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Vincent Thome is a strategist, geek and captologist working at AKQA. This blog is about technology, marketing and innovation.
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Monthly Archives: October 2009
Revealing The Geek Inside Me
I finally decided to get back to my PHP, MySQL, .htaccess and CSS skills to back up my open source blog and move everything to Wordpress.
I have now a brand new blog to go with my brand new job. As I might not have the time to blog everyday, I am also sharing my reading.
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Googles Eric Schmidt on What the Web Will Look Like in 5 Years
Via Read/WriteWeb
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The Post-Crisis Consumer
John Gerzema says there’s an upside to the recent financial crisis — the opportunity for positive change. Speaking at TED, he identifies four major cultural shifts driving new consumer behavior and shows how businesses are evolving to connect with thoughtful spending. Interesting stats and trends.
Startup School 2009
As last year, Ycombinator put together startup school. “Are you a hacker who has thought about one day starting a startup? Have you already started it? Then you’re invited to a free, one-day startup school at Berkeley”. They have a range of experts speaking about startups from their own experience.
Watch live video from Startup School [...]
Trust in digital life
How much do you trust your digital life? Has the fear of identity theft or bank card fraud dampened your trust in digital services? You’re not alone. As the digital world permeates more and more aspects of our lifestyle, protecting our digital lives is more important than ever.
Researchers at Microsoft, Nokia, Philips and digital security [...]
Know Me / Nudge Me
Most people are still careful to protect their personal information, but more and more of us are choosing to store our most intimate details online: financial information, health records, personal preferences, and even our schedules and location. This is not because we are more trusting, but because sharing information unlocks access to personalized services that [...]
Rory Sutherland at TED
Advertising adds value to a product by changing our perception, rather than the product itself. Rory Sutherland makes the daring assertion that a change in perceived value can be just as satisfying as what we consider “real” value — and his conclusion has interesting consequences for how we look at life.
Goodbye Tribal DDB
Today is my last day at Tribal DDB. I joined about 3 years ago and I feel that have learnt a lot during that time.
I had the chance to work on great projects for the Guardian, Volkswagen, Guinness and many more. I had the chance to travel around the world to visit Tribal DDB in [...]
APG Creative Strategy Awards 2009 Presentation – The New Volkswagen Website
People asked me if I could publish my APG awards presentation. I have uploaded the deck on Slideshare and I have put some notes inside the presentation so that you can get an idea of the voice over. For those of you who want to read the full paper, it is available here (PDF). [...]
Disruptive By Design