MediaFuturist: Cool Tools

Entries categorized "Cool Tools"

January 11, 2012

Here is a good way to read my tweets (using Twylah)

Twylah is a cool tool for sorting and reading tweets.

Jan 11, 2012 4:27:41 PM | Cool Tools, Twitter

September 02, 2011

Personal branding in the digital age: new video

This video is part of a new series of 5-7 minute videos I recorded here in Basel, Switzerland in July. This episode shows about how I use social networks and mobile-optimized platforms / apps to spread the word about what I do. I also provide a few examples of the most efficient and viral online branding concepts that I have tried during the past decade. You can download this video if you go to my GerdTube.net video channel (on Blip.tv) or just subscribe to my video podcasts in iTunes.

Sep 2, 2011 12:08:44 PM | Branding, Cool Tools, eCommerce, Future of Advertising, Future of Business, Future of Marketing, Future of PR & Communications, Leadership, Lifestreaming, Link Economy, Trust, Twitter, VIDEO BLOG, Viral Stuff

July 05, 2011

Google + : funny video about 'circles'

Love it - nice to add some humor to this topic. Google + does seem to be taking off like a fire cracker - add me to your circles if you want :)

Jul 5, 2011 1:27:02 AM | Cool Tools, Google, Videos I Like

June 16, 2011

Very cool Google image search update: just drop an image into the search box!

... could be potentially very powerful for my research work: just drop an image into the Google Images search box and find lots of related stuff. Nice.

Jun 16, 2011 8:43:18 AM | Cool Tools, Google, Resources

June 14, 2011

Video: the future of shopping (KinectShop)

This is what happens when you connect MSFT's Kinect platform with shopping. Via FastCompany: "A new augmented reality shopping platform for Xbox Kinect will allow users to try on clothes in true 3-D, share photos with friends, and store wish-listed items on smartphones for shopping on-the-go... "The customer can visually see what an object looks like on them without even entering a retail store," Steve Dawson, Technology Director for the Emerging Experiences group at Razorfish tells Fast Company. Unlike existing virtual shopping that shoehorns 2-D photos on top of body snapshots, "with Kinect, you can find the physical outlines of a person and map it to your body."

Jun 14, 2011 8:07:29 AM | Advertising Trends, amazing, Companies to watch, Consumer Insights, Content 2.0, Cool Tools, eCommerce, Future of Marketing, Future of Selling, Future of TV, Games, Television, Trends, Videos I Like

June 05, 2011

Nice video on Facebook 'Deals'

A lot of key terms and themes are nicely explained in this video

Jun 5, 2011 10:11:50 AM | Cool Tools, Data is the new Oil, eCommerce, Facebook, Future of Business, Future of Marketing, Videos I Like

April 20, 2011

Emotiv Brain-Computer Interface (video): control objects by thinking about it?

Pretty amazing stuff.

Apr 20, 2011 6:23:05 PM | amazing, Cool Tools, Must-watch

February 24, 2011

Augmented Reality: new video by Layar

Very impressive stuff - made me think. Take a look.

Feb 24, 2011 7:24:04 PM | Augmented Reality, Companies to watch, Cool Tools, Mobility, Videos I Like, Web/Tech

February 21, 2011

Brands are becoming publishers (Nike+ GPS app)

Impressive way to sell a show: give us reason to buy. Allow us to join the tribe. Give us EXPERIENCES.

Feb 21, 2011 2:22:17 PM | Advertising Trends, Apps, Cool Tools, Future of Advertising

February 09, 2011

New video: my talk at MidemNet Academy 2011 on Innovation: music industry learnings from other industries

This is a good one - loads of information in here, and pretty well recorded. More details and PDF with all slides, here. Enjoy and spread the word. Subscribe to my video RSS feed, here, if you want (download all videos directly to iTunes, watch on your iPod etc).

Feb 9, 2011 11:45:01 AM | 21st Century Content Ecology, Advertising Trends, Attention Economy, Augmented Reality, Best of Gerd, Branding, Broadband Culture, Convergence, Cool Tools, Crossmedia, Crowdsourcing, Data is the new Oil, Decentralization, Devices, Digital Music, Events, Future of Advertising, Future of Agencies, Future of Books, Future of Broadcasting, Future of Media, Future of Money, Future of PR & Communications, Future of Selling, Future of TV, Futurism, Gadgets, Innovation, Inspiring, Interesting, Lifestreaming, Link Economy, Mobile Advertising, Music Like Water, MY PRESENTATIONS, My videos, Networked Society, Open Network Economy, Open Source, Openness Issues, Privacy, Sharism, Shopping2.0, Social Commerce, Social Networks, Telepresence, Trust, TV, VIDEO BLOG, Videos I Like

October 17, 2010

Great video on the power of sound (via Julian Treasure)

The garbage bin makes a sound when you throw something in, and the amount of garbage collected doubles - make something fun and it will work better is the lesson. Powerful thought. Thanks to Julian Treasure at TheSoundAgency for posting this video.

Oct 17, 2010 10:53:38 AM | Branding, Companies to watch, Consumer Insights, Content 2.0, Cool Tools, great ideas, Inspiring, Market failures, Other writers, Realizations

October 03, 2010

Cool twitter tool: Mention Map

Oct 3, 2010 1:51:23 PM | Cool Tools, Twitter

September 04, 2010

A short video interview on The Future of Music (and intellectual property)

From the June 16 Music Conference in Ireland, see more details and my presentation here.

Sep 4, 2010 10:25:37 AM | 21st Century Content Ecology, Conferences, Content 2.0, Cool Tools, Copyright, Digital Music, Eoc: Music Industry, Free!, Future of Music, iPad, Music 2.0, Music Flat Rate, Music Like Water, Must-watch, Politics of Content, Videos I Like

August 29, 2010

Check out my daily Twitter 'Paper' created by Paper.li

Very cool tool - simple and useful. Paper.li organizes links shared on Twitter into an easy to read newspaper-style format. Newspapers can be created for any Twitter user, list or #tag. A great way to stay on top of all that is shared by the people you follow - even if you are not connected 24/7 !

Aug 29, 2010 11:32:12 AM | Cool Tools, Crowdsourcing, Data is the new Oil, Decentralization, Future of News, Future of Reading, Sharism, Startups, Twitter, UGC

June 04, 2010

Amazing video: what a small child does with the iPad: it's a playing tool!

There is so much to be learned from this video - be sure to watch it. Clearly, the iPad (and hopefully, many other cool tablets that will follow in its wake now) is an altogether different way of 'computing'. GUI becomes NUI (natural user interface), at last. Finger-sweeping on a touch screen, and literally playing with the screen and the interface and the apps - definitely not a work tool as much as a reading + watching + consumption ++ playing tool. And yes, agreed, the iPad is a walled garden, it is Control in a very shameless form - and it still rocks. Confusing, maybe, but not enough to disregard or destroy or even. ...blend it.

Jun 4, 2010 2:48:26 PM | Apple, Content 2.0, Cool Tools, Future of Content, Gadgets, Inspiring, iPad, Magazine 2.0, Mobility, TeleMedia, Videos I Like

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