stuff and things 18.03.08

Diesel & Adidas bring you 83 ways to waste your time (via Damiano on Twitter) International web design and flash showcase Times article on how to make the most of a corporate blog with lots of links for examples and reports. Quaker Oats join the digital conversation Cyberpsychology and Behaviour research paper entitled “Distress, Coping,ContinueContinue reading “stuff and things 18.03.08”

stuff and things 21.02.08

Best Ugly. WTF? It’s a new book about restaurant design and architecture by AvroKO where the phrase is explained as: “… all things that are beautiful and charming in an off-beat, sometimes awkward manner.” I quite like that sentiment that not everything has to conform or be conventionally aesthetically pleasing. A day book for creativeContinueContinue reading “stuff and things 21.02.08”

stuff and things 20.11.07

Ad week article: Is social media killing the microsite? ( Found following armano on twitter who now also has a product page on Facebook where you can get all the nice graphics) And talking of Facebook, here’s some interesting stats from the UK market. Good examples of social media in this post. And being aContinueContinue reading “stuff and things 20.11.07”

stuff and things 02.11.07

Informative post on Twitter & super users with lots of off-shoots to other conversations. Some great sound bites on Twitter and synergies between it and mobile for teen audience. Any question answered text service. It costs £1 a pop. Although having your URL as the SMS short code is a nice idea, it’s hardly memorableContinueContinue reading “stuff and things 02.11.07”

the bar of expectation

  I got an email today from the good people at Diageo. Just tell us a few things and you could win a load of our drinks and related paraphernalia. Interestingly, I was part of the team that created the first “portfolio” campaign for them back in the day when I worked on the accountContinueContinue reading “the bar of expectation”

stuff and things 22.10.07

Facebook brand tie-ins that are bad get a lot of press. But here are two good examples. Herbal Essences which I found via Advergirl & O2 win a MASSIVE university big party thing. Leigh sums up why they both work very eloquently even though her comments are attributed to the shampoo stuff: Set up asContinueContinue reading “stuff and things 22.10.07”

find your flavour

Bailey’s are offering you the opportunity to find your flavour and promoting both the new mint (I’ve tried it and it’s ok) and caramel (not tried it but too sickly?) flavours. Site uses flash to serve up a few questions which you drag your cursor to the one you like the most. You then seeContinueContinue reading “find your flavour”