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When it comes to insincere friend gestures, a generic birthday wish on someone’s Facebook wall probably falls right below re-gifting and right above getting a drink for you at the bar but still putting it on your tab. It’s not that it’s not nice, it’s just that scrawling a generic “Happy Birthday!” to mark the occasion doesn’t necessarily feel thoughtful or creative. The amount of effort feels…well, minimal. And it turns out I’m right! Facebook’s notifications will actually text you when a friend’s birthday is that day, and you can simply reply with the number ‘1’ to send your regards. Friend shared…
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Here’s something you’ve always wondered about: How does an effervescent tablet dissolve in water under weightless conditions? What? This did not top your list of life’s burning questions? Well, get ready for an eye-opener. In one of the first of its kind video recordings, International Space Station astronauts tested the 4K RED Epic Dragon Camera by having it capture the “fluid behavior” of an effervescent tablet dissolving in a floating ball of water in the ‘microgravity environment’ of space. Just a bunch of wacky scientists horsing around. The RED 4K camera can capture video at four times the resolution of regular HD cameras, so those high resolution images…
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During today’s earnings call, Twitter made sure to note things were on the right path. Interim CEO (and founder!) Jack Dorsey had some strong statements about what Twitter is, where it’s going, and doesn’t seem to like what former CEO Dick Costolo left him. Here are a series of tweets from the Twitter Investor Relations account, which quote Jack 140 characters at a time: We’ve been very successful @ monetization w/ strong Q2, delivering over $500M in rev & more than $120M in EBITDA – @jack #TWTRearnings $TWTR — TwitterIR (@TwitterIR) July 28, 2015 Prod initiatives we’ve mentioned in prev…
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Advertising is changing. Brands are hiring agencies that specialize in digital and social, alongside traditional agencies to work on the same projects. However, as pointed out by ad guru Ana Andjelic, there appears to be no real consensus about what this means for those working in the industry. For those of you working in advertising and wondering, should I join a big, established agency, or hop on over to the bleeding edge of digital creation, this can be a daunting moment. It doesn’t matter if you’ve been doing this for 40 years or 4 days, digital isn’t going anywhere and…
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