links for 2009-01-20

The Hidden Persuader: "Objectified"
A lovely, short, poignant video on the power of objects.

The Illustrated Guide to Poker | Serial Consign
The information mapping of Torgeir Husevaag. Mind-numbingly complex stuff.

Phenomenology: invisible interfaces are a myth
A fresh look at how our interactions are 'coupled', via Johnny Holland. Fascinating.

Founders take aim at a bigger target
A Financial Times article on [...]

links for 2009-01-15

Behavior Change Is The New Game Change
David Armano on the real goal.

Ghostwriting, Social Media and Ethics | Marketing Profs Daily Fix Blog
Beth Harte considers the notion of having others do our social media legwork for us.

TED Blog: What do consumers want? Joseph Pine on TED.com
Joseph Pine thinks selling authenticity is tough. I'll say.

Conversation Agent: Two [...]

Four questions to ponder for embedded technology hopefuls

There continues to be plenty of chatter regarding – and some fabulous1 advances in – embedded technology at the moment, what with the recently-concluded Consumer Electronics Orgy in the Desert and yesterday’s outstanding post from Russell Davies2.
This from Faris Yakob some months back:
Invisible technology is a concept coined by Heidegger to describe tools that stop [...]