Monthly Archives: February 2006

Habits of Wildly Successful del.icio.us Users

Posted on 28/02/2006 by Iain

If you don’t use del.icio.us, start. Now. OK, now you’ve started, before you get too carried away, read this article: The Several Habits of Wildly Successful del.icio.us Users » Slacker Manager. There’s so many powerful uses for this amazing application. … Continue reading →

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BannerBlog

Posted on 27/02/2006 by Iain

BannerBlog.com.au : Where Banners Click – nice site from Australialand. A regularly updated feast of online advertising with contributers from lots of agencies around the world (including Poke’s very own Tobie Cameron).

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Fashion Vs Style Vs Pop Video

Posted on 23/02/2006 by Iain

Compare and contrast: French Connection’s new advert is not a million miles away from this pop video from last year (damn, that song is really really bad!). Thanks to Emil for the tip – came up in an IM conversation … Continue reading →

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Run London – RouteFinder

Posted on 23/02/2006 by Iain

Funnily enough a second post about an AKQA piece of work in one day, they must be doing something right. And in this case they really are: Run London – RouteFinder. An extension of the undoubtedly great brand property Run … Continue reading →

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Diablogue: Life takes….

Posted on 23/02/2006 by Iain

Diablogue (a new find on the blog trail; thanks Russell) pointed me in the direction of a new online Visa campaign produced by AKQA. Life Takes Visa As the Diablogue guys say there’s some sweet moments in there. But I … Continue reading →

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Google Image Hoo Ha

Posted on 23/02/2006 by Iain

BBC news reports on this rather odd story from the US. A judge in the States has ruled that Google have violated the copyright of Perfect 10 magazine (a high end ‘adult’ title). The violation results from the fact that … Continue reading →

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Why youth heart myspace

Posted on 22/02/2006 by Iain

I get why MySpace is popular, but I don’t get why it should be 30 million people popular. So I was happy to read this article by Danah Boyd at the American Association for the Advancement of Science. It’s a … Continue reading →

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I read a book!

Posted on 20/02/2006 by Iain

OK, OK, it shouldn’t be a surprise that I managed to read a book. I can read, and I like reading. But so often I start with great intentions; I order a book from Amazon (or heaven forbid pick one … Continue reading →

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Wall Stickers

Posted on 20/02/2006 by Iain

I ran into these the other day on the ThinkGeek site. Giant Robot Stickers. I thought they were pretty special. So I did a bit of digging around and found that they make loads of cool removable wall stickers. Blik … Continue reading →

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LED Throwies

Posted on 16/02/2006 by Iain

Simple, cheap and pretty. These LED Throwies stick to any metal surface and make it look pretty. Can imagine some really nice interactive type applications with these at the core. Check the video at the Graffiti Research Lab (their re-use … Continue reading →

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