http://www.psfk.com Good Ideas Report Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:12:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ http://www.psfk.com/2010/03/tesco-to-launch-exclusive-range-of-clothing-for-its-online-store.html http://www.psfk.com/2010/03/tesco-to-launch-exclusive-range-of-clothing-for-its-online-store.html#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:34:53 +0000 Naresh Kumar http://www.psfk.com/?p=58897 Tesco-UK is launching a high fashion clothing brand, which it will sell on its online store.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/03/tesco-to-launch-exclusive-range-of-clothing-for-its-online-store.html/feed 1 http://www.psfk.com/2010/01/taking-it-to-the-screens-discount-clothier-zara-goes-online.html http://www.psfk.com/2010/01/taking-it-to-the-screens-discount-clothier-zara-goes-online.html#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:47:49 +0000 Laura Feinstein http://www.psfk.com/?p=55734 In 2010 it's not enough to just take your message to the streets, you've also got to take it to your customer's screen.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/01/taking-it-to-the-screens-discount-clothier-zara-goes-online.html/feed 0 http://www.psfk.com/2010/01/what-is-fresh-a-tool-to-locate-seasonal-food-and-farmers-markets.html http://www.psfk.com/2010/01/what-is-fresh-a-tool-to-locate-seasonal-food-and-farmers-markets.html#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:02:20 +0000 Kyana Gordon http://www.psfk.com/?p=55654 WhatIsFresh was developed by Michael Horn, born out of his frustration to find the key ingredient for a dinner party recipe.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/01/what-is-fresh-a-tool-to-locate-seasonal-food-and-farmers-markets.html/feed 1 http://www.psfk.com/2009/11/aol-celebrates-its-independence-with-a-new-image.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/11/aol-celebrates-its-independence-with-a-new-image.html#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:00:29 +0000 Paloma Vazquez http://www.psfk.com/?p=53153 Aol. celebrates its spin-off from Time Warner, and trading on the NYSE with a new brand identity.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/11/aol-celebrates-its-independence-with-a-new-image.html/feed 1 http://www.psfk.com/2009/10/daily-candy-to-launch-curated-sample-sale-website.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/10/daily-candy-to-launch-curated-sample-sale-website.html#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:19:39 +0000 Laura Feinstein http://www.psfk.com/?p=50885 Events and lifestyle site DailyCandy will be launching their own members-only site called Swirl, which will carry designer clothing and accessories for up to 80% off. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/10/daily-candy-to-launch-curated-sample-sale-website.html/feed 2 http://www.psfk.com/2009/10/nba-2k10-real-life-performance-affects-in-game-experience.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/10/nba-2k10-real-life-performance-affects-in-game-experience.html#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:39:45 +0000 Francisco Hui http://www.psfk.com/?p=50374 The newest iteration of the NBA 2k series includes a feature called "NBA Today" that includes daily updates from events happening in real world NBA games. How teams and individual players perform on the court affects the video game commentary, performance and stats of individual athletes.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/10/nba-2k10-real-life-performance-affects-in-game-experience.html/feed 1 http://www.psfk.com/2009/10/internet-eyes-video-surveillance-as-video-game.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/10/internet-eyes-video-surveillance-as-video-game.html#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:43:13 +0000 Scott Lachut http://www.psfk.com/?p=48955 Internet Eyes is an online service that opens up access to closed-circuit cameras to the public, awarding cash prizes up to £1,000 each month to the users who catch the most crooks.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/10/internet-eyes-video-surveillance-as-video-game.html/feed 5 http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/flyp-magazine-multimedia-storytelling-for-the-digital-age.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/flyp-magazine-multimedia-storytelling-for-the-digital-age.html#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:55:14 +0000 Scott Lachut http://www.psfk.com/?p=44784 The other day, we highlighted some of the ways that magazines are diversifying their business models to remain both relevant and solvent as more and more of their audience moves … [visit site to read more] © Scott Lachut for PSFK, 2009. | Permalink | 2 comments | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: Flyp, Flyp Media, magazines, multimedia, online, print, reporting, storytelling Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/flyp-magazine-multimedia-storytelling-for-the-digital-age.html/feed 2 http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/information-addiction-and-our-quest-for-relevancy.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/information-addiction-and-our-quest-for-relevancy.html#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:07:26 +0000 Scott Lachut http://www.psfk.com/?p=42687 Image credit: Getty Images, Craig P. Jewell/Flickr Turns out there might be a biological imperative to explain our addiction to information that leads us to obsessively check our Facebook profiles for … [visit site to read more] © Scott Lachut for PSFK, 2009. | Permalink | 4 comments | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: addiction, biological imperative, biology, brain, Information, internet, mind, online, relevancy, seeking, social web, wanting Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/information-addiction-and-our-quest-for-relevancy.html/feed 4 http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/ny-mag-commenters-get-hired-for-hsbcs-soapboxcampaign.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/ny-mag-commenters-get-hired-for-hsbcs-soapboxcampaign.html#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:00:46 +0000 Scott Lachut http://www.psfk.com/?p=41388 We’ve written previously about the reverse trend of internet memes inspiring honest-to-goodness books, but it appears that the web’s influence on real life as reflected in popular media knows no … [visit site to read more] © Scott Lachut for PSFK, 2009. | Permalink | One comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: brand, commenters, comments, HSBC, internet, internet memes, new york magazine, niche community, Ny Mag, NY Magazine, online, web Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/ny-mag-commenters-get-hired-for-hsbcs-soapboxcampaign.html/feed 1 http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/digital-immortality-and-death-20.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/digital-immortality-and-death-20.html#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:06:13 +0000 Scott Lachut http://www.psfk.com/?p=40079 Image Credit: Getty Images, Kim Baker/Flickr Without coming across as too macabre and curmudgeonly, we’ll simply say that with dawn of the internet, the business of death has gotten a lot more complicated these days. Consider that wills once existed for the sole purpose of ceding ownership of physical objects, and quests for immortality - things like cryonics, transhumanism, fountains of youth and religion (ahem) - remained firmly planted in the realms of fantasy, but as the lines between our real and digital worlds continue to blur, these customs have changed. The things we leave behind, from virtual businesses to entire online lives, now have an [...]]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/digital-immortality-and-death-20.html/feed 3 http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/what-if-traditional-ad-spend-doesnt-flip-online.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/what-if-traditional-ad-spend-doesnt-flip-online.html#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2009 07:00:55 +0000 Piers Fawkes http://www.psfk.com/?p=41110 Commentators have been arguing for a few years now that we will see a shift of marketing budgets from offline to online... I agree that digital media will drive a dramatic drop in offline spending but I don’t know if I agree that the money will flip online.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/what-if-traditional-ad-spend-doesnt-flip-online.html/feed 8 http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/automated-photo-printing-and-mailing.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/automated-photo-printing-and-mailing.html#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:43:32 +0000 Nicko Margolies http://www.psfk.com/?p=38526 For those with family members unskilled in the dozens of photo-sharing services online or those that prefer hard copies of photos, there is now a solution to upload and automatically mail loved ones your recent snapshots. Picwing will [...]]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/automated-photo-printing-and-mailing.html/feed 0 http://www.psfk.com/2009/06/calling-from-your-browser.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/06/calling-from-your-browser.html#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:18:53 +0000 Francisco Hui http://www.psfk.com/?p=35092 Ribbit is an open API platform for integrating phone call features into the online world. Calls, texts, and voicemails can be integrated into web banners and sites. In the demo pictured above, drag … [visit site to read more] © Francisco Hui for PSFK, 2009. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: call, CaT, Creativity CaT, online, phones, ribbit, telemarketing, txt, voice Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/06/calling-from-your-browser.html/feed 0 http://www.psfk.com/2009/05/our-online-lives-a-study-in-digital-socialism.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/05/our-online-lives-a-study-in-digital-socialism.html#comments Tue, 26 May 2009 17:12:41 +0000 Scott Lachut http://www.psfk.com/?p=33978 Whether or not you fully agree with the chosen terminology and accompanying ideology, we felt Kevin Kelly’s recent piece in Wired that … [visit site to read more] © Scott Lachut for PSFK, 2009. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: boxee, collaboration, digital socialism, Kevin Kelly, online, socialism, wikipedia Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/05/our-online-lives-a-study-in-digital-socialism.html/feed 0 http://www.psfk.com/2009/04/we-are-hunted-charting-online-music-popularity.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/04/we-are-hunted-charting-online-music-popularity.html#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:46:52 +0000 Dan Gould http://www.psfk.com/?p=32027 Traditional music charts are based on shipped albums, or units sold. While this may have been an accurate method to judge music popularity in the simpler times of top-down, centralized music distribution, today’s … [visit site to read more] © Dan Gould for PSFK, 2009. | Permalink | 4 comments | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: chart, hype cycle, Music, online Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/04/we-are-hunted-charting-online-music-popularity.html/feed 4 http://www.psfk.com/2009/02/twipple-twittering-with-kindness.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/02/twipple-twittering-with-kindness.html#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:08:27 +0000 Christine Huang http://www.psfk.com/?p=26811 As Twitter quickly becomes a household name, some are finding uses for the microblogging tool that go beyond work and play. One of of the most thoughtful we’ve seen is Twipple – twittering + random acts of kindness. As the twitter page explains, “a twipple is a random act of kindness via twitter. We post 1 twipple per 100 sign ups. So please sign up and tell your friends. twipple ideas also welcomed!” We asked Twipple creator and PSFK friend Floyd Hayes to share a bit more about ‘the twipple effect’. First: what is twipple? A twipple is a Tweet combined with random [...]]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/02/twipple-twittering-with-kindness.html/feed 1 http://www.psfk.com/2009/02/fashion-runways-go-digital.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/02/fashion-runways-go-digital.html#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:17:58 +0000 Jason Tan http://www.psfk.com/?p=27030 The economic downturn has forced cost-consciousness into the way high fashion is being presented. The Economist reports that during last week’s NY Fashion Week, several designers slashed the $100,000+ cost it takes to do a 20-minute catwalk show out of their budgets, opting instead for more straightforward things like having their models interact with crowds in small gatherings. This forced creativity has also led to new digital-based innovation as more members of the global haute couture … [visit site to read more] © Jason Tan for PSFK, 2009. | Permalink | One comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: digital, Fashion, halston, haute couture, marketing, music [...]]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/02/fashion-runways-go-digital.html/feed 1 http://www.psfk.com/2009/02/exchanging-info-via-high-tech-high-fiving-toys.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/02/exchanging-info-via-high-tech-high-fiving-toys.html#comments Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:47:36 +0000 Christine Huang http://www.psfk.com/?p=25217 Poken is a new toy that attempts to bridge the gap between online and offline play. It’s a plastic creature, in the form of a panda or bumblebee or three-eyed monster, that transfers social networking information via ‘high-fives’ (and RFID). … [visit site to read more] © Christine Huang for PSFK, 2009. | Permalink | 6 comments | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: offline, online, RFID, toys, Web & Technology, wireless technology Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/02/exchanging-info-via-high-tech-high-fiving-toys.html/feed 6 http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/lessons-from-an-independent-online-bookstore.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/lessons-from-an-independent-online-bookstore.html#comments Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:56:13 +0000 Jason Tan http://www.psfk.com/?p=24603 The economy has hit the traditional brick-and-mortar book business especially hard. Even landmark literary institutions like Cody’s have not been spared. In contrast, Avalon.ph – a Manila-based online specialist in second hand books – has been thriving. Its … [visit site to read more] © Jason Tan for PSFK, 2009. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: Asia, avalon, avalon.ph, books, ecommerce, independent, Interview, manila, online, philippines, Retail, second hand Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/lessons-from-an-independent-online-bookstore.html/feed 0