July 2009
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The Invisible Festival
For the 8th and 9th of August, Matt, Mark and Paul are putting on a festival for Cancer Research UK. With a difference. No mud, no wellies, no inflated ticket prices, no overflowing toilet cubicles (unless hygiene at home is a low priority), as all you need to do is invite your mates round and stream playlists via Spotify. Confirmed acts so far include: Beverly Knight Javier Weyler...
Jul 30th
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Name Our Holes
Clever and nicely executed online campaign for Hardee’s Holes, or whatever they’re called. Join the hole-naming fun over at NameOurHoles.com
Jul 29th
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Jul 29th
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Awesome Styrofoam Cup Art
Boy Obsolete - taking cup scribbling to a whole new level. Sodapop Sundays Ramen As You Wish Dennis The Great Wave See more on Boy Obsolete’s Flickr page.
Jul 29th
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100 Tweeting Days Of Fry
Morgan Ritchie, cartoonist and Fry afficionado, has taken it upon himself to sketch one of Stephen Fry’s tweets every day for 100 days. Here are some choice cuts: Day 52 July 22nd 2009 - “On board the plane. Shall be trying out amusing visor that supposedly makes watching video on iPhone/iPod a big screen experience. We’ll see” Day 46 July 16th 2009 -...
Jul 29th
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MadMenYourself.com →
Go on. You know you want to. via @mrccmiller
Jul 28th
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Technology, Kids, and Telly - Some surprising... →
Channel 4 and OTX have recently provided some great insight into media use by UK young people. Some top-line stats may surprise you about the average 12-24 year old (or not, if you are one): They personally own 8 devices (including MP3 player, PC, TV, DVD player, mobile phone, stereo, games console, and digital camera) They frequently conduct over 5 activities whilst watching TV 25% of...
Jul 28th
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Jul 28th
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40 Years On... And Advertisers Are Going There Too
It was only a matter of time. More “lunacy” over at Moonpublicity.com, and a more down-to-earth opinion from Fast Company here.
Jul 28th
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Variations On Normal
A few of the many observations, sketches and images of Dominic Wilcox. Seat For The Wishywashy Chocolatey Finger Biscuits Genetically Modified Egg Improvement Design Guaranteed Vote Rigging Avoidance See more over at VariationsOnNormal.com
Jul 28th
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Special Build - 5 Great Examples of Outdoor Ads
Bic Kill Bill FedEx Nike Lego Check out more over at the Best-Ad blog
Jul 27th
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Goooaaaallllll!!!
Nice twist on an otherwise standard format… Before Goal After Goal Via @tomgooday
Jul 27th
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Tokyo Flash Watch
Fletch’s watch makes me think of http://www.tokyoflash.com/en/watches/1 Those crazy Japanese b¥gg€rs. Hard to read at the end of a summer party though.
Jul 24th
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Two Revolutionary Music Services
… which aren’t LastFM or Spotify. TenTracks Edinburgh’s very own solution to the music industry crisis. Pick a music channel, then get ten hand-picked tracks for a measly £1. For a tenner you get a years subscription of 10 tracks a month. Simple. Musicovery An interactive webRadio hybrid of MusicPlasma and Pandora. Start by selecting a style, then play around with the mood...
Jul 24th
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Retro Bru
In celebration of Scotland’s unofficial hangover cure, it seemed appropriate today to dig out some classic Bru ads from the Leith vaults. Make mine a double.
Jul 24th
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Jul 24th
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The Last Call - 24 hour DJ Dance-off
100 dancers. 24 hours. Silent disco. Any time someone gets a call or a text they’re off. Last man standing gets a gets a big prize. More on the whole event over at LastCall.TV Via Gerry and ContagiousMag
Jul 23rd
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“I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.”
– Thomas Jefferson
Jul 22nd
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Global Album Cover Directory
Word Magazine’s Album Atlas is a truly brilliant use of crowdsourcing for music lovers. Find album covers shot near you, discover where album covers were shot for your favourite bands, or even submit your own. Here’s the nearest one to Leith, whoever Dick Gaughan is…
Jul 22nd
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WatchWatch
Incredible Projections on Buildings By NuFormer Digital Media. via @speccygit
Jul 22nd
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Most Engaged Brands On Social Media
Fascinating and in-depth look at the use of social media for customer engagement. No surprise that media and technology companies are leading the way, but interesting to see other large brands establishing a successful social web presence. Good examples cited include MyStarbucksIdea from Starbucks and IdeaStorm from Dell, both (albeit tentative) explorations into customer-led...
Jul 21st
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Jul 21st
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YooouuuTuuube.com →
Do crazy things with a YouTube video. Worth a quick play. Via the @headbox blog
Jul 21st
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Fonts used in Web 2.0 Logos  →
Are you a Softie, Futurist or Classisist? Great post for Typography lovers on the fonts used in Web 2.0 site logos.
Jul 21st
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Augmented Reality Twitter App
- Find your Twitter friends (or people you hardly know) with this nifty AR iphone app. But only if you’re special enough to have the new 3GS. So that’s what the compass is for…
Jul 21st
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Jul 20th
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The 100 most mentioned brands on Twitter - Brand... →
Jul 20th
“The future, according to some scientists, will be exactly like the past, only...”
– John Sladek
Jul 20th
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Apple's legal team calls Microsoft over knocking... →
It’s fantastic to see two of the world’s biggest brands battling it out to win over new customers through their major advertising campaigns. It’s been interesting to see how Microsoft and Apple are differentiating themself from one another. Who do you think is coming out ahead based on the latest ad for Microsoft?
Jul 20th
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WatchWatch
This Is Now - An awesome expression of the realtime web. Or feeds from loads of places made to look pretty. For the Sprint phone network. Check out the full site here
Jul 20th
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Jul 17th
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The Cool Hunter →
One of the best websites to check out some of the coolest stuff from all around the world…
Jul 17th
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Jul 17th
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Revealed: How Twitter plans to make $140m by 2010 →
Article on the expected revenue that Twitter could make in the future. Interesting article that provides details of how Twitter hopes to make its money on the Brand Republic website…
Jul 17th
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“In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative original thinker...”
– David Ogilvy
Jul 17th
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Jul 16th
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WatchWatch
Project Blinkenlights. One of the best examples out there of tech and real world integration for an unbelievably awesome purpose: playing pong on the side of a block of flats with crappy mobile phones. See more at http://www.blinkenlights.net
Jul 15th
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Jul 15th
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Sculptor Pepper →
Dr Pepper meets 3D lego meets Augmented Reality - via @fwa
Jul 14th
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Test Tube Telly →
Channel 4 experiment with Facebook connect so you can see what your mates have been watching. The next best thing to watching it with them. via @darciec at @38minutes - read more about it here
Jul 14th
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Jul 14th
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How Teenagers Consume Media: the report that shook... →
The view of one 15 year old boy. He’s been a busy intern.
Jul 14th
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Jul 13th
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Bank of Imagination →
Stunning piece of digital design and community contribution. Sponsored by Camper.
Jul 13th