Post by Katelyn Jacobsen

Hunger Games Hype

I thought that The Hunger Games hype would eventually die down, but I still see mentions on all social networking sites, like Twitter and especially Tumblr. Lionsgate and agency Ignition were able to turn a series of books (that I had never previously heard of) into a blockbuster with marketing campaign focused on the fans. [...]

Top 12 Ways Facebook’s “Groups for Schools” Will Change Higher Ed (and maybe everything else)

So Facebook is trying to reach out to its roots with its new “Groups for Schools”. Sean Carton, idfive’s handy-dandy expert on higher education and digital communication, analyzes this new function and reveals how much of an impact it truly can have: OK. So it’s a specialized form of Group targeted towards colleges and universities, [...]

The Strategy of Channeling Your Inner Child

“Creativity shouldn’t be seen as something otherworldly. It shouldn’t be thought of as a process reserved for artists and inventors and other ‘creative types,’” according to Jonah Lehrer in his new book Imagine. Lehrer studies the neuroscience behind creativity and thinking, and believes that this (which is usually thought of as a character trait than [...]

Data Visualization Inspiration

I’ve been assigned a design project to visually represent a concept of idfive’s. Straining for inspiration, my boss shared with me what this company, FFunction, designed. A beautiful representation, organized like a Venn diagram, of what they do by grouping different terms and colors to differentiate them. Ahh, admire:  

The Dirty Secret Behind User Data Collection & Tracking

Privacy’s always been a big concern on the Internet. Ever since the invention of “cookies” back in 1994 there’s been an ongoing (and sometimes contentious) debate over who gets to collect personal data about users, how that data is collected, and how it’s used. On one side are the marketers, retailers, advertisers, and publishers trying [...]