The Evolution of the blogger, what about you?

A pretty straight forward graphic, I tend to agree mostly with it so you might ask what is the big lesson here?  
Well where people go, corporate organisations and public figures follow.

As a corporation you might ask yourself when will you set-up your corporate blog to save on customer service and provide all your stakeholders with the info they need in a way that is easy for them to connect? Are you ready to evolve?

Take a step back and think of all channels where consumers go, lets just say: Facebook and then think of how companies, public figures, ... react > Facebook Fan pages. In simple other words it is evolution, so are you ready to move with the market or go to extinction? Please there is no use denying it, as it is happening; set your brand and business objectives, allocate budgets, determine success KPI’s, get your content/community managers ready, amp up to listen to your consumers, mobilise your customer service and as cliché as it might sound enter the human arena to connect once again with your consumers, followers, fans, family and all the others!

Best Flickr Account ever!

Yesterday when I was strolling the internet I stumbled upon the best flickr account ever!

It belongs to the haunted mansion Nightmares Fear Factory in Niagara Falls Canada. In their photostream you have a nice collection of the people having the scariest time of their lives (flickr stream).To have a better idea on how scary this haunted mansion is I urge you to check their hilarious youtube channel!

Some more pictures after the jump

Good Bye Sir

Foursquaropoly

Remember those long nights next to the fireplace playing Monopoly. Now remember these fights you have to grab the mayorship on Foursquare? Now combine both and you'll have Foursquaropoly.

Developed by Sean Tiraratanakul, Deanna McDonald and Jaclyn Shelton, Foursquaropoly takes location-based check-ins/information from Foursquare and gives players the ability to buy and sell properties as well as collect rent from other people who check into their properties just like the real monopoly. If you ask me it sounds like a great way to make Foursquare even more addictive and give it a greater longivity.

Foursquaropoly from Deanna McDonald

3,000 bottle caps come alive at night

Did you ever wonder what a massive billboard with 3,000 Newcastle Brown Ale bottle caps and a single light source might look like. Thanks to the ad agency Vitro and artists Ellis Gallagher and Pablo Power, your wish has been granted. Shadows cast by the meticulously bent, stacked and arranged caps form a creepy/cool face and a ghostly arm reaching for a glass of the brew.

This impressive piece, designed to illustrate the duality of the beer's dark color and light taste (the "lighter side of dark," as the headline), is one of three branded art projects that Newcastle unveiled in San Diego this summer.

Watch the video after the jump for more info on the installations:

Marco Tempest: The magic of truth and lies

It has been quite some time I did not write a post, this because I tweeted and posted Facebooked  a bit too much. So I didn't have time to write a proper blog post. After viewing quite some videos, none really struck me as super Wow.

Until this weekend ... I am a great fan of the different TED talks. Talks that tell a story or a fable are to me the most inetersting ones. Without further due I offer you this new Talk:

"Using three iPods like magical props, Marco Tempest (a little bit more about him here) spins a clever, surprisingly heartfelt meditation on truth and lies, art and emotion."

So allow yourself to be deceived, lie to yourself for a bit, and you'll be open to enjoy it.

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60 Seconds on World Wide Web

The WWW is growing at an exponential rate. On average, more than a billion new pages are added to it every day. Ever wonder what happens on the internet every 60 Seconds? Shanghai Web Designers created this infographic that will give you some interesting facts about some of the websites you use on a day-to-day basis.

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