Robot Overlords

THIS IS A STORY ABOUT THE FUTURE. Not the unhappy future, the one where climate change turns the planet into a cinder or we all die in a global nuclear war. This is the happy version. It’s the one where computers keep getting smarter and smarter, and clever engineers keep building better and better robots. [...] Read more
14 May 2013 at 13:10 - 29 views - Comments

Forever young – reverse aging?

Two Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) researchers — a stem cell biologist and a practicing cardiologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital — have identified a protein in the blood of mice and humans that may prove to be the first effective treatment for the form of age-related heart failure that affects millions of Americans. When the protein, called GDF-11, was [...] Read more
10 May 2013 at 17:39 - 60 views - Comments
Hierarchy of Emotional Value by Beyond Philosophy CEM Consultancy

What Customers ‘say’ and what they ‘do’… – Emotional Signature

Over 50% of a Customer’s experience is about how a Customer feels, but which emotions drive or destroy $$$ in a Customer Experience? In 2005 we set ourselves the task of discovering which emotions drive and destroy value. When we say ‘value’ we mean an increase in spend, Customer loyalty, Customer retention, Customer satisfaction or [...] Read more
10 April 2013 at 14:39 - 310 views - Comments

Customer Experience Research Tools – Measuring Customer Subconscious with Neural Network Analysis

Mention “Freud” and most academics still give a wry smile and members of the general public immediately feel uncomfortable and defensive, because Freud is synonymous with hidden desires and sex! What psychologists and lay people alike forget is that Freud’s ‘big idea’ was that our mental life was split between conscious and unconscious processes. Further, [...] Read more
10 April 2013 at 14:37 - 280 views - Comments

What do you mean critical design? { The Secret Life of Objects}

It is approach towards creating designs which are “asking questions” rather then “giving answers”. Idea here is to awake thinking process to redefine, discover…to  challenge audience expectations. “Critical Designers generally believe design that provokes, inspires, makes us think, and questions fundamental assumptions can make a valuable contribution to debates about the role technology plays in everyday [...] Read more
30 January 2013 at 22:30 - 454 views - Comments

Why Content Goes Viral

regarding article: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/why-content-goes-viral-the-scientific-theory-and-proof?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=linkedin&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+seomoz+%28SEOmoz+Daily+Blog%29   “Popularity, I have always thought, may aptly be compared to a coquette – the more you woo her, the more apt is she to elude your embrace.” – John Tyler   I believe it is combination of right content, right audience and right time. It has to be valid in particular moment [...] Read more
15 January 2013 at 23:28 - 560 views - Comments

New Profile Layout on LinkedIn

With this brand new profile experience, we’ve made it easier for you to do three things: 1. Tell your professional story Our new visual design helps you make a powerful first impression and showcase your skills and accomplishments. We’ve also provided tools such as inline editing, making it a snap to create a complete, up-to-date [...] Read more
1 November 2012 at 10:17 - 910 views - Comments
Social Signs

“Quality” is a Function of Usefulness and Entertainment Value – 2013 market trends

Social Signals, Quality Content, And Search Marketing will Merge in 2013. In May, 2010, Matt Cutts denied that social signals had an effect on search rankings. In December of the same year, he declared that they were actually starting to work in the buzz and signals they were able to get through social media into [...] Read more
30 October 2012 at 16:39 - 2,559 views - Comments

Use voice recognition to search in Google

more on http://www.google.com/insidesearch/features/voicesearch/index-chrome.html http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1407892 Read more
28 October 2012 at 12:20 - 790 views - Comments

The WOW Marketing (secrets of viral)

Extremely creative marketing is certainly nothing new, but it is exceptionally rare. No, I am not talking about cool graphics, quirky scripts, and high paid spokespersons like William Shatner as the Priceline Negotiator. I am talking about “holy cow, did they just really do that? Can they really do that? Who the heck thought of [...] Read more
26 October 2012 at 15:18 - 708 views - Comments