About Crackunit
Crackunit is Iain Tait's blog. It mainly bothers with the space between web and advertising, but it sometimes strays off into other self-indulgent nonsense too.
Twitterings- iaintait: I <3 Twitter, but would life have been awesomer 10/20/30 years ago? (this tweet via drinks with cool old guy) 03/09/2010
- iaintait: Faces iMake - http://facesimake.com/ - is a wonderful app http://post.ly/v6pT 03/09/2010
- iaintait: @thenausner oh man, children having children I know it must have happened before, but that's just totally freaked my tiny mind... 03/09/2010
- iaintait: @mikelaurie I haven't admitted to my self that I'm an adult yet, maybe that should be my first step... 03/09/2010
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Monthly Archives: March 2008
What a Wonk
Following on from the post about URLs out, searches in. According to Ad Week: W+K in NY have hired a search dude (By the way I’m not suggesting a causal relation between my blog post and the hiring before anyone … Continue reading
Adobe Downloads Cost More Than Boxes – WTF?
I feel bad posting bad stuff about Adobe being as they’ve just launched 2 really cool things: Buzzword.com is an amazing online word processor (the export functions are dead tight and you could almost survive without MS Word), and Photoshop … Continue reading
My Balearic Muxtape
Everyone seems to be Muxtaping today. They’re calling it the easy way to create and share mixtapes. And it is. You just upload your tracks and it puts them together in a nice webpage where people can just click to … Continue reading
Art of Noise: Moments in Love
A classic bit of 80s Balearic tunage. What’s not to love. A proper classic. Not 100% sold on the video though…
URLs Out – Searches In
I was watching TV last night and an ad came on for continuing education. It’s one with fingers walking around the place. The ad was OK. I didn’t really pay much attention. But at the end of the ad the … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Technology, Web Stuff
Tagged Advertising, Google, marketing, Yahoo!
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Packshots vs Reality
This German site has photos of 100 product packs and shows them alongside photos of ‘the real thing’. Surprise surprise, the packs look better. Via: metafilter
Make Mine a Builders – Superb Blogger Relations
In the post the other day I got a package of brilliant stuff. You can see it above. It contained a pack of “Make Mine a Builders” tea and a stylish silver mug with one of those climbing clippy things … Continue reading
Oh My Good Lord
Sophie’s brother introduced me to the work of Larry Carlson yesterday. Half of me wishes he hadn’t. It’s like a portal into a strange dimension that makes you feel kind of odd. But you can’t help sticking around to see … Continue reading
Is It Broken?
Brilliantly simple. We’ve all had those moments when a site’s not working. And you wonder, is it down for everyone or just me? http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ answers the question for you. You enter a URL and it tells you. Smashing. I did … Continue reading
A Dream Come True (and it’s Only Monday)
I’ve always wanted to see a safe fall out of a window (like in the cartoons). This morning as I was walking down Commercial Street I saw a safe lying on the pavement! I don’t think it can have fallen … Continue reading