Happen® News

Tesco TJam Event: 1M App Downloads

carolineh@happen.com (Caroline Holt) — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:39:12 GMT

UPDATE: 1,000,000 Tesco Finder App downloads... congratulations to Nick Lansley!

A great project and a great day we're proud to have made happen: Tesco's TJam. Project leader Nick Lansley managed to find time in between generating ideas and presenting software architecture, to shoot a video!

TJam is a pretty amazing open source initiative by Tesco. Read more on the TJam website, on Nick Lansley's blog or search Twitter for #TJAM to follow the programmers' discussions live.

The Changing Faces of Beauty

costasp@happen.com (Costas Papaikonomou) — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:14:53 GMT

Why would the cosmetics and fashion industries ever need any innovation if human perception of beauty never changes? Well, because it does. Newsweek has an intriguing article on how beauty affects our lives and the choices we make. Check out the video below and be amazed to how our perception of beauty has evolved in the past century. Note that 'evolution' doesn't mean improvement, but adaptation to circumstances.

I wonder if this would be true for male faces to? Maybe not, given the similarities between Clark Gable and George Clooney.

Trust & Integrity Lead User Community Video

costasp@happen.com (Costas Papaikonomou) — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:04:49 GMT

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Bringing Insights to life through video

costasp@happen.com (Costas Papaikonomou) — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:04:49 GMT

Clean Break I (dynamic edit)

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Clean Break II (calm edit)

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Brainless slime mould makes decisions exactly like humans do

costasp@happen.com (Costas Papaikonomou) — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 20:19:45 GMT

Well, exit my sense of Homo Sapiens' cerebral superiority. The single-celled amoebe "Physarum Polycephalum" that has no brain and looks like my bathroom rug makes decisions exactly like I do. Or is it the other way around? I guess that without a brain, it can't post-rationalize its decisions and make sophisticated comments about them.

In particular when confronted with the classic triple tier pricing structure, it acts as predictable as humans do. Or is that the other way around?

Read the full story @ Discover Magazine.

Dan Whatley

costasp@happen.com (Dan Whatley) — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 18:53:44 GMT

Dan has spent his career working as a 'suit', come strategist, come business developer in a number of London's finest agencies. He has worked with clients such as ABN AMRO Bank, Procter & Gamble, Heinz and ICI developing integrated brand strategies, leading and winning pitches. Dan now helps spread the Happen message to attract new clients.

Freddie Tilbrook

costasp@happen.com (Freddie Tilbrook) — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:13:25 GMT

Freddie has a Masters degree in Chemistry from the University of Oxford. Coming from a background in science and research, he nurtures not only an innovative, structured and rigorous approach, but also a hunger for creativity and product development. On successfully completing his last two years of study in a single year he has demonstrated the ability to keep multiple balls in the air under the highest of pressures.

05 Lisa & Mark, Dinner

costasp@happen.com (Costas Papaikonomou) — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:25:05 GMT

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04 Lisa & Mark, Group Photos

costasp@happen.com (Costas Papaikonomou) — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:25:05 GMT

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06 Lisa & Mark, After Dinner

costasp@happen.com (Costas Papaikonomou) — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:25:05 GMT

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