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Rising Factory Costs in China Concern the Fashion Market

By dog | Published: August 19, 2012

American Apparel and Footwear Association President and CEO Kevin Burke reveals survey results that show the biggest concerns for the footwear market are rising factory costs and government regulations. Complete video available for purchase at fora.tv

Posted in ForaTV | Also tagged american, apparel, branding, burke, Business, china, costs, factory, fairchild, fashion, fn, footwear, kevin, m, manufacturing, marketing, media, outsource, shoes, summit, wwd | Comments closed

The Power of Games to Drive Social Impact

By dog | Published: August 19, 2012

Samantha Skey, CRO at RecycleBank, believes that gamification and social rewards empower users to take real-world actions for good. Complete video available for purchase at fora.tv

Posted in ForaTV | Also tagged Business, collaboration, empower, engineering, entertainment, game, gamification, gamify, gaming, Green, impact, knowledge, marketing, media, motivate, recyclebank, renewable, rewards, samantha, skey, Social, summit, Sustainability, technology | Comments closed

The Transformation of London’s Olympic Park

By dog | Published: August 17, 2012

London will turn the Olympic Park into a multi-neighborhood complex with 10000 homes that will leave a legacy far beyond the 17 day games that were arguably the most impressive in history. The future of six of the eight permanent venues has already been secured. The aquatics center will be open to the public, 35% [...]

Posted in TDC | Also tagged 100m, acres, apartments, aquatics, architecture, art, athletics, beijing, bolt, boris, center, ceremony, china, city, complex, de, elizabeth, england, estate, field, games, gold, high, homes, janiero, johnson, live, london, mayor, medal, neighborhoods, of, olympic, olympics, open, Park, phelps, pool, queen, real, record, relay, rio, rise, running, space, sports, stadium, subway, summer, swimming, tdc, team, The, thedailyconversation, track, train, transformation, transportation, travel, vancouver, virtual, winter, World | Comments closed

Community Power: How to Create the Ultimate Moderator

By dog | Published: August 16, 2012

Stack Overflow co-founder Jeff Atwood outlines the website community’s process for assigning responsibility to group moderators. Complete video available for purchase at fora.tv

Posted in ForaTV | Also tagged administrator, atwood, Business, coding, community, crowdsource, election, entertainment, experience, game, gamification, Internet, jeff, leadership, mechanics, moderation, moderator, online, overflow, participation, Programming, stack, summit, ui, user | Comments closed

‘Alice’ Teaches Kids to Program Java with Storytelling

By dog | Published: August 14, 2012

Oracle Systems Engineer Daniel Green talks about “Alice”, a Java game design platform designed for young people. Alice has a special focus on encouraging girls to become involved in programming and engineering. Complete video available for free at fora.tv

Posted in ForaTV | Also tagged area, bay, children, coding, computers, computing, development, education, engineering, faire, game, gamification, Internet, it, java, lesson, maker, making, Programming, software, teaching, technology, youth | Comments closed

The Making of a Never-Ending Water Slide Simulator

By dog | Published: July 31, 2012

“Prototype This” hosts Joe Grand and Zoz Brooks detail the process of building a simulator that mimcs a never-ending water slide, the biggest project they built on their show. Complete video available for free at fora.tv

Posted in ForaTV | Also tagged area, bay, builder, building, diy, engineering, entrepreneur, faire, hacker, innovation, maker, making, Physics, protoype, Science, simulator, slide, water | Comments closed

Stanford Students Learn The Making of a Chair

By dog | Published: July 24, 2012

The marriage of theory and practice is evident in a class focusing on the creation of a single highly refined chair. ARTSTUDI 262 is an upper-level theory-design-fabrication class, is led by lecturer John Edmark. During the 10-week course, students design and fabricate their own chairs informed by historical reference, anthropometrics, form studies, user testing and [...]

Posted in Stanford | Also tagged art, education, furniture | Comments closed

Why Isn’t the Golden Gate Bridge Golden?

By dog | Published: July 12, 2012

Kevin Starr, author of Golden Gate: The Life and Times of America’s Greatest Bridge, shares why the Golden Gate Bridge is “international orange” and not a golden yellow. Kevin Starr is University Professor of History at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. From 1994 to 2004, he served as the state librarian for [...]

Posted in ForaTV | Also tagged architecture, area, arts, bay, beautiful, bridge, building, california, city, club, color, commonwealth, culture, engineering, francisco, gate, gold, golden, history, infrastructure, international, kevin, marin, Movement, orange, paint, philopolis, planning, primer, renaissance, san, sf, starr, structure, transportation, urban, yellow | Comments closed

‘Boardwalk Empire’ Costume Designer Recreates the 1920s

By dog | Published: July 10, 2012

John Dunn, costume designer for HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire,” describes his research process, which involves consulting tailoring books from the 1920s. He discusses the range of vibrant color that characterized the period’s clothing for men and women, which may surprise audiences who only know the 1920s from black and white films and photos. Complete video available [...]

Posted in ForaTV | Also tagged 1920, american, boardwalk, Business, clothing, costume, designer, dunn, empire, fairchild, fashion, film, hbo, history, john, marketing, menswear, style, suits, tailoring, Television | Comments closed

Desire Engine: How to Engineer User Behavior

By dog | Published: July 8, 2012

Complete video available for purchase at fora.tv Behavior Engineer and Blogger at NirAndFar.com Nir Eyal explains triggers, the first step in the desire engine that motivates behavioral change.

Posted in ForaTV | Also tagged 2012, Behavior, behavioral, Business, customer, desire, Economics, engagement, engine, engineering, entertainment, experience, eyal, game, gameplay, gamification, gamify, gaming, habit, marketing, media, motivation, New, nir, psychology, summit, technology, trigger | Comments closed

How the Energy Industry Can Benefit from Gamification

By dog | Published: July 8, 2012

Complete video available for purchase at fora.tv Peter Shaw, Senior Director of Smart Energy Practice at JD Power and Associates, discusses his firm’s research that shows that offering point rewards is the best way to get people interested in saving energy.

Posted in ForaTV | Also tagged 2012, alternative, Behavior, Business, cleantech, customer, energy, engagement, environment, experience, gamification, gamifying, grid, incentives, Management, peter, power, renewable, rewards, savings, shaw, smart, summit, Sustainability, utility | Comments closed

Arabia Silver Award for Best Original Logo Design

By dog | Published: July 4, 2012

Construction of AJD Logo, Al Jazeera Documentary

Posted in Al Jazeera | Also tagged al, arabic, award, Documentary, jazeera, logo, promaxbda, silver, youtube | Comments closed

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