February 2011
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Evolution of the Coca Cola Bottle →
Nice post on the design evolution of Coca Cola’s bottles. adpocalypse: The first bottle was designed in 1915 by the Root Glass Company. The bottle designer, Earl R. Dean and his team decided to base the bottle design on the soda’s two ingredients, the coca leaf or the kola nut. Dean couldn’t find any photographs of either, but became inspired by the cocoa pod,…
Feb 28th
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How To Change The World →
Imagine if we all did this…
Feb 28th
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“For every failure we had a spreadsheet that looked awesome.”
– I love this quote from Scott Cook.    Today’s technology and social media driven culture can shift category/brand preferences in a heart beat.  So, how can anyone really project new product sales out 5 or 10 years?  Make sure your spreadsheet isn’t filled with too many assumptions that...
Feb 27th
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iPhone Camera Fun - Part 2
Here are some more examples of fun things you can do on your iPhone.  Apps for the camera keep coming, and I love checking them out! This first wave of pictures feature an app called 100 Cameras ($0.99)  It’s basically an app with a big assortment of filters.  A nice feature is that you can layer filters on top of each other to take the image into very creative territory. I started by taking...
Feb 27th
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The Impressive iPhone Camera
I’ve never taken a cell phone camera seriously until I started seeing several Twitter posts commenting on the iPhone Camera’s picture quality.  Clicking through to some sites, I became impressed by the quality of iPhone pictures.  I was also a bit skeptical thinking there must have been a bit of post production involved. So, I set out to do a little experimentation myself.  What...
Feb 27th
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Feb 26th
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Please Fill Out Our Survey, But Don't Tell Us What...
You’ve probably experienced this too, right?  You’re standing at the customer service counter in your car dealership’s service department.  You just paid a lot of money and you’re wondering if everything is legit — that the work really needed to be done and that you were charged a fair price. Then, as the rep passes your receipt to you, she tells you to expect a...
Feb 26th
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