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by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Retail, Trends | Feb 1, 2010
The sentience of reading experience: Kindle vs. iPad, an exploration of dimensionality. This from GadgetLab: “But some die-hard e-reader fans like Len Edgerly, who hosts the weekly Kindle Chronicles podcast, say pretty e-books aren’t as big a draw as some would... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Places, Retail, Storytelling | Jun 5, 2024
Conceptions of Brand-related built environments for storytelling in contextual community. First off, a reference to the Oakley Headquarters—an environment designed and dedicated to the spirit of innovation that drives the brand and the creation of their products;... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Cool People, General, Places | Mar 25, 2007
Okay, so I’ve been busy, and trying to fill out the remaining days has taken time. Days, right? Daze, right? Like a week or so, really. And there’s more, too. More learnings — and of course, so much more learning that it took me a couple of daze to... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, General | May 10, 2009
Scott Oki reaches to his roots in newly founding concepts of how learning benefits the advancement of our culture. My connection with Scott Oki is long running. And in every aspect of my relationship with him, it’s been a journey in learning. From him,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Marketing 2.0, Retail, Trends | May 26, 2009
Marketing sex, retail and the recession There’s been a dire downturn, underlining the bleakly obvious. And it’s been down for everyone — everything — everywhere. All markets — and each of us — everyone’s been affected,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General | Jun 1, 2009
Fire, the long river and the mist in the motion in learning Some time back, I was speaking (and working with) with a writer — Kurt Dahl, a IT manager and strategist then for Nordstrom, about the idea of the future of the book. He didn’t really believe in... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Marketing 2.0, Retail | Aug 11, 2009
Exploring the mapping of personality and brand in cultural change | Amazon+Zappos and the Endless(.com)…potential. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has a point of view — and his strategies, intriguingly, focus on one compelling degree of index. Community attention.... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Marketing 2.0, Storytelling | Sep 12, 2009
Apple: Steve Jobs, Applications, App Store and community Indulge me for a moment, would you? Scan this literary framing for a word — below. One word, over time. Think of it as poetry for the instant, prose for the momentous, lines for just now.... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General | Oct 18, 2009
The real of the senses: a journey into the heart of the book, experience design and the librarian instinct of content. I won’t pretend to be a scholar on this matter, let alone offering anything but the obvious. But this past week, working in Bend, speaking at... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Marketing 2.0, Retail, Trends | Nov 8, 2009
Photo A indulgent luxury that is flourishing even in recessionary challenges. It’s what we walk on. It’s what we walk with. Or what we’ve got on our feet. And for some of us, the concept of the shoe is just “down there”, something to... Read More
