PSFK Good Ideas in Media

Here is a good discussion on how to build brands in the days of social media.

Portraits of Famous People as Children

Edith Piaf as a child

I recently discovered Louis Boudreault in Iles de la Madeleine a la Cafe de la Grave. I recognized his work, as I had seen it once previously in a gallery in the Westmount area of Montreal. Boudreault uses a mixture of painting and drawing to recreate people like Andy Warhol, Edith Piaf, John F. Kennedy and Einstein as children. It is interesting to see the innocence and wonder in their eyes, knowing the impact they would later have on our lives. Here is a link that features some of his works:

Sneaky Moves of Smart Phone People

City of Sinners & Saints

Here is the link to a virtual world that I am working on with Telos International Inc. It will launch in June this year. It is a 3D social network where you can play casual games and shop online.

www.cityofsinnersandsaintsblog.com

You can follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/sinnerssaints

PSFK New York Conference

This year’s PSFK Conference New York is on April 2nd at the Jewish Heritage Center in Battery Park. I went last year and although it was only one day, it was a connection hub of trends and ideas. Many of the trends I was not aware of, as I was new to PSFK, but over the year, I saw many of these ideas that we spoke about take hold. This year’s conference will be set within more challenging times, so the creative ideas should offer even more poignancy and immediacy with pressure for authenticity. 

http://www.psfk.com/2009/02/announcing-psfk-conference-new-york-2009.html

And to bring you up to speed, here are all the videos online from previous conferences. http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/every-single-psfk-conference-video-now-online.html

Steve Rubel’s Take on Digital Trends

http://steverubel.typepad.com/files/edelmandigitaltrends0109.pdf

My Favorite Blogs

www.gapingvoid.com – humor and creativity
www.micropersuasion.com – ideas you can use immediately
www.techcrunch.com – up to the minute news about technology
www.theiphoneblog.com – the latest iphone app news
www.mashable.com – generally interesting news that turns out to be useful
www.psfk.com – a connection to one of the most relevant trends organizations

Hugh’s Humour

From Hugh MacLeod, www.gapingvoid.com

 

Building with a 360 view

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Page/document/video/vs?id=RTGAM.20080625.wvtower0625

The Solar Bug

http://www.freedrive-ev.com/index.html