I like the new piece of functionality and guidance from the Tate. Tate has devised a new way of looking at the Displays with a range of themed ‘Collections’. These suggest a number of personal journeys you could take, reflecting different moods and enthusiasms and revealing the extraordinary breadth of work on show. It gives […]
Tumble Dryer fun
The Editors blog over at the BBC discusses some of the curiosity stories that it has shown recently, including a firemen going for a ride in a tumble dryer. The concern expressed is that it could be subject to copycat activity. But it’s not exactly new – i distinctly remember a ‘honorary’ club at college […]
Mentos, Soda and Stormhoek
Unlike Coca-Cola, Mentos mints have embraced the idea of mixing Mentos with a variety of pops to make fountains of sticky sugar water. They are running a competition to find the best fan video, which gives the rest of us plenty of fun to watch. But Lloyd has to do it a little different. He’s […]
Living in the wrong place – E-Society Digital Rating
University College London have been researching the digital lifestyles of the British population and put them all in a nice handy tool. There are 22 categories, ranging from E-unengaged (groups that do not have access to electronic communications or technologies) to e-experts (every confidence in their abilities to undertake on-line transactions and to make full […]
Viral videos – best use of a bra in a fight
A few viral videos to look over. The first is a scene from a new movie Dead or Alive and features Holly Valance in what i think is the best use of a bra in a fightscene ever. Funny And it must be a week for bras…ScaryMovie 4 has a point and shoot game (called, […]
Barcamp London
Where has the time gone..it’s been a week since I’ve been on here. No matter..here;s something you need to sign up for quickly – Barcamp London. Taking place in the Yahoo offices during the first weekend in September, there’s a limited number of spaces which are going fast.
Open Rights Group – sign up and support
The Open Rights Group is asking you to sign up and support the work it does. Five pounds a month can help them go a long way to reach their goals: * To raise awareness in the media of digital rights abuses * To provide a media clearinghouse, connecting journalists with experts and activists * […]
Honda web only videos
Yesterday, Media Guardian (reg req) ran an article about Honda providing web only videos: “This is the start of exploring different ways to provide content,” said Rebecca Tickle, the Honda account director at Wieden & Kennedy London. This follows on from the success of Cog and Choir available. I went to take a look at […]
Sony Advert Toryglen – Glasgow
Sony Advert Toryglen – Glasgow Originally uploaded by l y n d s a y. A photo taken the day after the shoot..the blocks will be demolished
Bravia – making the ad
The blog for the Sony Bravia has gone quiet over the last week, after they have finished filming – they all busy doing the editing know. There’s some great footage over on YouTube of the towerblock being covered in paint and then of the air blasts going off.
That Girl Emily – the end of the campaign
Emily, the poster girl for Court TV (see here and here for info and explanation) has reached the end of her campaign of terror on her cheating husband. And whilst there were some interesting stunts during the last 2 weeks, the reveal is rather dissapointing. Also, if you think someone is cheating on you, I […]
System Admin Day
It’s SysAdmin Appreciation day today. Over at UKUUG, they;v eproduced a nice little song for your amusement
NPost – entreprenerial interviews
Nathan Kaiser, the CEO of nPost, is doing his own brand of marketing by reaching out to bloggers who may have an interest in his site. nPost.com is a site devoted to entrepreneurship. We interview CEOs and Founders of small and startup businesses. Our interviews focus on their ideas, insights, experiences, and goals for each […]
New Lynx campaign
Lynx (or Axe as it ges under in most of the world) have a new campaign out. Not moving too far away from its core values, the site features lots of scantily clad women in videos and games. It also has the expected (compulsary?) user generated content competition. Load up your video of you (the […]
Vodafone viral
Yesterday there was Virgin mobile, now a Vodafone campaign. This one is pretty…lots and lots of cute animals and landscapes. The idea here is to promote their free weekend rates; by calling the number you can add your mesage and have it played on the site. The viral stuff comes from being able to send […]
Severance Movie game
From today’s viral notifications we have something a movie trailer and a little more. Severance is a UK horror film, sending a team of sales people out on a ‘team building’ event in the wilds when somethign goes a little wrong. I’m sure many people have had to endure the horror of team building events […]
Virgin festival Tickets viral
From today’s delivery of viral sites comes this offering from Virgin. Here you can actually win something – tickets to the Virgin Mobile V festivals taking place at the end of August (in the Uk only) . The site offers a nice little game to amuse for a few minutes, then a chance to enter […]
New Media Awards
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 […]
Geek Activism
One of the posts I did find in trawling the new Technorati was Devanshu’s 95 Theses of Geek Activism. A great list og things that you should be concerned about, tying in well with many of the talks I attended over the weekend. Jello Biafra gave a a superb 2 hour keynote, focusing on the […]
the New Technorati
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 […]