Friday, May 30, 2008

What we really want for Christmas is a giant digital ceiling clock

Looks like the Eiffel Tower is getting some competition in the Parisian skyline

Why you can't spell "marketing" without "IT"

On that note - check out this cool viral marketing campaign from Japan

Say hello to the new world of browser storage support

Do good ideas spread only because they are good at getting adopted?

What are the 25 most infamous guitar riffs?

Are bloggers happier than most people?

How do you invite a couple of posh, design-savvy birds to dinner?

If you've got lots of ideas, the Free Idea Factory is for you

Say hello to NME's new mobile website

Can you have too many friends on the internet?

Labels: birdhouse design, free idea factory, good ideas, guitar riffs, Japan, marketing, mobile, NME, Paris, peers, viral

posted by olli @ 06:18  

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Despite the impending economic slowdown, ad spending is set to grow

How Apple got everything right by doing everything wrong

Looks like Adobe begins work on a Flash player for the iPhone

Mojo lets you download music from your friend's iTunes libraries

Microspotting is a blog all about Microsoft

Flying Continental? You might want to pay for your ticket with your mobile phone

Say hello to the Starbucks social network. Yes. Really

What is the next programming language you should learn?

The Raconteurs are releasing their next album to the fans directly. No preview copies for you!

Methodizaz takes photos of you when you least expect it

These rings are made from the periodic table

We're loving these HDR photos of grafitti

Say hello to Internet! Power!

We can't go to war here. This is bat country

Labels: Adobe, Advertising spending, Apple, flash, HDR, Internet power, Microspotting, mobile, Mojo, programming languages, Raconteurs, robotics, social network, Starbucks

posted by olli @ 22:00  

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Say hello to a prototype of the Half Life 2 Hunter Synth - built by DARPA

Say hello to the iPhone...clamshell...

The LA Times has a great in-depth look at the Tupac/Notorious B.I.G./P Diddy saga

This is one of the best measuring cups we've ever seen

Radiohead want you to make a music video for them

Advertisers are saying NO to user-generated video

Looks like your London Oystercard has been cracked. Stop laughing Boston. You too!

Should Internet addiction be treated as a mental illness?

Would you fire your ISP over privacy concerns? Read our lips: "In a heartbeat"

How will mobile be monetized?

Do we still need resumes now that we all have blogs?

Here are some good ideas on managing your personal brand online

Are you a Francophile? If so - France Magazine is for you

Labels: big dog, blogging, DARPA, France, Half Life 2, hinter, iPhone, ISP, London, measuring cup, mobile, Oystercard, personal branding, privacy, Radiohead, UGC

posted by olli @ 22:38  

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Oakland Crimespotting gives you a look at bad things happening in the Bay Area

Will Iran shut down its Internet on election day?

This is part of a great Alternative Reality Game for Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

We are loving this Space Invaders cutting board

Say hello to the great exodus of Sydney

Will Steven Spielberg launch a social network dedicated to the paranormal?

How to create a successful online portfolio

Is it just us or does the Meizu M8 OS give you deja vu as well?

Rest in Peace, Gary Gygax - Dungeons and Dragons ruled our lives back in the early 80's

It looks like ultra-wideband startups are starting to be chased by venture capitalists

70% of web social network users won't join one on their mobile phones

What is the role of the brand in social media marketing?

"Those prissy Prius drivers have a dark side"

Labels: branding, Iran, Meizu, mobile, Oakland Crimespotting, portfolio, Prius, Sarah Connor Chronicles, social media marketing, Space Invaders, Steven Spielberg, Sydney, ultra wideband

posted by olli @ 20:33  

Monday, January 28, 2008

Fontshop gives you their ten top typefaces of 2007

Don't tell your IT department: 7 great resources for Blackberry applications

The four elements of getting video to go viral

On that note - who's watching all that user generated video?

Has The Pirate Bay really topped 10 million users?

Note to PR teams: 44% of your customers don't believe anything you say

If you really like the iPod earbuds, why not get them for your home?

How to put Facebook apps on any website

Qtrax is an interesting P2P application that pays artists as you download them

Has BBC 6Music lost its way? The Guardian says yes. We're on the fence

This is the story of how the biohazard symbol was designed

Residents of Helsinki can now track their public transport via mobile phone. Very handy!

What's the better way to review books? Peer review or anonymous blog comments?

Looks like Nokia has agreed to share music revenue with with mobile operators

Need to build your own Apple store? We've got you covered

This is a timeline of modern web design

Labels: Apple, Blackberry, facebook, Fontshop, Helsinki, ipod, mobile, Nokia, peer review, SMS, symbol design, The Pirate Bay, typefaces, viral marketing, web design

posted by olli @ 20:35  

Tuesday, November 14, 2007

Are mobile downloads and mobile labels the saviour of the music industry?

Say hello to a new vision of Coney Island

99 top resources for designing Web 2.0 sites

Why you need to be organised to be creative

Is Microsoft building a Flickr competitor?

Say hello to the BBC Radio Labs blog

An interesting piece on the band as "brand"

Guitar Hero? Bah! You got nothin' on Accordion Hero

Hollywood movies don't make money anymore. Truth or Fiction?

Content strategy - long or short articles?

Are these the top 50 graphic design blogs?

How to reclaim your site from domain squatters

How selling and pitching a TV show works

Labels: Accordion hero, band as brand, blogs, Coney Island, domain squatting, graphic design, Hollywood, mobile, music industry, TV show pitching

posted by olli @ 13:56  

Monday, September 24, 2007

Flashsourcecode.com offers excellent open source flash code for you to play with

EU Benchmark showed mixed results on public service UX

MySpace to launch ad supported mobile phone

Say hello to the new BBC brand portfolio

Resonance FM gets a nice re-design

The ten rules of Twitter and how to break them all

Will Internet video really deliver a Nielsen ratings point?

City Of Sound looks at the recent Tokyo Type Directors Club exhibition in Sydney

Bokardo looks at the value to visualizing information

Great infographic on mobile phone OS usage by region - what's up with the US?

6 ways on how to find a parking spot via mash-up

More on that - Intel wants you to mash it up with MashMaker

Copwatchers is a YouTube page that watches out for police brutality

XM Radio launches a radio station dedicated to the '08 US Election

The Economist now offering unpublished content to bloggers

Megadeth will webcast a performance in real time on YeboTV

Labels: bbc, Bokardo, brand identity, Copwatchers, Economist, Flashsourcecode, Intel, mash-ups, Mashmaker, Megadeth, mobile, MySpace, Nielsen, Public Service, Sydney, Tokyo Type, UX, XM, Yebo

posted by olli @ 08:43  

Thursday, September 20, 2007

NBC to offer DRM'd shows on-demand, on the web

Stephen Fry is a genius BUT did you know he's an expert on mobile phone UI?

Zipcar is now available on your mobile phone

Say hello to The Gloamer. He's made up of rolled up newspapers

Nobody puts on a fashion show like New York's Jack Spade

Ever wonder what happens when you open EVERY application on a Powerbook at once?

The Hoerboard is a really lovely custom made DJ workstation

The top ten laughably bad tech ads courtesy of CNET

These are the brand guidelines behind Verizon's "Can you hear me now?" campaign

Looks like this faux-GPS iPhone hack actually works

Why Europe's mobile startups are singing

Twitter + audio and video? Say hello to Utterz

Is your taste in music determined at birth?

Labels: branding, CNET, DRM, Gloamer, Hoerboard, mobile, music, NBC, startups, Stephen Fry, twitter, Utterz, Verizon, Zipcar

posted by olli @ 08:36  

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Boing Boing has a nice wrap-up of all the comments surrounding Google Street View

Here's a great fan created iPhone ad

Mashable has a great review of the new entrepreneur oriented social network: Vator

Five things you may not have known about Google's search

Is USphere really like a match.com for US college applicants?

Crains looks at the strange new world today's music industry is faced with

Interesting: Mobile games are selling better than ringtones

Consume Helvetica has some new t-shirts for you

Wired takes a look at Web 2.0 in Japan

Crush or Flush in a mobile dating service

Labels: clothing, college, Crains, Google, Helvetica, iPhone, mobile, music, US Sphere, Vator, web 2.0

posted by olli @ 08:04  

Monday, June 4, 2007

Say hello to the very first "proper" iPhone ads. Oh yeah - June 29th!

Are we entering the golden age of concert halls?

Goodbye Amp'd Mobile. We hardly knew ye

The ultimate mobile phone accessory - the drunken salaryman strap

Adaptive Path on being "hot for features"

How to make your own M41-A pulse rifle from Aliens

The International Herald Tribune begins podcasting

We're liking the direction of CNN.com's upcoming re-design

Have you played with Google's new Mashups editor?

Dasher is an interesting new text entry interface

The evolution of Microsoft Windows: from 1.0 to Vista

Reboot is looking at how Web 2.0 will change the future of the web

The Guardian offers an interactive look at this years UK music festival season

Labels: Amp'd, Apple, architecture, CNN, concert halls, Google, Guardian, IHT, iPhone, mashups, mobile, Reboot, redesign

posted by olli @ 08:06  

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

CBS purchases last.fm for $US280 Million. Congrats guys!

Apple releases iTunes 7.2 today - DRM Free!

Say hello to the next volley against Apple - it's called Microsoft Surface

More Apple influence - Nokia's mobile phone design ideas for 2012

Social networking grows significantly in the UK

How to build your personal brand online

UFO theme park coming to Roswell, New Mexico

Branding network TV in an era of mass-less media

Wikipedia's list of cognitive biases

Designing cities for people, rather than cars

Newsgaming is a site that marries video games and current events

This (unofficial)Modest Mouse video was made by animating 4133 photocopies

A rather extensive list of mobile phone related art from Golan Levin

Fordesign.biz is your essential online design event calendar

The best place to live in the world? Vancouver

EA sells movies rights to the Sims - can they really make it a film?

Labels: architecture, bias, design, itunes, last.fm, Microsoft surface, mobile, Modest Mouse, Nokia, Sims, UFO, Vancouver, Wikipedia

posted by olli @ 07:59  

Thursday, May 24, 2007

Music playlist service WebJay is closing

ASDA decides to drop CD singles from its stores

Fugitive Toys sell great vinyl figures

India - No iPhone please. We'll take the cheap version. Say, $19?

Time magazine profiles 37 Signals

Wired magazine suggests some mashups. Developers take note!

34 places to get design inspiration

Say hello to the wall-mountable wireless printer

Variations in the McDonalds menu around the world

Uservue is a user experience/usability tool

Babickavokda - nice site. Even better product design

Tribbler is a YouTube, last.fm, BitTorrent mashup application

Now you can design your own Nokia N76 mobile phone

Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor speaks openly about life on a major label

Labels: 37 Signals, ASDA, design inspiration, major labels, mashups, mobile, Nokia, product design, vinyl, Webjay, wireless

posted by olli @ 08:01  

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Say hello to Pagecasts - a new take on the startup page

Say hello to Mob Jam: Five DJ's mixing on mobile phones

Say hello to miniature analog electronic music instruments

Interesting article about the market function of piracy

Homer Simpson explains why Fox News and the Fox Network are so different

A jungle is growing in Madrid's train station. Literally

BLDGBLOG showcases the rather impressive "amplifier house"

Bluurb is a blog that comments on the advertising and branding worlds

Joost picks up an agent. Creative Artists Agency, actually

Businesses are pondering how to profit from web widgets

Why Hollywood hates cheap and nasty little horror films

How to understand the seven C's of mobile phones

Labels: BLDGBLOG, DJ, Fox, Madrid, mobile, Mobjam, Pagecasts, piracy, sensory branding, widgets

posted by olli @ 07:58  

Monday, May 7, 2007

Tumri bring advertising to widgets via the AdPod

The social technography of Web 2.0

More images have been discovered in music by Venetian Snares, Plaid and Aphex Twin

Conspiracy theorists unite! UK MOD to open its X-Files to the public

Techcrunch looks at the growing Web 2.0 divide in the USA

Grindhouse movie poster makeovers of your favourite films

World of Warcraft now offering a credit card

Comscore says its the Europeans who dominate Second Life

Adam Smith has a great read on interaction (.pdf)

How to get Twitter on your mobile for free

Freelance Switch is a blog for freelancers

Things you should know about Microformats

Ritmonio make gorgeous digital faucets

Remember Uniqlo's canned t-shirts? They now have a store

Labels: adpods, faucets, freelancing, interaction, microformats, mobile, movie posters, twitter, web 2.0

posted by olli @ 09:59