tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36772294Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:12:32 +0000A sunny place for bright ideas.http://tiran.blogspot.com/tiran@tirandagan.com (Tiran)Blogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36772294.post-3780190467256406819Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:47:00 +00002009-11-10T08:52:58.636-05:00AdvertisingMarketingWith the launch of Windows 7 apple has just gained an unlimited supply of ammunition for their never ending microsoft-bashing campaign. The latest is a great example of a site takeover in which the full video ad is split to two parts: the apple/mac guys talking and interaction with another video panel on the top of the page. Here is the link:http://www.digitalbuzzblog.com/http://tiran.blogspot.com/2009/11/ny-times-ad-apple-switcher-cams.htmltiran@tirandagan.com (Tiran)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36772294.post-8075511192353484166Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:05:00 +00002009-10-29T07:13:20.999-04:00As advertising models are shattered and advertisers pursue the audience in bold new ways, lets not forget the power of the image. Here is a video I came across that demonstrates how editing can radically change the tone of a film. I present to you "The Shining" (a cult Stanley Kubric horror film from 1980 starring Jack Nicholson) recut as a romantic comedy. This video clip was created by Robert http://tiran.blogspot.com/2009/10/shining-masterful-comedy.htmltiran@tirandagan.com (Tiran)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36772294.post-2713773992415365105Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:24:00 +00002009-10-28T21:00:41.727-04:00InnovationI would like to thank my friend, Gary Swanson, of Universal Parks for point me in the direction of a great online speach by author and Carnegie Mellon alum Scott Berkun. Scott was a project manager at Microsoft where he was expected to "deliver" creativity as part of his job.Over time he studies the success of leading innovators such as Newton, Edison and Van Goghand crytsalized his thought abouthttp://tiran.blogspot.com/2009/10/innovation-as-process.htmltiran@tirandagan.com (Tiran)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36772294.post-1019781935554164978Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:57:00 +00002009-10-29T07:15:33.584-04:00Data VisualizationInnovationUsing Visualizations for Music DiscoveryView more documents from Paul Lamere.p>As you probably know, I am very keen on visualization and information design. I recently came across a fabulous presentation on visualizing the history of music. The presentation you see in embedded here was shared by the author, Paul Lamere. You will find in it a brief history of visualization, leaning strong on Ed http://tiran.blogspot.com/2009/10/visualization-of-music.htmltiran@tirandagan.com (Tiran)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36772294.post-164516892729539033Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:54:00 +00002009-10-27T08:02:22.517-04:00Web 3.0InnovationAugmented Reality (also known as total immersive augmented reality) is a term that has been around nearly a decade but recent technology innovation puts the power of AR in the hands of any cell phone user. So what is AR?AR is the convergence between the physical world and the world of information. It is a class of applications that marry contextual information with location based data so the http://tiran.blogspot.com/2009/10/augmented-reality.htmltiran@tirandagan.com (Tiran)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36772294.post-1196248912878598641Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:00:00 +00002009-10-19T19:57:01.104-04:00Broadcast MediaConan interviewed the mayor of Newark (Cory Booker) on his show and offered a check he & his wife wrote to the NewarkNow.org non profit with a matching amount from NBC. A nice ending to a much publicized war of words. In Conan's words: "It was one joke and man, it was expensive!".http://tiran.blogspot.com/2009/10/conan-gives-newark-mayor-100k-check.htmltiran@tirandagan.com (Tiran)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36772294.post-375008434624453771Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:23:00 +00002009-10-15T22:03:44.269-04:00Business ProcessData Visualization Yesterday I presented at WCBF's Global Lean Six Sigma Summit, discussing of the importance of strategic analytics (for slides visit my personal homepage). Lean Six Sigma, as you may know, is a data driven framework for reducing variation and defects in a process. The strategic focus on analytics is a concept that Tom Davenport and Jeanne Harris have been advocating for years. Many companies http://tiran.blogspot.com/2009/10/strategic-analytics.htmltiran@tirandagan.com (Tiran)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36772294.post-8716261122636318993Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:49:00 +00002009-10-27T08:16:55.530-04:00Data Visualization How can our mind grasp data that is complex or that encapsulates an enormous data set? Ask Aaron Koblin, an award winning artist who specializes in data visualization. His work was featured at TED and SIGGRAPH and garnered him an award from the National Science Foundation.Mr. Koblin skillful depiction of nearly 200,000 concurrent flights is based on FAA data over a 24 hour period. Imagine http://tiran.blogspot.com/2009/09/visualizing-complexity.htmltiran@tirandagan.com (Tiran)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36772294.post-5497610272810947235Sun, 06 Sep 2009 10:50:00 +00002009-09-25T03:49:56.822-04:00Data VisualizationRecently I have been heavily focused on data visualization. This is the missing gap between the analytical folks who gather and analyze data and the business folks who react and act upon the data. There are some fascinating examples of good and bad visualization and no one is better at demonstrating this than the guru of visual design Ed Tufte.In his books "Visual Design of Quantitative http://tiran.blogspot.com/2009/09/data-visualization.htmltiran@tirandagan.com (Tiran)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36772294.post-4209685990121906205Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:50:00 +00002009-06-03T05:37:48.108-04:00TechnologyWeb 2.0InnovationBroadcast MediaI have been hearing about the promise of TV 2.0 for quite a while now but the problem is that the big solutions require big companies with big capital investment and strong partnerships. There is a small company out there with a simple, innovative and cheap solution to let you view your media on your TV and for the first time I have been able to stretch on my sofa and watch Hulu videos on my big http://tiran.blogspot.com/2009/06/tv-20-product-lets-you-watch-hulu-on.htmltiran@tirandagan.com (Tiran)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36772294.post-8709307014586406495Thu, 14 May 2009 11:15:00 +00002009-06-03T05:27:45.759-04:00Web 2.0Cool Sites My friend, Ran Margalit, shared a link to Gigapixel's site. These guys create 1 billion pixel photos, nearly 150 times the resolution of a 6 megapixel camera using 8x10' film scanning and tiling a large number of photographs. They then use a flash tile streaming app to let the user zoom in.In the photo of Vancouver yaltetown condos (featured at the top of this article) I was able to zoom in on http://tiran.blogspot.com/2009/05/gigapixel-photography.htmltiran@tirandagan.com (Tiran)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36772294.post-1572020851493635662Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:32:00 +00002009-04-17T08:07:32.831-04:00Lean Six SigmaInnovationIn 1962 Brams and Taylor developed what is now known as the “Adjusted Winner” where two parties need to distribite assets that can not be divided. The authors suggest it produces solutions that are envy-free, efficient and equitable. It has far reaching implications on Joint Ventures, Asset liquidation and even sensitive geopolitical processes such as peace in the Middle East. I will walk you http://tiran.blogspot.com/2009/04/adjusted-winner-metho-peace-in-middle.htmltiran@tirandagan.com (Tiran)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36772294.post-1435978430118526059Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:13:00 +00002009-04-15T19:37:18.767-04:00Cool SitesInnovationWanted to share with you a great stopmotion video I stumbled upon. The neat part about the video is that it is actualy two stop-motion effects, one within the other. Here is the video itself:http://tiran.blogspot.com/2009/04/wolf-likes-pig-stopmotion.htmltiran@tirandagan.com (Tiran)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36772294.post-2945917536158547882Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:54:00 +00002009-03-20T10:39:47.259-04:00Steve Balmer's keynote interview today at Media Summit touched on a wide array of topics, from the Yahoo bid last year to r&d, mobile, a new retail store strategy, cloud computing and M&A. Let's start with Live Search:Acknowledging the need for a breakthrough improvement in search technology to successfully compete with Google, Microsoft's code name for the new technology is Kumo (screenshot) nowhttp://tiran.blogspot.com/2009/03/steve-balmermedia-summit-ms-planning.htmltiran@tirandagan.com (Tiran)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36772294.post-7927652550936835513Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:36:00 +00002009-03-20T10:40:30.435-04:00Broadcast MediaThis week I am attending MediaSummit New York where Philippe Dauman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Viacom Inc was a keynote speaker. During the interview with Ron Grover, BusinessWeek's LA bureau chief, Phillippe shared a funny story with the audience relating to the ongoing lawsuit against Google for copyright infringement of content on YouTube. Philippe's son, Junior, applied for a http://tiran.blogspot.com/2009/03/viacom-google-war.htmltiran@tirandagan.com (Tiran)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36772294.post-3732936278391926638Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:00:00 +00002009-03-12T08:00:00.541-04:00Cool SitesThis is the showcase website for the band Catsper One.Site: www.catsper1.comDesign: Globule Bleu Agency (www.globulebleu.com)http://tiran.blogspot.com/2009/03/cool-site-recommendation-catsper-one.htmltiran@tirandagan.com (Tiran)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36772294.post-5820618406140520604Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:00:00 +00002009-03-11T20:13:35.621-04:00Cool SitesThis site for a brazilian designer takes over your entire screen for an immersive experience of its collections. Site created by brazilian designer Grafikonstruct.Site: http://www.bellesposa.com.br/Design: www.grafikonstruct.com.brhttp://tiran.blogspot.com/2009/03/cool-site-recommendation-belle-sposa.htmltiran@tirandagan.com (Tiran)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36772294.post-3828700891553363993Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:00:00 +00002009-03-11T20:14:19.136-04:00Cool SitesCheck out this flash site for a young photographer Ciril Jazbec from Slvenia.Site: http://www.ciriljazbec.com/Designer: DrawingArt (http://www.drawingart.org/)http://tiran.blogspot.com/2009/03/cool-site-recommendation-ciril-jazbec_10.htmltiran@tirandagan.com (Tiran)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36772294.post-3351178896300736696Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:00:00 +00002009-03-09T08:00:00.752-04:00Cool Sites "The Corona Beach" is a slick flash site with streaming and downlaodable video content for all portable platforms. Very well designed site, winner of best web design, 2008.http://www.thecoronabeach.com/http://tiran.blogspot.com/2009/03/cool-site-recommendation-corona-beach_09.htmltiran@tirandagan.com (Tiran)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36772294.post-1499863061874611222Sun, 08 Mar 2009 03:41:00 +00002009-03-07T22:52:11.206-05:00I originally presented "Lean Six Sigma Without Alienating Jargon" at the IQPC in Orlando, FL in Jan 2009. In this sales operations case study Tiran explores the cultural challenges facing Strategic Initiatives & Analysis and the use of simple yet powerful process improvement tools and methods to drive ground-breaking change.In this presentation I shared with conference participants the following:http://tiran.blogspot.com/2009/03/lean-six-sigma-without-alienating.htmltiran@tirandagan.com (Tiran)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36772294.post-8401388184272863352Sat, 07 Mar 2009 12:12:00 +00002009-03-07T11:50:32.746-05:00AdvertisingWeb 2.0Broadcast MediaIn a striking move, Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes' announced his company will be putting more TV content on the internet. Time Warner's cable properties include CNN, HBO, Cartoon Network and TNT. In the move, announced March 2, 2009, Bewkes declared Time Warner's content would be made available on Hulu, MySpace, Yahoo TV or YouTube. The caveat is...Content will not be entirely free. Users will be http://tiran.blogspot.com/2009/03/timewarner-content-to-become-accessible.htmltiran@tirandagan.com (Tiran)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36772294.post-3649463628589517849Sat, 07 Mar 2009 10:24:00 +00002009-03-07T10:49:28.452-05:00InnovationMy friend Bill Stoller (and PR guru brainchild of Publicity Insider) sent me a video link to a guy doing a funny dance around the world. Click on Read More for the sensational story of the self proclaimed deadbeat who has travelled around the world to produce his wacky videos (viewed over 17 million times), his confession that the dance video was a hoax and his following interview admitting the http://tiran.blogspot.com/2009/03/funny-dance-travels-around-world.htmltiran@tirandagan.com (Tiran)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36772294.post-3489888355864249793Sun, 22 Feb 2009 12:00:00 +00002009-03-07T07:10:27.753-05:00Brazilian-born Vik Muniz shows off his work and you will be truly impressed: sugar field child workers illustrated in sugar chrystals, chocolate syrup drawings, wire models of flowers, thousands of yards of thread made into paintings and half a tombstone for people who are not quite dead yet. Click in to see a video of his artwork. http://tiran.blogspot.com/2009/02/vik-muniz-working-art-into-everyday.htmltiran@tirandagan.com (Tiran)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36772294.post-1147990645671055393Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:38:00 +00002009-02-20T10:07:21.968-05:00AdvertisingBroadcast MediaRumors have it Sumner Redstone, CBS Chair might move to sell shares in the company, according to Wall Street Journal's "Heard on the Street" column. CBS has been hard hit by the economic turmoil, and is especially volunerable since the split up (CBS and Viacom) and heavy reliance on local media broadcast structure.In the Q4 '08 Earnings call (February 18th 2009) Leslie Moonves, the CEO, http://tiran.blogspot.com/2009/02/cbs-redstone-could-sell-shares.htmltiran@tirandagan.com (Tiran)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36772294.post-6471029934503602028Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:52:00 +00002009-02-20T10:09:38.846-05:00AdvertisingMarketingThis month Inc. magazine ran a piece on "Wexley School for Girls", an advertising agency that prides itself not being an ad agency. (The video depicted here on the left is a campaign for Corbis's new mobile/video service). The 22 employee strong company is the creator of some of the most original marketing and publicity stunts that traditional agencies shy away from. Take for example the campaignhttp://tiran.blogspot.com/2009/02/whacky-marketing-firm-wexley-school-for.htmltiran@tirandagan.com (Tiran)0