes there are [...]
A Database is a Valuable Thing to Waste
Note: Unlike other ideas here, this is more vague than most, yet I still think it’s worth sharing in this category. Databases are powerful, powerful collectives of information, and yet [...]
Interactive TV Spot
To promote ‘More is Less’ off their album We Are Square, C-Mon & Kypski let the fans do the work while also achieving one frame of fame: http://oneframeoffame.com/ The site [...]
"Disturbing Presentation" Hits Target?
This video of a presentation made by game designer Jesse Schell at the February DICE Summit is making a bit of a splash. It’s a pretty powerful presentation, even being [...]
Where Art Directors Get Stuck
Many (not all) art directors and graphic designers don’t understand the possibilities of interactive media because they don’t understand the concept of dynamic content.
Interactive Video Player
Instead of just passively watching a video online, what if a chat program was connected? That way you could watch along with friends, making it a truly interactive experience. Add [...]
Powerball Lottery TV Spot
Great video that would be a perfect fit for a Powerball Lottery TV commercial: http://vimeo.com/2578377 The ball could bounce on great things you could win if you won the big, [...]