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What? March already? Impossible! A few months ago we added the Technology for Marketing and Advertising event (TFM&A) at Earl’s Court to our diaries, excited at the prospect of such a meaty two-day event full of big name speakers, seminars and a broad ranging exhibition. Tomorrow, two members of the SLAM team will have the [...]
Last week we attended Mashup’s ‘Being Open’ event, where a multitude of professionals shared their experiences with open source development, data and platforms. In our previous post, we discussed the background of open source and new trends in open development. Now let’s have a look at open data and platforms.
The first topic on the Mashup’s Being Open event was “How open development and open source are changing the way we build digital services and dramatically reducing costs and development time” and included professionals discussing both open source software and open source hardware. The session started with Jeremy Ruston, Head of Open Source Innovation for [...]
“Being Open” is today’s motto at SLAM. In a few hours we’ll be attending Mashup’s half-day event at the Chartered Institute of IT to discuss the newest trends in open source development, platforms and data. If you’re very quick, and in today’s world you need to be, you may still be able to grab the [...]
Part two of Slam Global’s future digital trends for 2011 with a focus on the discussions from the February London Mashup event. It includes topics such as trends influenced by location, privacy, mobile payments and more.
Slam Global’s future digital trends for 2011 and highlights from the February London Mashup event. We look at mobile video sharing, niche social networks, influencers and more.
The Christmas elves have been busy in the Slam kitchen. If you were good this year, you may have received a delivery of freshly baked, triple chocolate Christmas cookies from us today – enjoy! Rather than designing the usual e-card or selecting corporate gifts, we thought we’d handcraft something small and, above all, delicious. Now, [...]
Rise above the noise, turn left on red, zig when the world zags and dare to be different – at Slam we’re celebrating the return of the brochure. When your competitors are focused on their digital campaigns, getting to grips with social media and identifying appropriate digital influencers to gain an edge in 2011, they [...]
US High Street store, The GAP’s recent brand identity crisis caused much stir within the marketing blogosphere. The new logo was hastily withdrawn, but so much publicity was generated by the event some were questioning whether it was a less a mistake than a deliberate attempt to grab some headlines. Nevertheless, Neurofocus, the world’s largest [...]
“Didn’t you have ads in the 21st century?” “Well sure, but not in our dreams, only on TV and radio, and in magazines, and movies, and at ball games… and on buses and milk cartons and t-shirts, and bananas and written on the sky – but not in dreams, no siree” (Futurama) The days of [...]
