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What we read this week (31 Aug)
Written by: Maddie
Where innovation ends and natural behavior begins, why targeted ads are so creepy, why young people aren’t buying cars, how we use our variety of screens for different purposes, and what design fiction is.
Read more »Week 99
Written by: Johannes
Coming back from some intense weeks, Johannes reflects on current projects.
Read more »What we read this week (24 Aug)
Written by: Maddie
Reads on the topics of robots replacing human precision, designing platform-specific e-books, setting the right pace for sharing and media consumption, what startup workers can learn from master craftsmen, and how the social sciences are changing.
Read more »What we read this week (17 Aug)
Written by: Dorota
This week we read about the future of the existing social web, the possible changes standing in front of it, digital marketing and the solution to dietary incompetence served by Reddit.
Read more »Goodbye Peter
Written by: Johannes
A big change at Third Wave. Peter is leaving the company. Here are his reasons and where we go from here.
Read more »What we read this week (10 Aug)
Written by: Igor
In this weekly reads: how biohacking emerges as a movement, we learn about space law and the fact that the UN has an office for Outer Space Affairs, how passwords do not seem to be enough for the cloud computing age, old pay phones living a new life as wifi hotspots and how there is new legislation on the way to regulate the damage that is being done by patent trolls in the US.
Read more »What we read this week (3 Aug)
Written by: Maddie
In this week’s reads: what factors determine the success of wearable technologies, proposed legislation that could help repair the patent system, the success of the New York Times’ subscription strategy, geographical discrimination on the internet, and college degree programs steered by big data.
Read more »Week 95
Written by: Johannes
Among many things, Jasmine left us with a list of essential qualities she observed in our approach to our work. We think that this is a spot on description of what Third Wave is about.
Read more »What we read this week (27 Jul)
Written by: Maddie
Our reads this week delve into mobile identity, our feelings towards our work stations, the great gadget-addiction question, a future of 3D printing, and a promising deal between BitTorrent and a musician.
Read more »Introducing Jannik
Written by: Maddie
Meet Jannik, one of our two trainees in Social Media Strategy, in cooperation with VCCP.
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