http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:04:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2012/02/adele-fan-interaction-headlines.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:00:34 +0000 Author reflects on what British diva does to sincerely connect with her audience. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2012/01/puma-social-media-bloggers.html Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:53:05 +0000 The sportswear company is creating their own social media coverage by sending ten influential individuals to cover a leg of this year's Volvo Ocean Race. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/10/augmented-reality-fad-or-the-future.html Wed, 12 Oct 2011 12:14:19 +0000 Communication experts at Hidden Creative believe that augmented reality is the way of the future. But is it really here to stay?]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/text-any-local-business-with-a-handy-new-app.html Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:04:04 +0000 TalkTo can connect the user to any local business for queries, information or reservations.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/psfk-conference-speaker-interview-chris-riley.html Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:27:56 +0000 Apple's ex-Head of Planning previews his thoughts on the power of social media and the future of traditional media.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/government-decides-against-shutting-down-social-media-in-crises-headlines.html Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:59:10 +0000 The government is no longer interested in shutting down social networks during times of crises. Instead, they're focusing on how Facebook and Twitter could be used in emergencies.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/blogging-still-preferred-as-the-way-to-express-ourselves-online.html Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:44:14 +0000 Twitter and Facebook, may be the leading social media platforms for sharing snippets of information, but blogs remains popular for expressing more complex thoughts.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/ed-cotton-coding-the-corporate-language-of-the-near-future.html Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:01:01 +0000 Ed Cotton asks us to consider learning coding as a new language. As our lives become more invested in the internet and computers, there is no doubt that knowing coding will provide us with more opportunities in the job market.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/07/hashtag-property-of-no-one-headlines.html Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:42:13 +0000 Jeff Jarvis explains how a hashtag is the ultimate democratic tool---primarily because no one can control it.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/07/a-map-of-america-drawn-by-cellphone-connections-video.html Tue, 05 Jul 2011 13:32:45 +0000 MIT's latest project creates an image of the United States based on how people make contact with one another.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/05/talk-with-the-animals-dolphin-translator.html Wed, 11 May 2011 16:39:41 +0000 In 2011, communication with dolphins has become far more sophisticated, with a research team currently building a 'dolphin translator' prototype aimed at recording, interpreting and responding to the sounds captured from the mammals.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/03/universal-translator-edges-ever-nearer-to-reality.html Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:16:39 +0000 First real-time translation app helps halt communication breakdowns.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/03/the-art-of-immersion-explores-audiences-new-role.html Tue, 08 Mar 2011 20:33:52 +0000 Is today's inherently interactive, non-linear, and immersive "deep media" loosening the author's hold on the fate of the story? 'The Art of Immersion' explores the audiences' new role.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/03/rapid-response-mesh-wi-fi-clouds-could-augment-disaster-aid.html Fri, 04 Mar 2011 13:25:47 +0000 Swarming micro air vehicles may be the natural disaster recovery agents of the future.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/the-robot-internet.html Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:31:26 +0000 Scientists are exploring whether Robots can 'intuitively' share information with each other, independent of human command. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/01/the-dangers-of-social-technology.html Tue, 18 Jan 2011 20:21:27 +0000 In her new book "Alone Together: Why We Expect More From Technology and Less From Each Other," MIT ethnographer Sherry Turkle explores the dangers of an overly tech-obsessed culture.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/12/sphero-smartphone-as-remote.html Wed, 08 Dec 2010 19:15:44 +0000 A new app by Orbotix aims to make the smartphone a universal control device for a number of physical objects.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/11/nielsen-study-shows-online-viewers-still-like-regular-tv.html Tue, 16 Nov 2010 18:45:49 +0000 New research reveals that Internet TV viewers are just as, or more likely to watch regularly scheduled programming.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/11/human-like-robot-actor-premiers-in-play-video.html Mon, 15 Nov 2010 18:00:13 +0000 The Geminoid F performed in the Japanese play "Sayonara" alongside a human actor.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/11/digital-memorials-rfid-rosetta-stone-the-e-tomb.html Wed, 10 Nov 2010 21:30:22 +0000 Two products offer ways to communicate the digital history of the deceased. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/11/a-credit-card-for-the-visually-impaired.html Wed, 10 Nov 2010 19:27:29 +0000 Kwon Ki Nam has developed a user friendly concept device for the blind.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/11/monocolumn-china-versus-usa-in-the-satellite-wars.html Wed, 10 Nov 2010 16:47:44 +0000 It looked as though China stepped up the game to challenge the US, or at least US space-supremacy, at the end of last month when it launched another satellite in its second-generation Compass Navigation Satellite System (CNSS), also by the name of Beidou-2. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/10/twitter-grammar-lessons.html Thu, 28 Oct 2010 17:38:54 +0000 Designer Chris Messina discusses micro-blogging syntax.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/10/nook-color-e-reader-unveiled.html Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:39:43 +0000 Barnes and Noble introduces the Nook Color, the highly-anticipated follow-up to the Nook e-reader.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/10/social-no-more-new-myspace-entertainment-hub-launches-today.html Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:22:02 +0000 News Corp’s social network is transforming into a "social entertainment destination."]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/10/sahana-open-source-disaster-management-system.html Fri, 01 Oct 2010 13:37:24 +0000 When large natural disasters occur, its quite difficult for information to circulate about how aid workers from differing factions should approach such situations.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/09/lamps-as-non-verbal-communications-channel.html Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:42:59 +0000 An interactive networked lighting set serves as a communication medium between two users.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/09/social-sharing-via-networked-objects-devices.html Mon, 20 Sep 2010 20:01:24 +0000 Japan's Mixi has launched two new APIs that demonstrate how social media is evolving towards direct integration within networked devices.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/09/designing-better-tools-for-communication-during-crisis.html Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:26:42 +0000 A prototype platform demonstrates how web and mobile tools can help workers in rescue situations.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/08/this-week-in-brand-strategy-advertising-10.html Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:57:31 +0000 PSFK curates some of the brand strategy, digital and creative advertising news and ideas that caught our attention this past week.]]>