Eating Cacti For Breakfast! http://contentcowboys.com/blog Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:40:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 en ‘Brand’ new anti-spam model http://contentcowboys.com/blog/2008/12/02/brand-new-anti-spam-model/ http://contentcowboys.com/blog/2008/12/02/brand-new-anti-spam-model/#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:36:36 +0000 Lev Detrez http://contentcowboys.com/blog/?p=425 When I was browsing through our blog this morning, my eye fell on our own anti-spam ‘are-u-human’-plugin. Instead of a weird letter combination, I had to type in ‘IKEA’ to submit a reply.

Coincidence? Maybe, but wouldn’t that be a great idea… Instead of typing combinations, you have to type in the correct brand to submit. Which brands, you ask? Those who pay of course!

A ‘brand’ new business model? Or maybe it already exists?

]]> http://contentcowboys.com/blog/2008/12/02/brand-new-anti-spam-model/feed/ This is advertising http://contentcowboys.com/blog/2008/12/02/this-is-advertising/ http://contentcowboys.com/blog/2008/12/02/this-is-advertising/#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:55:49 +0000 Lev Detrez http://contentcowboys.com/blog/?p=420 Isn’t advertising all about making things sell better? Ofcourse not, just kidding… I saw movie before. The music by Portishead convinced me posting this movie.

More on http://pundo3000.com/werbunggegenrealitaet3000.htm

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]]> http://contentcowboys.com/blog/2008/12/01/fueled-by-dreams-and-powered-by-imagination/feed/ People vs. MySpace http://contentcowboys.com/blog/2008/12/01/people-vs-myspace/ http://contentcowboys.com/blog/2008/12/01/people-vs-myspace/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:01:58 +0000 Lev Detrez http://contentcowboys.com/blog/?p=414 ‘That’s what happens when you give kids control over webdesign’. I couldn’t agree more with this…

Dear MySpace,
1994 called and asked for their html back.
Please do so.

(comment on digg)

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Can u guess what?

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What do YOU think?

]]> http://contentcowboys.com/blog/2008/11/25/youtube-goes-169/feed/ Richard Seymour about design http://contentcowboys.com/blog/2008/11/18/richard-seymour-about-design/ http://contentcowboys.com/blog/2008/11/18/richard-seymour-about-design/#comments Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:52:56 +0000 Lev Detrez http://contentcowboys.com/blog/?p=403

Yesterday, the Cowboys organized an event for stair lift producer Stannah. Richard Seymour, co-founder of the London based Seymour-Powell product design agency, gave an inspirational talk about design. Seymour-Powell created some of the most iconic products of the last 25 years, including the world’s first cordless kettle, pocket mobile phone and Bioform Bra.

Beside the fact that Seymour looks like Lemmy from Motorhead, his presentation was very interesting and straight to the point. In other words, Richard is a big man…

This movie shows another presentation by Seymour at Coventry University where he talks about the challenges and responsibilities of designers in the future.

]]> http://contentcowboys.com/blog/2008/11/18/richard-seymour-about-design/feed/ KHAIR by Content Cowboys http://contentcowboys.com/blog/2008/11/14/khair-by-content-cowboys/ http://contentcowboys.com/blog/2008/11/14/khair-by-content-cowboys/#comments Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:20:25 +0000 Lev Detrez http://contentcowboys.com/blog/?p=395 Yesterday, November 13th, Kreatos launched the first KHAIR shop in Antwerp (Minderbroedersrui). Check out the pictures. Content Cowboys did the art direction. You like?






Approved by our freshly cut Cowgirls Tinne and Kristien.

]]> http://contentcowboys.com/blog/2008/11/14/khair-by-content-cowboys/feed/ RefSeek http://contentcowboys.com/blog/2008/11/13/refseek/ http://contentcowboys.com/blog/2008/11/13/refseek/#comments Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:38:45 +0000 Lev Detrez http://contentcowboys.com/blog/?p=389

Back in the days, there were two young students who were looking for a better way to search the internet. Today they are known as Google. But over the years, google is searching a little bit too good. Millions of personal websites, business websites, e-shops, videos, pictures… When you’re looking for academic information, it would be helpfull to eliminate these overload of information.

Say ‘hi’ to REFSEEK!

Refseek is Google for academic use. It looks even more simple than Google. It does not claim to find more than Google, au contraire my friends; it eliminates results not related to science, research and academia. It’s made for students and researchers.

Here’s the test:
I searched ‘Egypt’ in Google…

  • 1st result: Wikipedia
  • 2nd and 3rd: Travel to Egypt, Egypt tours
  • 4th: Pictures of egypt
  • 5th: Egyptian monuments
  • Lot’s of ads about travelling to Egypt

Now I searched ‘Egypt’ in RefSeek

  • No ads
  • 1st result: wikipedia
  • 2nd: ancient-egypt.org; an interactive book about Ancient Egypt
  • 3rd: African Studies: Egypt
  • 4th: National Geographic

Notice the difference?

Try it out: www.refseek.com
More info here, here and here

]]> http://contentcowboys.com/blog/2008/11/13/refseek/feed/ Cut & Paste http://contentcowboys.com/blog/2008/11/05/cut-paste/ http://contentcowboys.com/blog/2008/11/05/cut-paste/#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:12:25 +0000 Dave Jans http://contentcowboys.com/blog/?p=379 From Thursday 13th of November you can go and check out the first of Kreatos new concept hairdressers. KHAIR. Cut the crap and also the price because you will pay for what you use. Oh, we did work out the art direction for this one and following shops and we hope you you will like it as much as we do.

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