Wednesday
December 31
It's the last day of the year, hurah!
What else could I do today than compile a set of links about the things that were important and those things that will become important in 2009.
Contagious did a very comprehensive overview of 2008 a couple of weeks ago, in case you missed it the pdf is here.
As for 2009, everybody who seems to be somebody has filed his predictions in a number of fields :
- The ubiquitous "Netlash 2009 voorspellingen, 20 experten aan het woord" (dutch only), here.
- Social Media Predictions 2009, an impressive list of A-list marketing geeks' predictions compiled by Peter Kim, here.
- More specialized, gaming trends in 2009, here.
- Mobile predictions by Contagious, here.
- Online advertising predictions by eMarketer here. And by the ever thrustworthy Economist here.
- And finally ReadWriteWeb's view on current ecommerce trends also hold some power to predict ecommerce's future in 2009, have a look at them here.
Happy reading and see you in 2009!
Tuesday
December 16
The Antwerp Zoo is expecting a baby-elephant. When the baby-elephant will be born is still a big question-mark, but when the moment is there we would like to share it with the world by streaming the birth live on our platform.
The launch of the website platform was announced yesterday by a huge projection of Phyo Phyo’s echography on the Crowne Plaza in Brussels.
If you missed the projection you still get a chance to see it live:
· Tuesday 16 December - Antwerp SILO NOORDERLAAN
· Wednesday 17 December - Gent UCO TOREN GENT
· Thursday 18 December - Namen C&A NEARBY STATION
· Friday 19 December - Antwerpen SILO NOORDERLAAN
· Saturday 20 December - Namen C&A NEARBY STATION
· Sunday 21 December - Brussel CROWN PLAZA ROGIER
Do you want to get involved? On our website you can suggest a name for the baby and perhaps you’ll be the first to visit Phyo Phyo's baby. Don’t forget to bring a present!;-)
Relevant links:
- Nieuwsblad.be
- DeMorgen.be
- deredactie.be
- radio1.be
- knack.be
- actu24.be
- destandaard.be
Monday
December 1
Ever wondered why we tend to say : "
I go ON the internet to do this or find that"? In a not so near future this might change dramatically when information and interactivity will be embedded in the context where it's needed. And chances are slim that the information will come to you via the traditional combination of mouse and keyboard.
Timo Arnall from Oslo School of Architecture & Design did a visionary tour on the subject during last month's Web 2.0 expo in Berlin. Thought provoking and solidly reseached. If this was a book, it would be dog-eared by now. Click on the full screen-icon and "fit to height" to see the presentation properly.
Hat tip to Guido for twittering the URL of all Web2.0 Expo presentaions.
