The Internet is an amazing place. A random, esoteric, collaborative mish-mash of a place where sometimes, just sometimes a little chunk of life gets boiled down, the inane removed (or added in spades), and served back up to the world as a delicious meme. Esoteric and difficult to manufacture on demand, it’s near on impossible Continue reading →
The colour of a product is 85% of the reason you buy a product, or at least that’s what recent research by Kiss Metrics says. It does make sense that you would buy a product purely based on its looks (design is a massive part of a product), but the interesting part is that, according Continue reading →
Pipl is a search engine for people. You can type anyone’s name and location and potentially bring up their online profile, blogs and even their electoral roll details. Pipl claims that the ‘deep web’ that they search has up to 500 times more content that the usual surface web, but this has (until now) remained Continue reading →
It’ll come as no surprise to hear that social media has drastically changed the way people gain fame and gain income. Aside from the thousands of middle aged twitter users offering up their ‘wealth maximising e-book‘, entrepreneurial creative types are harnessing their video cameras and taking to YouTube to shift some units. Increasingly YouTube is Continue reading →
“Parkour…for those who can’t be arsed”. So says the opening statement on the lying down game’s Facebook page which boasts nearly 100,000 members. The lying down game has been going on for a while, but has only just started to be noticed by the wider community. To play, you need to have your hands flat Continue reading →
You’ve got to hand it to Google, they definitely don’t rest on their laurels. They’ve given us google maps, streetview, location-sensitive mobile information, a free email system and access to a ludicrously fast search engine. All for free. YouTube has clearly been woven into the same cloth since it joined the Google mothership, being innovative Continue reading →
Before even typing a word, this post has taken me about half an hour. I’ll call this initial process ‘research and testing’ – I’m not sure management will be convinced though. they’ll call it ‘playing video games at work’. I’m happy to split the difference. It’s been a very enjoyable half hour. eBoy has made Continue reading →
iHobo is an odd premise to say the least – You watch over after a homeless young person who sits on your iPhone for three days like an adult human tamagotchi. In the process you’ll find out what challenges homeless people face daily, and how you can at least try to help. As you can Continue reading →
As a social media planner, I log into Facebook every day to research, plan, manage and moderate on behalf of clients. As a person living in London in 2010, I use Facebook every evening to easily keep in touch with a core group of my friends, and passively keep up to speed with a few Continue reading →
We like good ideas. We love them when they’re for a good cause too. Treehouse, talk about autism, and talktalk have banded together to create what they’re dubbing the world’s first virtual talkathon. At its core, the campaign is essentially an exercise in incentivised sharing. We’re used to seeing companies encouraging their fans and friends Continue reading →
