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For the majority of the world, getting access to clean drinking water is hard. It is both time-consuming and risky. So what do we know about drinking water and sanitation on a global scale. It’s easy for us in western countries, our taps are flowing with clean water ready to drink. We live in a watery [...]
Jan 23, 2012 | Categories: BEN RENNIE, EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENT, ETHONOMICS, FEATURED, THE WHITE ROOM | Tags: 7billion, climate, ENVIRONMENT, idrinktap, Water | Leave A Comment »
McDonalds recently launched a new twitter campaign which encouraged its followers to share their experiences with the brand. Their intentions where to first handily engage with their market through social media. However due to the nature of this medium, control is handed on over to the consumer who can say what they want and what [...]
Jan 22, 2012 | Categories: COURTNEY VAN DER WEYDEN, FEATURED, MARKETING, Social Media, THE INTERNET, THE WHITE ROOM | Tags: #McDStories, McDonalds, Quantum Leap Buzz, Twitter, twitter trends | Leave A Comment »
Despite recent claims that 11 in 12 start ups will fail, I decided to look into startups that did survive, of course, what I came across was tech-incubator Y Combinator. Most readers of UWS will be more than familiar with these guys. For those of you who are in need of an update, read on. Y Combinator [...]
Jan 20, 2012 | Categories: BUSINESS, FEATURED, LEADERSHIP, STRATEGY, TARANT HILL, TECHNOLOGY, THE WHITE ROOM | Tags: Airbinb, Dropbox, Facebook CEO, linkedin, Paypal, Reddit, start ups, Y Combinator | 1 Comment »
The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vagas was recently held and the most dominant trend to come out was the rise of the smart TV. The smart TV allows you to browse the internet, download and stream movies, TV shows and catch up on your social media. But its not just its internet capabilities that [...]
Jan 18, 2012 | Categories: COOL GEAR, COURTNEY VAN DER WEYDEN, DESIGN, FEATURED, INNOVATION, LIFESTYLE, Social Media, TECHNOLOGY, THE INTERNET, THE WHITE ROOM | Tags: Apple, Consumer Electronics Show, Google TV, samsung, Smart TV, Song | Leave A Comment »
This one is courtesy of www.tabletsatwork.com. Since the debut of Apple’s iPad in Jan. 2010, the integration of tablet devices into our lives and work has progressed rapidly — so fast that it’s sometimes hard to put in perspective how quickly got here. The exclusively obtained infographic below breaks down how far workforce adoption of tablet [...]
Jan 18, 2012 | Categories: BUSINESS, DESIGN, FEATURED, INFOGRAPHICS, TECHNOLOGY, THE WHITE ROOM | Tags: Android, iPad, Tablet adoption, venture beat | Leave A Comment »
Hurley has announced that they will partner with iconic artist C.R. Stecyk III to debut his new short film FIN on February 8th at Hurley’s H Space Gallery in Costa Mesa, CA. Taking inspiration from the film, Hurley is also creating a limited-edition printables collection featuring art and photography captured during the film’s creation. “Stecyk is both a celebrated chronicler of [...]
Jan 18, 2012 | Categories: Creative, DESIGN, FEATURED, GEN X Y Z, LIFESTYLE, THE WHITE ROOM | Tags: C R Stecyk, FIN, Hurley, surf and skate culture | Leave A Comment »
The first interview for 2012 is in. Kate Kendall, creator of The Fetch, Cloud Peeps and Social Melbourne talks to us about creating your own business, the future of technology, work life balance and what the world needs right now. Read a quick snippet here and head over to the interviews for the full [...]
Jan 11, 2012 | Categories: BUSINESS, FEATURED, LIFESTYLE, PEOPLE, Social Media, TECHNOLOGY, THE INTERNET, THE WHITE ROOM | Tags: Cloud Peeps, Kate Kendall, Social Melbourne, The Fetch, the interviews | Leave A Comment »
In the midst of holiday chaos, brand messaging is loud and clear and, more often than not, deemed manipulative. No surprise, really. Advertising motives have always been questioned — especially since the 1950s’ Vicary hoax involving subliminal suggestion. That said, what is the plausibility of subliminal persuasion today? And what does it matter? Most people [...]
Jan 09, 2012 | Categories: Advertising, FEATURED, MARIE LENA TUPOT & TIM STOCK, MARKETING, Media, Social Media, THE INTERNET, THE WHITE ROOM | Tags: Abercrombie & Fitch, Advertising, brand messages, brandwashed, culture networks, MARKETING, Martin Lindstrom, scenarioDNA | Leave A Comment »
The first infographic of many to feature in 2012 is a look into what takes place in 60 seconds on the world wide web, thanks to The Big Picture. In a single minute there are 98, 000 new Tweets and Google makes $75 000 in revenue. Its crazy, serious mind boggling stuff.
Jan 09, 2012 | Categories: FEATURED, INFOGRAPHICS, MARKETING, Media, Social Media, THE INTERNET, THE WHITE ROOM | Tags: blackberry, blog posts, Facebook, Flickr, Google, internet, skype, Twitter, yahoo | Leave A Comment »
Is this case just absolutely unnecessary or does PhoneDog have a valid argument? A former employee, Noah Kravitz of the company is being sued for $327 000 because when he switched jobs, he took all his 17 000 Twitter followers with him that he had acquired under the name PhoneDog. Of course since then he [...]
Jan 09, 2012 | Categories: BUSINESS, COURTNEY VAN DER WEYDEN, FEATURED, Social Media, THE INTERNET, THE WHITE ROOM | Tags: ownership, Phonedog, PSFK, Social Media, Twitter | 2 Comments »
Dear dreamers, daredevils, brave ones and believers. What does change really mean? I see a world of empty promises and pretentious behaviours. I see people, leaders, politicians, believe in convention. Convention is fundamentally wrong. Good enough simply, is not good enough. Courage, integrity and adventure will win over complacent, risk averse thinking. We have the right to challenge, [...]
Dec 22, 2011 | Categories: BEN RENNIE, ETHONOMICS, FEATURED, THE WHITE ROOM | Tags: 2012, brave, BUSINESS, future, leadership | 2 Comments »
8 rules to make huge progress in 2012… How was 2011 for you? Did you finish it in better shape than you started? Or worse? Or did you tread water and make no real progress? Whatever the answer is, don’t beat yourself up about it. Or congratulate yourself too much either. The past is the [...]
Dec 21, 2011 | Categories: FEATURED, LIFESTYLE, THE BULL, THE WHITE ROOM | Leave A Comment »
A new program/game has been developed by UK developers CloudApps. Sustainability Momentums aim is to monitor employees carbon footprint and reward them with a nice bonus to their pay packed depending on how environmentally friendly their actions are. The amount of the bonus will depend on what targets they are able to meet. Once the [...]
Dec 21, 2011 | Categories: BUSINESS, COURTNEY VAN DER WEYDEN, Creative, ENVIRONMENT, FEATURED, LIFESTYLE, THE INTERNET, THE WHITE ROOM | Tags: carbon footprint, CloudApps, CSR, ENVIRONMENT, sustainability momentums | Leave A Comment »
The above image is currently featured on St Matthews billboard in Auckland. It was created by Whybin/TBWA/Tequila and of course is the topic of such controversy. Within hours it was featured in several news publications. The church has responded with this rational: Christmas is real. It’s about a real pregnancy, a real mother and a [...]
Dec 21, 2011 | Categories: Advertising, FEATURED, THE WHITE ROOM | 2 Comments »
In today’s sluggish economy, the pressure to invent new products and file as many patent applications as possible is greater than ever—both for individual companies and for entire countries, which reap benefits from their citizens’ business success. What does it mean for a country to be innovative, and which nations rank at the top of [...]
Dec 21, 2011 | Categories: FEATURED, INFOGRAPHICS, TECHNOLOGY, THE INTERNET, THE WHITE ROOM | Tags: climate, collcons, countries, future, innovation, nations | Leave A Comment »