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Designing for Life Stages

by: danah boyd

People often ask me why designing for teens or older folks is different, why age matters. There are many different ways to slice up age and life stage. Mooshing together various theories, i have my own hypothesis about three critical life stages in Western culture that affect a lot of our social technologies. The first is identity formation; the second is contributive participation in society; the third is reflection and storytelling.

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Comments (1) • Posted on on 30 October, 2005 - 20:58
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GAYmobile

by: Sebastian Campion

GAYmobile is the name of a new mobile-network operator that is targeting homosexual subscribers in Denmark.

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GAYmobile is offering services that are gay all the way and 25% of the profit will be channeled back to the gay community via a special fund called GAYtrust, according to the CEO Thomas Bilgram who is also the head of Copenhagen Pride.

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Comments (0) • Posted on on 30 October, 2005 - 11:38
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Madonna Tagging

by: Sebastian Campion

Madonna.com has launched a tagging project with the objective to build the largest photo archive ever devoted to a single subject: Madonna.

Fans are encouraged to submit any sort of Madonna-related photographic material, such as scans of concert tickets, autographs, drawings and photos.

Curiously - when googling the project for more info - it turns out that a similar project with the same title also exists at Flickr.com.

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Comments (0) • Posted on on 26 October, 2005 - 12:39
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My Friendster Publications

by: danah boyd

Various folks have been asking me about my Friendster publications and i thought i'd do a simple round-up for anyone who is trying to learn about Friendster.

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Comments (0) • Posted on on 24 October, 2005 - 20:19
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Siemens Invents Video Labels for Food

by: Alain Thys

If you thought narrowcasting and digital displays where the thing to focus on as a trendy marketeer, then think of this one.  Siemens has come up with a new type of electronically enhanced label which allows projecting video on the label itself.

Imagine going for eggs and actually seeing the chicken run around on the packaging.  Harry Potter ?  Long-term future ?  Not really, Siemens expects the product to be commercially available in 2007.

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Comments (0) • Posted on on 24 October, 2005 - 14:36
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Heineken Halts All TV Advertising

by: Josh Hawkins

The Times Online UK reports today that Heineken has pulled its television ad budget after 30 years of broadcast advertising campaigns. It will redirect its marketing dollars towards point-of-sale promotions and event sponsorship.

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Comments (0) • Posted on on 21 October, 2005 - 16:41
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'You Can't Blog This'

by: danah boyd

So, i've gotten used to friends telling me that i can't blog something. And teachers.

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Comments (0) • Posted on on 18 October, 2005 - 20:23
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Innovation

by: Jennifer Rice

John Winsor wrote  over on BrandShift a couple weeks ago titled "Ignore the Consumer?". He quotes a recent Ad Age article:

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Comments (0) • Posted on on 17 October, 2005 - 10:53
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