Jam are big fans of the breakthrough act in music consumption Spotify. This blogger is obviously a fan too having come up with a lovely way to share his music collection. Having burnt all my CD’s during the rise of the MiniDisc sadly this is not an option for me.
Moog (pronounced “mogue”, like vogue) is probably the most well known synth manufacturer in the world. The company started tweeting about a month ago, so I thought I’d mark the occasion with a post about the brand. This company produced one of the most influential bits of kit in pop music history, the “Mini Moog“. Continue reading →
Thinglink calls itself a “conversational product catalog”, but it’s basically a social network based around products. It’s currently in private beta, but allows its members to upload images of design pieces in the hope of creating a sort of user generated product catalogue. Users can then comment on designs, “like” them (imagine that!) and add Continue reading →
The Information Architects have released their latest Web Trend Map to give you an overview of the internet in 2009. They mapped the 333 most influential web domains and the 111 most influential internet people onto the Tokyo Metro map. The height of a station refers to its traffic, revenue and trend. Its width represents Continue reading →
The delicate line between art and pornography has been hotly debated ever since mankind evolved from monosyllabic grunts towards today’s more eloquent perversions. It would appear that the delicate line forms a silhouetted easel. ‘Pervert/Artist’ – Wilhelm Staehle, Silhouette Masterpiece Theatre via constant seige
If you weren’t scared of clowns before you’ll be wary of them now in this awesome mini-thriller from Tribal DDB and Stink Digital for the launch of the new Philips cinema telly. See the full version at www.philips.co.uk/cinema Looks great- not sure my living room is big enough for one though, despite what my husband Continue reading →
I don’t know what kind of music I’ve been listening to, but I just got served an ad for MTV and the Bodyshop’s safe sex Yes Yes Yes campaign. The ad is for the blog, where you can find Spotify playlists from bloggers and presenters, whilst the microsite links to a MySpace page, Flickr group, Continue reading →
Hobnox “is an online entertainment and publishing platform, a network for creatives and their fans. We unite broadcast-quality web media with cutting edge community-enabling technology.” Which is great. But even better is their daringly named “Audiotool”. It’s basically a web app that allows you to interchange bits of virtual gear and create beats. There’s a Continue reading →
Over the last 90 minutes the ’09 – ’10 budget has been announced and this year it’s got a lot of live coverage with fact and opinion flying around cyber-space as Alistair Darling made his announcements. The BBC used its live text and video tool to report on the budget. Not unlike the Guardian’s live Continue reading →
Since we twittered about it yesterday I’ve been playing with the rather sinisterly titled We are hunted website which is utilising buzz to create a chart of the hottest new artists and songs. In their words they “aggregate social networks, forums, music blogs, Torrents, P2P Networks and Twitter to develop a daily chart of the Continue reading →
