An Interactive Kinect Installation by Nike

This is actually very cool, and not just because NIKE was involved.  Essentially, they have turned their store-front into an interactive game… and Im sure some of the gathering crowds into shoppers! via Just Do It with Kinect – An Interactive Kinect Installation by Nike | DigitalAnalog. Nike Japan launched an interactive Kinect outdoor installation to […]

Toyota Tries Snap-and-Send Marketing

By ELIZABETH OLSON TOYOTA MOTOR SALES U.S.A. is adopting interactive bar codes across all its marketing so mobile phone-carrying customers can quickly access sales promotions, vehicle quotes, videos, safety tips and similar information. With the new ToyoTag, a logo inside a ring, Toyota says customers — potential and otherwise — can snap the image and […]

Infographic: The Google Plus Cheat Sheet

If you have made the move to Google+, or are thinking about it, here are some handy tips. Related articles Excellent Google Plus Users Infographic! (trak.in) Twitter, Google+ and Facebook [infographic] (techtimely.wordpress.com) The history of Android in an infograph (vodafone.com.au) 5 Must Read Google+ Infographics (jamkib.wordpress.com) Fueding Social Network Facts – The Rise of Google […]

NFC in QR Codes!

How do you solve the problem of wanting to use Near Field Communications (NFC) but there not being enough people using phones equipped to read it?  Put NFC is your QR code! Genius right?  All the talk has been NFC vs QR, but the smart folks over at Clove Technology did the old “You put […]

‪Print And The Qualcomm Augmented Reality Challenge

I wanted to share this so you could all see that the common denominator in these AR executions is the use of PRINT as the starting point. Makes it nice that the print has to be SAVED as well (unlike QR on a printed piece that could be tossed after the scan). So AR not […]

Infographic: The Rise of Google Plus

While I doubt Facebook is shaking in their boots over G+, I do admit that I really like it and was happy to give it a whirl during beta testing. DailyInfographic compares both platforms and rates it below. Hope you “like” it – er “+1” it – well to be fair just enjoy it 🙂 […]

10 Unmissable TED Videos For Designers

Alvaris Falcon over at hongkiat.com has put together this list and writes: “I’m going to introduce you 10 unmissable TED videos that either explore the way to create great design, or urges you to think big in your design career, or even predict the next 5000 days of the web. All 10 videos might cost […]

ScanBuy Releases 2nd Qtr QR Report

Their REPORT is obviously based upon their product, but the numbers are still a pretty good case for QR code usage in your marketing mix… especially if you are trying to reach the ladies… Some take aways: Scans come from over 125 different countries every day. – 2D barcode scanning is currently outpacing the growth of […]

Dominos Posts Feedback On Times Square Billboard

Would you be willing to have unfiltered customer comments streaming across Times Square? If not, perhaps it’s time to look into that… From Marketing Daily… Ratcheting its “Oh Yes We Did” brand transformation campaign up another notch, Dominos Pizza is now posting comments from customers on a 125-foot-wide electronic billboard in New York Citys Times Square. The […]

A Typeface Made Of Exploding Virtual Paint

By Belinda Lanks A Typeface Made Of Exploding Virtual Paint – Skyrill.coms letterforms look like splashes of paint frozen in mid-air. We’ve seen our fair share of clever typefaces, based on everything from photocopied hands to Ghandi’s rounded spectacles, but rarely have we come across a typeface with as much energy and motion as this […]

QR Scan Analytics Are Available

I am not endorsing this particular company (though this seems AWESOME), but in general if you arent using a QR code that generates this type of data you are missing out on the VALUE for your business.  We talk so much about that VALUE for users – such as making sure there is some if […]

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