Category: crayon
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Spiralfrog’s final demise
Some news stories provide a perfect opportunity for a bit of imagination in writing a snappy headline, often with a pun or metaphor. News a few days ago that ad-supported music sharing site Spiralfrog has bitten the dust was one…
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Mixing new pastures
Some brief news on the business front. After being part of the excitement in launching new marketing company crayon last October, we’ve decided to travel different paths. I’ve stepped down from my role as a VP New Marketing to revert to being…
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Push the distributed communication envelope
Canadian blogger Mark Evans has a thoughtful post about how to communicate better. He talks about the tools – phone, email, SMS, IM, etc – and concludes that face-to-face is the be-all and end-all of communication between people. I don’t…
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Imagining Coca-Cola in Second Life
Yesterday, crayon client Coca-Cola launched Virtual Thirst, a competition to design a new generation of Coke vending machines. This is a competition with a big difference, though, as it’s about imagining a device that would dispense experiences, not metal cans or…