Oh dear. Whenever I feel like I need to post something, and crave inspiration (I really wish I organically knew about as much cool/beautiful/interesting stuff as Chungaiz), I head to YouTube. Maybe I need to find a new muse… Can…
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This Is Why Sir Tim Invented Teh Webz
At the end of last week Sir Tim Berners Lee, inventor of the world wide web, finally got with the cool kids (well, the vaguely hip middle class intelligentsia) and joined Twitter. And since then I’ve seen two things that…
The Viral Con: Ray Ban, Quiksilver, Kobe & Yossi
One of the best things I saw at Stream 09 was a video by Yossi Vardi, the Israeli tech-legend who co-hosts the event with WPP CEO Sir Martin Sorrell. It’s a spoof of the excellent Kobe Bryant Nike viral and…
Tagged with: Kobe Bryant, Levis, Nike, Quiksilver, Ray Ban, stream09, Video, viral marketing, Yossi Vardi, youtube
Posted in Video
Posted in Video
Daft Punk – Harder Better Faster Stronger
So yesterday, as I continue to try to nail down the songs of the decade, I carried out a poll at work to try to find just that. You can see the resulting list* here (if you’re on Spotify) which…
Why’s nicholifavs Pushing A Spammy Affiliate?
Browsing through Twitter earlier I came across the rather splendid Apple Store Kid, otherwise known as Nicholi White or nicholifavs. It seems that he wanders into the Apple Store on 5th Avenue in New York and lip syncs to hip…
YouTube Cannes Lions Competition
It often seems that these days most of the best (and the worst ads) on TV are ‘inspired’ by things found on YouTube. Well now, in an admirable case of YouTube giving something back to the sector that keeps taking…
Hostelworld Wins A Webby
I love the internet, I really do. Not just the fact that it comes up with things like this & this but because it really is a way of meeting new people and finding things you never would have done…
T-Mobile & Pink Murder Hey Jude
Every so often I get emails from a company that gives brands access to bloggers who might want to write about their ads; in return the bloggers can receive payments for views/clicks. Normally I don’t pay much attention to these,…
Tagged with: Cadburys, Fallon, Saatchi & Saatchi, Sony, Susan Boyle, T-Mobile, viral marketing, youtube
Posted in Advertising
Posted in Advertising
Daniel Hannan Has A Short Memory
So, apparently Daniel Hannan, the Tory MEP for South East England (and therefore one of my representatives), told the PM what’s what in a display that has people from New York to Norwich proclaiming how amazing he is (I’m not…
Tagged with: BBC, credit crunch, Daniel Hannan, Gordon Brown, journalism, youtube
Posted in Politics
Posted in Politics
Kutiman – ThruYOU 1: Mother Of All Funk Chords
I presume that you’ve all seen this by now? It’s from the DJ Shadow of YouTube, Kutiman, who blends clips of ‘amateur’ musicians from YouTube (amateur only in the fact that they don’t make a living out of playing music…
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