Xbox One Tests TV Intimacy

Microsoft’s debut of the Xbox One has generated some interesting ripples. After absorbing all the initial reports, the only thing I was sure of was the fact that Microsoft wanted me to have a more intimate relationship with my TV and Call of Duty. Those questions and many more have been answered, thanks to the Verge Staff, through the great post, Xbox One: Microsoft’s new console, Kinect, and a big bet on TV. The post is 24 questions raised during the presentation and followups. A read imparts the impression of a rushed launch, poor decisions and a potential security issue. Thanks to everyone at The Verge for this great work.

Microsoft has been behaving oddly since they moved into mobile ‘catch up’ mode. It feels like this is another move where they just missed a big win. Gamers may respond financially, but I doubt Microsoft is happy with the press. Still, someone had to be the first to paddle this uncharted territory, and for that I applaud the Xbox One development team and the lumps you will take.

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Xbox One: Microsoft’s new console, Kinect, and a big bet on TV

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The Components of Language

Here’s a thank you to Jongmin Kim for the stunning animation, Project Hangul#1 – The mimetic words of Hangul. A fascinating exploration of the Korean alphabet, it examines how its block structures can be used to write most sounds. The work is an art project that attempts to visually represent onomatopoeic and mimetic words according to their meaning.

This is a fun example of how to slow the web down.

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Project Hangul#1 – The mimetic words of Hangul

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KUNG FU ROBOT!! AYIHHHAAAA!!!

KUNG FU ROBOT has completed his training and is ready to make his summer reading debut to young eyes on an iPad near you. “Peanut Butter, Jelly & Kung Fu Sandwich” represents the first three chapters of a longer saga and is the result of a Kansas City-based collaboration between illustrator/Kid Rocket Inc. founder Jason Bays and the digital design and app development/publishing team at Propaganda3.  Check out a teaser trailer, explore and connect with the KUNG FU ROBOT community at the KungFuRobot site.

KUNG FU ROBOT will be piloting his unicycle across iPads this summer.

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Fun Reporting

The hardest sales pitch in the world is the one where you can both relieve pain and promise a better product. Too good to be true is a scary proposition. CLEMENGER BBDO BRISBANE decided that a heavy dose of funny was what their microsite that supported their Annual Report service needed to smooth that issue. THIS WILL MAKE YOUR YEAR uses sharp graphics and well-crafted copy to illicit subtle guffaws as the story of the familiar pains this kind of internal report often brings. Each laugh ends with a reminder of the firm’s clever alternative. The EXAMPLES section is as impressive as the production values in the initial presentation.

Congrats to everyone involved in this clever broach of a touchy subject and tougher sale.

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THIS WILL MAKE YOUR YEAR

CLEMENGER BBDO BRISBANE

#SKYREC GAMBIT

Props to Rupal Parekh for her AdAge post, Recording TV Shows With a Tweet. It explores a clever tech advance by Brazil’s AgenciaClick Isobar. The advancement allows subscribers of Satellite provider, Sky, to record shows they cannot watch from a mobile location. What’s unique is the mechanism. After establishing an account, customers retweet @skybrasil tweets about programs they want to record with the hashtag #skyrec. Sky handles the DVR connection at home.

Congrats to everyone involved in this sweet move. The opportunity to increase subscribers and the satisfaction of existing ones is a great win.

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Recording TV Shows With a Tweet

AgenciaClick Isobar

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Tumblr Stumbles

Against my advice, Tumblr is going to take to 1+ billion from Yahoo! and be influenced by a team that's just beginning a long crawl back. Ingrid Lunden’s TechCrunch post is a succinct read on the coming event. It’s Official: Yahoo Is Buying Tumblr For $1.1B, Vows To Keep It Independent is filled with web-speak gems from both teams about, “ultimate creative canvas, original Internet company,” and my personal favorite, “the product, service and brand will continue to be defined and developed separately with the same Tumblr irreverence, wit, and commitment to empower creators.” (golly) This is a great read that you cannot miss if you endeavor in the digital.

I truly hope the product of this union is as well planned as the initial purchase. This is a huge win for Yahoo! I still believe the momentum Tumblr had going will be stopped; some percent of their development time will go towards a future, single platform social model that Yahoo! is working towards.

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It’s Official: Yahoo Is Buying Tumblr For $1.1B, Vows To Keep It Independent

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Glass Rush

Jon Russell’s THE NEXT WEB post is the pistol shot every Google Glass fanatic has been waiting for. Developer releases template code to allow almost anyone to create a Google Glass app chronicles the post I/O mayhem created by Applaunch’s Chris Maddern. Maddern has released an open-source template that uses the Mirror API from GitHub. A few database tweeks and your app is running on Glass.

Google controls the production fork of the Glass equation and you can bet that line never sleeps. This is a very clever ploy to have the app side of things progressing nicely as well.

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Developer releases template code to allow almost anyone to create a Google Glass app

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The Soundtrack of Your Weekend

Fifty years ago today, the first Monterey Folk Festival kicked off. Artists gracing the bill included The Who, Dylan and Joan Baez. The show closed with the Mamas & the Papas. Here’s their classic, California Dreaming.

P3 hopes it is just the thing to get you shutdown and out into the weekend. Enjoy your time away and find us back in the digital when you return.

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The Mamas & The Papas: California Dreaming

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