I Quite Like Mr Tweet

by Iain on February 12, 2009

Mr Tweet calls itself a ‘personal networking assistant for Twitter’. So I immediatly thought it would be a bunch of arse. Then I used it and I was pleasantly surprised. It’s done a lot of the hard work of keeping (…)

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This Might Be My New Guiding Principle

by Iain on February 10, 2009

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Banking vs Fast Food

by Iain on February 9, 2009

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Atom Installation

by Iain on February 7, 2009

It’s from 2007, but I’ve just come across this lovely installation by Robert Henke of Monolake fame and Christopher Bauder. A massive matrix of illuminated balloons conrtolled by magic. Details of how and who here. Beatiful image set on Flickr: (…)

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Microsoft Songsmith – A Gift That Keeps on Giving

by Iain on February 4, 2009

Amazing bit of PC software that creates melody from your voice from Microsoft. Sing into the mic and it creates a perfectly usable tune next to it… Of course people are all over it, doing fun stuff. Sticking vocal versions (…)

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I Smell A Rat – Or Is It A Meerkat?

by Iain on February 3, 2009

Deep breath… There’s this campaign right, it’s called Compare The Meerkat, it’s for an insurance comparison website called Compare The Market, the ad is a bit funny. I could try and describe it, but it’s easier to show you: Yes (…)

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Too Damn Awesome – NY Times Superbowl Twitter Chatter

by Iain on February 3, 2009

Not only can you see who cheered for who minute by minute: Which is very cool. If you like American Football. But they’ve done an interactive analysis of Ad Chatter too. From a quick skim through it would seem like (…)

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Twitter Went Crazy for Snow Yesterday

by Iain on February 3, 2009

In my personal bit of Twitter it felt like there was a lot of talk of snow, trains and snowmen. The thoroughly awesome Twist proves that it was a global trend. Why had no-one alerted me to Twist before? It’s (…)

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What A Difference A Day Makes

by Iain on February 3, 2009

Bang! And the snow is gone! The red VW is still sitting pretty, but it looks less exciting today. Andy sent me this tiltshifted version of the photo which makes the whole thing even more surreal – he done it (…)

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V Smart Tactical Google Advertising

by Iain on February 2, 2009

Given the fact that everyone in the South East appears to be stranded in snow I’m guessing the clickthrough rates on this will be above average. I almost clicked. And I don’t even need a new coat. Obligatory buttons: