"I am a creative planner/ brand and social media consultant based in Bangalore, India. This blog is a scribbling pad for my thots and ideas - on brands, social media and planning.
I am a winner of the WPP Atticus Award for my paper on the long tail of brand building. My whitepapers, articles and thot pieces on advertising, new media and the probable future are available here.
You can get in touch with me via Facebook or email. Thanks for dropping by." ~~ blaiq
Don't know the way around? The new avataar of this blog - unplannd (run by a social media enthusiast and a friend of mine) - will guide you through the maze.
[There will bve no new updates on the blog you are currently reading. It has been now been replaced by unplannd, for social media updates, and Planners' Almanac, for planner resources.]
Discovered at Fresh Creation.
... for the extended and ongoing planning conversation - MisEntropy Plannersphere Search Engine.
[Original pic by Johny hanging head down from the tree]
The Free Site - a comprehensive guide to everything that's available for free on the net.
[Original pic by vidiot]
Winged sandals - a trip down mythology lane with Hermes as your guide.
Adtunes - a weblog about music used in television commercials, film trailers, movie soundtracks, tv shows, video games and more.
[Original pic by Chubby Bat]
TwitterVision - a Google maps mashup with the Twitter RSS feed that shows the latest tweets and where they are originating from.
[Orriginal pic by niallkennedy]
Find out which single was topping the UK charts on any given day from 1945 to present day - at everyHit.com.
[Original pic by Roadsidepictures]
The Global Ideas Bank - in their own words "a not-for-profit website that is part suggestion box, part networking tool, part democratic think-tank and part inspirational entertainment!"
[Original pic by keithvass]
Launch the Human Clock and watch people from all over the world tell you the time - every passing minute.
Compiled reviews from respected critics and publications for film, video/dvd, books, music, television and games - at Metacritic.com.
[Original pic by jontintinjordan]
How many times has a term or a set of terms been mentioned on social media sites like Digg, MySpace, Flickr, Youtube and Twitter? Find out at SiteVolume.
[Original pic by Dephot - Agência de Imagem]
"People who live in the intersection of social networks are at a higher risk of having good ideas." - Ronald S. Burt, sociologist
... exploring data. The site is actually aimed at providing curriculum for teachers of introductory statitics but has interesting datasets and examples to make it valuable for the rest of us.
[Original pic by negatendo]
Universal human truths - all of them, compiled in a neatly alphabetized list.
[Discovered via Whistle Through Your Comb. Original pic by nataliej.]
A wonderful series of slides from Adliterate about the possible chemistry between brands and Web 2.0.
[Original pic by james_ michael_ hill]
Latest Economist articles, economic reports, basic facts at The Economist Country Briefings.
[Original pic by Noah Bulgaria]
From How Stuff Works - How Science Fiction Doesn't Work. And in case you are wondering what sci-fi has to do with planning, here's a pointer to a wonderful post by Lee Maschmeyer.
[Original pic by Dunechaser]
What's on family dinner tables in fifteen different homes around the globe? A Time photofeature.
[Original pic by Andreas Reinhold]
a social media campaign by B.L.Ochman.
[Original pic by Latente ∞ "Oggi immanentizzo l' Eschaton"]
... at Name Voyager.
[Graph from cayobo]
Professional secrets from those in the know (There's nothing there yet from us advertising and marketing folk and it's high time we learn a trick or two ;)
[Original pic by uberculture]
Looking for a webpage that doesn't exist anymore? Try the Wayback Machine - which takes you back to the time and webpage of your choice.
[Original pic by McBadger]
From WIRED : Console Portraits: A 40-year pictorial history of gaming
[Original desktop by powerbooktrance]
Scans of classic Indrajal comics featuring The Phantom, Mandrake, Bahadur, etc at The Comic Project.
[Original Pic by Velvet Android]
MarketingSherpa’s Viral Marketing Hall of Fame 2007: Top 10 Efforts & Results Data to Inspire You
[Original Pic by = xAv =]
"When I am working on a problem I never think about beauty. I only think about how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong." - Buckminster Fuller
The 12 tenets of social media marketing according to B.L.Ochman.
[Discovered via gapingvoid. Original pic by vaxZine]
The list of nominees and winners from the 11th Annual Webby Awards. Bonus link: How the Webbys Work
[Picture courtesy : The Webby Awards]
Follow who's talking about you and what they are saying at 31 places to monitor your online reputation.
[Oringinal pic by lonely radio]
You can't see around corners but you can hear around them. - Marshall McLuhan
