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Whopperlust invites Americans to trade their attention, dignity for hamburgers

July 4th, 2011 · No Comments

Love creativity? This is a great example of creative advertising. Burger King in the US set up their own “Whopper” interactive TV channel where you are paid in burgers to sit and watch a whopper. The longer you watch, the more free burgers you get. (5 minutes = 1 whopper). Anyone who’s seen The Meatrix [...]

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Category: Communication and connection · Corporate craziness · Future

How many fans does it take to quit your day job?

March 19th, 2009 · 7 Comments

Where does your money come from? If there’s one area where people have consistently innovated throughout history, the way we resource ourselves would have to be it. When it comes to the creative types, the concept of quitting your day job and just pursuing your art is a great temptation. But if you’re not going [...]

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Category: Communication and connection

Hot models to get you thinking

October 30th, 2007 · No Comments

Back in November last year I enthused that hot models got me thinking. Well, guess what?  It turns out there are a few other people out there that like hot models. Check out exploratree – a website full of thinking tools, guides, graphs and models.  Complete with explanations! I can’t wait to check out the [...]

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The world as a canvas

October 9th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Check out these pics. I’m sitting in the Fair Trade Cafe in Glebe and I got talking to a German photographer. She’s showing me her photos from New York. It’s cool to see how she’s taken other people’s art (buildings, signs etc) and made them her own artworks through composition. It’s cool to think about [...]

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Category: Understanding people