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Last night the magazine the New Statesman presented its New Media Awards 2006. These awards have been running since 1998, with categories changing to reflect the development of ‘new media’: The awards aim to recognise those that both realise the potential of new media technology and have the commitment and stamina to effectively execute their […]

My first reaction on looking at the newly designed technorati was not quite sure, the colours were not quite right, the information was not where it was. It was strange and different. But then I started to click around and I like it. Discover section: automated popularity instead of voted. Find out who is linking […]

From the viral mailing list today, we get a link to a new Doctor Who game, to keep you amused now the series has finished for the year. Not really a viral, more a link to an existing website. You get to be K9, move round the maze, collect things, avoid the baddies and get […]

The US has been suffering a number of blackouts as the heatwave hits the countries ability to provide enough electricity to run all the air conditioners. The blackouts have affected MySpace, which was down for most of the weekend; at times the error message blamed the blackouts and sometimes, like currently, states the outage is […]

Weiden & Kennedy in London are advertising for a new Creative Director, in the free ads in Tesco (a supermarket, something like walmart). Or at least someone is advertising for them – I wonder which campaign got the person upset?

Yahoo have released for sale a song that is DRM free. (One song only, mind you). Unfortunately it’s Jessica Simpson – but you can get it personalised before you download it – get your name in the song. As the Yahoo blog puts it We’ve also been saying that DRM has a cost. It’s very […]

The story of thatgirlemily has spread to the UK. The Metro apparently had a shot of the billboard in Los Angeles with the caption: “Californication: A wife takes revenge on her cheating husband by buying a giant billboard poster to abuse him and ridicule his manhood. The woman, known only as Emily, paid more than […]

At the instigation of Noah and Piers, a group of us got together this morning for coffee and chat about marketing, trends, technology etc. A couple of hours went by very quickly..and it looks like we’ll be having a few more of these so sign up if you are interested

From today’s viral mailgroups comes a link to a new Greenpeace campaign. As it’s called the Gas Guzzler you can guess where it is going, but it’s well put together as you watch the “hero’s” collegues react to him in the office. It turns the usual adland admiration of a new car into disdain. the […]

Today’s competition on Worth1000 is about the ads that did not make it, those ideas that would never have made it past the first round. I quite like this one (by an anonymnous creator):

From Ewan, over at The Podcast Network, they are now offering up 15 second slots for advertisers on ebay for a couple of their shows. The constrictions of ebay descriptions mean that the offer is for pick up only 😉

From Advergirl (via Adrants) the perfect description of a meeting between big client and big agency. Agency account planner who has a “new media definitions cheat sheet” that she clipped out of Ad Week folded in her wallet: Well, I was thinking that we could try some “user generated media” – that means we would […]

Give me some original content…and here you can find some on Shameless Films. Their series of Simon shorts (less than a minute) provide a nice chuckle.

I’ve gone and joined a variety of Chinwag mailing groups, one of which is used to announce various ‘virals’ to the world. Perfect fodder for posts. So the first one to discuss is ‘The Cursed Room‘, a ame in the style of the Crimson Room to support the release of The Grudge 2 (and I […]

The last time I looked the web was links. Navigate by links, get better search ranking through links, links fuel the hamsters that drive the wheels. But not if you are Gartner, who have sent a C&D to James Governor for providing a link to one of their studies. Not exactly what the reason to […]

If you’ve spent time on the Mini design your own car site, you can now extend your design skills. You can now design your own mini and get it on your own personal card from Platinum Visa. Taking the user design just one step further, match everything…so all you need now is the design your […]

Dave Weinberger links to Kayak.com, which is running a build your own ad campaign. Kayak is a travel comparison site, for flights, hotels and all the other things you need on trips. I love the way it also pulls together all the reviews for hotels as well as all the prices. The company is now […]

I’ve been watching the trailers fopr Doctor Who all week, looking at the newspapers and been subject to the over the top coverage on the BBC morning show. The big finale is tonight..does Rose die or not? We know she’s going, but how. And I’m going to be on a plane! So I have to […]

pinko Originally uploaded by RachelC. A shop in Knightsbridge that sells Pinko? No, only a clothes shop, no Pinko Marketing ideas here

hole Originally uploaded by RachelC. I know that most UK people do actually call them a hole in the wall, but how confused must all the toursits be?