A word cloud for Jaamit

Hard to know what to say about the tragedy of Jaamit’s passing last week. He was such a wonderful guy heading in the right direction in his life. Instead I thought I’d leave it up to everyone else and create a word cloud based on the amazing response of friends and people that he had [...]

Digital Marketing Digest: curation date November 22, 2010

Easygroove @ Forest Hill, Oxford 1991 Part 1 I commented on a YouTube video: …and that’s the flyer I designer! I also played that night under the name Groovedigger Happy days indeed… Easygroove @ Forest Hill, Oxford 1991 Part 1 I commented on a YouTube video: I have a feeling this is DJ Kieran’s set [...]

SCVNGR hunt

This is an interesting move. Google has opened up it’s Places APi to gaming start up SCVNGR who have now just launched globally. SCVNGR “brings together gaming and location-based applications and now has more than half a million users.” It’s a downloadable app that has the same functionality as Foursquare and Facebook places but takes things [...]

Flipboard: your personalised social magazine

How blasé does the guy in this video look! Shame as it’s a great looking idea… anyone tried it? http://www.flipboard.com/

Presso espresso: innovation in yer kitchen

I got to get me one of these! Check out the crema… and what a great bit of innovation to drive down the cost of a typical espresso machine (£200+) to £70… Dear Santa… For the record, it is not necessary to modify the Presso in any way to achieve great tasting, rich shots of espresso replete [...]

Perry Rhodan: most successful science fiction ever

I was amazed to read in Wired Magazine that this series of Science Fiction novels that has been running since 1961 has been publishing novella’s (that’s at least 17,500 words) EVERY WEEK! I mean that’s a 49 years x 52 weeks x at least 17,500 words = a lot. Here’s Wikipedia’s entry: Perry Rhodan is [...]

Vail Resorts & Facebook Places: Epicmix

I was interested to read of a new innovative deployment for Vail Resorts, a client of my previous agency iCrossing. A few months before its five ski resorts open for the season, the Colorado-based Vail Resorts has unveiled a preview of something called Epic Mix, a set of Web and mobile apps based on skiers’ [...]

Rymdreglage – 8-bit trip

Being an influencer in popular culture

From http://www.influencersfilm.com/ and via the wonderful Jailbreak blog INFLUENCERS FULL VERSION from R+I creative on Vimeo.

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