Monthly Archives: November 2005

1984 – The Mac Story

A really interesting look at the legenary Mac 1984 launch advert. I knew bits and pieces of the story, but not some of the finer points. And it doesn’t get much finer than (of the boardmembers it says): “The others … Continue reading

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PodDater.com

Oh my word. The world has come to this: PodDater.com it’s like one of those late night TV dating shows. But you get to choose whose profiles you see, in your own time, on your iPod. Now where did I … Continue reading

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Yahoo gets Flickrd

Business 2.0 – The Flickrization of Yahoo. It’s a long article, but makes for interesting reading about how social software is begining to spill over into many aspects of Yahoo!s business. One point that they make that particuarly resonated with … Continue reading

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Levi’s Antidote

Levi’s Antidote is, in its own words: “…a living, growing snapshot of what people are thinking and doing across Europe.” Now, as the guys at SMLXL so rightly point out, this is theoretically a great idea. A campaign that supports … Continue reading

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Google Analytics

Google Analytics – Google offers free web stats through its new service. Based on the popular Urchin software this is a great way for site owners to get detailed site analytics (for free!). I still like my simple to read … Continue reading

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BlockJam

I was checking out a BoingBoing post on LED puzzle blocks which look pretty awesome in themselves. But there’s a footnote that links to a Sony project called BlockJam which just blew me away. (Check the video of the prototype). … Continue reading

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Intersting Instalations

Intersting instalations by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. I’m always interested in public space instalations – this guy’s latest project in the East Midlands looks to be really impressive. For a start he claims to be using the world’s most powerful projector which … Continue reading

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ITV Buying Friends Reunited

So, ITV are buying Friends Reunited. Well, I suppose MySpace had already gone… (see previous rambling) But I’m not sure about the value of Friends Reunited – sure it’s got a big database, but just from a personal perspective it … Continue reading

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The Joy of Stats…

Whilst checking my lovely new easy-to-read stats package ‘Mint’, I noticed that an old friend and colleague had linked to me. A click later and hey-presto Kief Morris is alive and well. And he’s even said a nice thing or … Continue reading

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Bouncy Balls!

Sony Bouncy Balls TV advert. For me this is one of the greatest ads of recent times. Not only is it a thing of great beauty. It’s executed brilliantly. It demonstrates, in a way that everyone can understand, the key … Continue reading

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