The retail world is undergoing a revolution with the rise of online shopping websites. How does a shop — with bricks and mortar — transform its purpose for the 21st century shopper? How do the buyers — people who buy the clothes for us to shop — look ahead and anticipate this change; and the experience of shopping in a shop, rather than online.
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Trends - the retail shop of the future
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The Book Show
Increasingly, public libraries lend digital books as part of their expanding range of services, but the future of e-lending is far from clear. In this report, we look at how the digital shift will change the way libraries work.
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Story Engineering With Larry Brooks | The Creative Penn
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PODCASTS : The Edge | Digital Culture Centre
The internet and self-publishing may be a dream for bloggers and creative types, but it’s a gosh-darn nightmare for publishing houses.
In a world where anyone with an internet connection can publish their stories/anecdotes/LOLCATZ to an international audience the afore mentioned publishers are struggling to find a purpose.
Chris Meade is the Director of if:book London, an institute investigating the future of the book, and when he spent some time at The Edge he was kind to chat with Kristy McMahon and Christopher Reig about the troubled waters the industry is facing and some of the future’s possibilities.
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How To Produce Like A Linchpin By Understanding Your Lizard Brain – with Seth Godin | Case Studies & Business Tips
You listen to my programs because I don’t do the cute let’s get to know the author interviews that others are know for. I hunt down information that you can use because I’m passionate about helping you build a business that your great-great-grandkids would admire you for. That’s why I kept digging in this interview. I want you (and me too, frankly) to be able to produce the kind of hits that Seth Godin keeps cranking out seemingly without breaking a sweat. Not only has Seth created 2 big hit businesses…
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E-Book Tarnishes The Reader-Book Relationship : NPR
Commentator Andrei Codrescu is upset that passages on his eBook reader are highlighted. This happens automatically by a crowd-sourcing program. Codrescu says it takes the privacy out of reading.
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Design for Hackers: Reverse-Engineering Beauty
There are plenty of tools and tips available for technically applying design to an application or website; but the classical fundamentals that make websites and products beautiful and engaging remain a mystery. David Kadavy - freelance designer to Silicon Valley clients such as oDesk, UserVoice, and PBworks - will provide a sneak preview of content from his book, "Design for Hackers: Reverse-Engineering Beauty." David will explain important differences to be aware of when choosing fonts, as well as present "all of the fonts you’ll ever need.
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Designing Ideas, Not Objects
More that ever, the design of things is driving change into markets, and defining the idea of what a company means to its constitueants. Today, you can’t just create something, make and deliver it, and then expect it do well. Products must be more than just a “thing”. They need to built off relevant ideas, and the story needs to be driven throughout the entire proposition in an authentic way. Though observations and work examples, designer RobertBrunner will talk about why the notion of "ideas, not objects" is so important now, and how he and his company have created products that embody this principle. Highlighted will be his work for Barnes and Noble, Polaroid, Fuego, and Beats by Dr. Dre.
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Digital books replacing print in schools | PRI.ORG
Why a prep school in Massachusetts replaced its library books with digital versions, and colleges are moving to electronic textbooks.
http://www.pri.org/science/technology/digital-books-replace-print-in-schools1639.html
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Wireless power transfer for your gadgets | PRI.ORG
A preview of new technologies being developed to provide power to your electronic devices without using wires.
http://www.pri.org/science/technology/wireless-power-transfer-for-gadgets1666.html