upl8.tv from Poke NY
by Iain on June 30, 2008
The chaps at Poke NY have just spawned a new thing of total awesomeness. Basically it’s a YouTube viewer that allows you to browse YouTube clips using just the space bar. You visit the site and start watching. If you (…)
Balloonacy is Go! Hooray!
by Iain on June 24, 2008
After lots of late nights and hard work by lots of valiant people at Poke the Orange Balloon Race is finally live and running. And it seems to be working like a dream (fingers crossed). You probably saw it obscuring (…)
One Of The Greatest Quotes Ever…
by Iain on June 22, 2008
It’s nice to be back… TV is not vulgar and prurient and dumb because the people who compose the audience are vulgar and dumb. Television is the way it is simply because people tend to be extremely similar in their (…)
Holiday Snaps (Well More Photos of Insects Really)
by Iain on June 22, 2008
I saw lots of great bugs on holiday. Here’s some photos… I had a really nice relaxing time too. But bugs are more interesting than me and Sophie reading books by the pool. So I thought I’d share these photos (…)
See You In A Wee While
by Iain on June 14, 2008
Bye for now chaps. I know I’ve not posted for a while anyway so you’re not going to notice much of a difference. But I’ll be back soon. Just in time for the launch of the Balloon Race (god I’m (…)
Webbys 2008
by Iain on June 14, 2008
Just got back from the Webbys in New York. We were over there to pick up a People’s Voice for the Orange Never Ending Web Page. There’s evidently no photo of me picking up our Webby, so here’s a picture (…)
Radiohead – Obsolete Hardware Remix
by Iain on June 7, 2008
This is absolutely incredible. So nicely done. As I’ve said before I like the idea of Radiohead more than I actually like Radiohead. This is another part of that puzzle. Basically it’s a response to the ‘Nude’ remix contest that (…)
Sony – When Good CRM Goes Bad
by Iain on June 7, 2008
I understand the colour bit. And glad to see they still spell it properly (with a u) in Polish. But other than that I can’t see why Sony would send me this unless it’s some kind of strange ARG… Obligatory (…)
More Balloonacy
by Iain on June 6, 2008
There’s been some really good comments about the Orange Balloon Race. Including a couple of people mentioning some issues with explanations and UI on the site. We’ve made a bunch of improvements and hopefully iit’s getting better all the time… (…)
The Orange Balloon Race – Playballoonacy.com
by Iain on June 2, 2008
Here’s the start of another major thing that we’ve been working on for Orange for a while now… Registration is now open for the first Balloon Race Across the Internet. Visit: playballoonacy.com Basically we’re going to set off loads of (…)