Business
Divide and Conquer: Customer Loyalty Mobile Apps Abound
Special to Flip by Katherine Loh I was sitting at a local coffee shop when I witnessed a rather common, but painful situation. The cashier handed a gentleman his credit card after he swiped his $8 total for two. As … Continue reading
Zach Braff Engages With Fans. Now They’ve Funded His Movie.
Zach Braff, courtesy Kickstarter They funded his movie in three days. Zach Braff wanted creative control of the follow-up to his hit independent film, “Garden State“. According to Zach Braff’s Kickstarter campaign, a traditional financing deal requires compromises on casting, location, and … Continue reading
Will the Participatory Culture be the End of Brand Marketing?
This post highlights the work of MCDM students. By Matt Davis & Ryan Risenmay The age of the empowered consumer has eroded the foundations of traditional brand marketing. The one-to-many broadcast approach of “message” style marketing used over the past … Continue reading
car2go: A chat with their CTO and an exclusive look at their new app
It’s a problem faced by most of us living in modern urban cities: transportation and parking. Environmentally (and economically) aware urbanites have long relied on mass transit, carpooling, bicycling and good old fashioned walking. In recent years, there have been … Continue reading
2013 SXSW Interactive Award Winners
Yes I sat through the awards ceremony for you all to bring you this year’s SXSW Interactive Award winners. Subsequently, I realized I could have just got the information off the press release and used those two hours of my … Continue reading
Communicating the Genome
Tuesday morning I went to a SXSW panel on “Personalized Health.” The featured speaker was Dr. Linda Avey, a geneticist and entrepreneur who founded 23andme.com. Much of the talk centered around her work at 23andme and their continued progress since … Continue reading
Lets Get Physical: Shiny New Things at SXSW
So yesterday I took a wander through the SXSW trade exhibition. Here’s a couple of shiny new ideas and things that caught my attention both at the trade show and elsewhere. Hardware and ways to make the interent a more physical … Continue reading
SXSW Wrap up Day 3
Here at SXSW, the Flip team is working hard to bring you the highlights of the Interactive conference. The Sunday program was as packed as the other days have been, but the sun was shining and we were in the … Continue reading
