Myspace v Facebook

We haven't even begun to understand the internet

If you don't mind listening to a little American sports-talk then have a listen to an interesting interview with John A. Walsh, one of the senior executives of ESPN. An old-school newspaper man John points out that the internet is really only 13 years old and therefore still in its infancy. We need to stop thinking about the web in the context of offline media. We're still trying to impress newspaper, TV and radio conventions onto a wholly unique medium.

Without mediation, we are nothing

I want to bring to your attention an amazing post from the talent imitates, genius steals blog. The writer reflects on the increasing role of the internet providing mediation in our lives. Our desire to post updates to our friends via twitter and facebook, and our continual archiving of events, memories and experiences is changing the way we perceive reality.

"Virginia Woolf once said nothing is real until it is recorded. It seems like the rest of the world has caught up with her thought. We endlessly refract ourselves, mediate our lives, to reach out and connect and then, begin to construct ourselves, in response to what seems to drive attention our way.

As people we have always thought socially - seeing ourselves through the eyes of others. Increasingly it seems that without mediation, nothing seems real.

Next time you are at a concert - look at all the people capturing the moment, to mediate and broadcast it, to remember it and share it, to continue create themselves with it - even firsthand experiences require mediation."

Read the whole post

$1,000,000,000,000

Have you ever wondered what $1 trillion looks like?

Google x Dr Seuss

Just a wonderful piece of typography from Google to celebrate Dr Seuss's birthday.

The secret to happiness is ... low expectations

The Paradox of Choice was one of the greatest books I've read in the last few years. Barry Schwartz summerises his central premise in this video.

Malcolm Gladwell on spaghetti sauce

Since both Directros of The Whisper Shop are of Italian descent, we thought this was a very appropriate way to belatedly start the new year.

RVCA x National Drawing Awards

Last week saw the opening of the National drawing Awards presented by our clients RVCA. RVCA are a clothing brand that has a heritage of supporting artists globally via their Artist Network Programme. The Whisper Shop developed the partnership between RVCA and Artspace (the hosting gallery) to develop awareness and credibility of the brand in the art community of New Zealand.

Some images from the event:

We got "Whitelisted" for Google Friend Connect

If you look in the landhand bar of this site and scroll on down you will see a new addition, a couple of windows from the new social networking tool Google Friend Connect. Many months ago we applied to be part of their trial, and the other day we got a little email saying we've been "Whitelisted" to use the product. Over the coming weeks we're going to explore ways in which we can use Friend Connect to benefit our business.

What's buzzing right now?

I urge you to check out Twitscoop a site that tracks what is buzzing on Twitter right now. If you want to understand what the most intriguing topics around the world are right now this site will tell you.