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Digital curation. The term curation in the past commonly referred to museum and library professionals.

Digital curation

It has since been applied to interaction with social media including compiling digital images, web links and movie files. Approaches to digital curation[edit] The Digital Curation Centre is a "world leading centre of expertise in digital information curation"[5] that assists higher education research institutions. The DCC is based in the UK and began operations in early 2004. The following is a general outline of their approach to digital curation: Conceptualize: Consider what digital material you will be creating and develop storage options.

Sheer curation[edit] Sheer curation is an approach to digital curation where curation activities are quietly integrated into the normal work flow of those creating and managing data and other digital assets. A similar idea is curation at source used in the context of Laboratory Information Management Systems LIMS. Channelisation[edit] See also[edit] References[edit] Engineering toys for girls. GoldieBlox - OFFICIAL BIG GAME XLVIII - Ad (Uncut Version) 39 Creative Lego Advertisements - Creativity without bricks. Lego creativity is not limited to building bricks and stop motion movies, it extends even to advertising.

39 Creative Lego Advertisements - Creativity without bricks

As with plastic bricks, Lego can take the simplest of concepts and make a powerful, intelligent and often witty statement. The approach taken with a typical lego ad is often minimal, as you will see from the fantastic print ads below. There really is no end to Lego creativity. Please note that this post was completely updated on the 5th of May, 2010. All dead links have been removed and several new ads have been either added or updated. Brain Stimulator. Lego Print Ad. Lego. Lego[a] is a popular line of construction toys manufactured by The Lego Group, a privately held company based in Billund, Denmark.

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The company's flagship product, Lego, consists of colourful interlocking plastic bricks and an accompanying array of gears, minifigures and various other parts. Lego bricks can be assembled and connected in many ways, to construct such objects as vehicles, buildings, and even working robots. Anything constructed can then be taken apart again, and the pieces used to make other objects. Com Products. LEGO, the LEGO logo, DUPLO, LEGENDS OF CHIMA, MINDSTORMS, MIXELS and the Minifigure are trademarks and/or copyrights of the LEGO Group. ©2014 The LEGO Group.

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All rights reserved. Use of this site signifies your agreement to the terms of use. TM & © DC Comics. (s14) TM & © 2014 Marvel & Subs. STAR WARS™ and all characters, names and related indicia are © 2014 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. Friends Home. Girl in What it is is Beautiful Lego Ad Interview. By Susana Polo | 4:12 pm, February 11th, 2014 This 1981 advertisement for Lego sets has been given a renewed life in the reaction to Lego’s Friends line, a line of Lego products that remain the only ones marketed expressly at girls, with minifigures that are incompatible with other Lego products.

Girl in What it is is Beautiful Lego Ad Interview

Apparently this mostly passed by Rachel Giordano, the thirty-seven year old naturopathic doctor who was once the little girl featured in the ad. Women You Should Know.net tracked Giordano down to interview her and recreate the photo with a modern Friends set (a news caster van thats interior contains, not broadcasting equipment, but a makeup vanity). You should go read their whole article, which relates Giordano’s account of creating the original ad as a child model, as well as a discussion of gendered toy marketing. Giordano hasn’t paid much attention to Lego in years, so the Friends line came as a bit of a surprise. Note I said “larger.” Is all of this nuance likely to be lost on little kids? The Little Girl from the 1981 LEGO Ad is All Grown Up, and She’s Got Something to Say.

**A Women You Should Know Exclusive** By Lori Day – In mid-January, this article on The Huffington Post hit my Facebook newsfeed like a Justin Bieber deportation petition—it was everywhere.

The Little Girl from the 1981 LEGO Ad is All Grown Up, and She’s Got Something to Say

In it, HuffPost Family News Editor Jessica Samakow writes: Pay attention, 2014 Mad Men: This little girl is holding a LEGO set. The LEGOs are not pink or “made for girls.” Girls' Legos Are A Hit, But Why Do Girls Need Special Legos? : Monkey See. Hide caption Olivia's House is part of the Lego Friends series.

Girls' Legos Are A Hit, But Why Do Girls Need Special Legos? : Monkey See

Lego Lego Hide caption There's a workshop, too, with a chalkboard and a robot. Lego Hide caption The Lego Friends can kick back in a cafe and have something to drink. Lego Hide caption Lego created the Lego Friends in part because it was selling little to girls from the adventure franchise-themed sets like the ones from Star Wars. Lego Hide caption The regular Lego "minifig" has far less detail in features and clothes than the Lego Friends, but moves more joints. Two years ago, in 2011, 90 percent of Lego's consumers were boys. "Construction had never worked for girls, for whatever reason," says Garrick Johnson, a toy analyst for BMO Capitol Markets.

Lego Friends turned out to be one of the biggest successes in Lego's history. Johnson says the company carefully studied differences between how girls and boys play. Lego Friends triggered the ire of Joy Pochatila, a scientist and mother of two small girls. Why Do Boys and Girls Prefer Different Toys? LEGO Ad From 1981 Should Be Required Reading For Everyone Who Makes, Buys Or Sells Toys. Lego-ad-1981-B.jpg (371×500) Lego-ad-1981-3-636x849.jpg (635×849) 22.vintage-lego-ads.jpg (540×750)