Archives for May, 2008

Great use of CCTVPosted on May 29, 2008

Now this would never happen in Sydney.
A band in the UK didn’t have the money or resources to film a video clip so they played in front of 80 CCTV cameras in Manchester, and then requested the footage citing the freedom of information act. They then cut together a film clip with the footage [...]

Tags: random thoughts

Gruen Transfer takes all your wrinkles/worries awayPosted on May 27, 2008

There is a new show starting tonight on the ABC called the Gruen Transfer, “a show about advertising, how it works, and how it works on us.”
Three Drunk Monkeys (great agency, terrible website) have created some fantastic ads to go with it, for Gruen Beauty, Gruen Beer and Gruen Bank. Apparently the ABC was flooded [...]

Tags: Marketing

Weezer loves internet memesPosted on

I’m a few days late on this one (they were even talking about it on Triple J before I watched it) but the new Weezer video clip brings together heaps of awesome internet memes - and not just cut together but they’ve actually found them and brought them into the studio.

I love how much [...]

Tags: memes

Webmonkey’s back and looking goodPosted on May 26, 2008

Back when I first started coding HTML in 1996, one of the most valuable resources I used was Webmonkey. It was by far the best site available, offering step by step tutorials as well as more advanced techniques. It was fantastic for both learning new languages and getting more skillful at those you already knew [...]

Tags: Cool websites

Read at work in peacePosted on May 22, 2008

I’m so grateful I no longer need to utilise sites like this but Ms Fits has just pointed out a great site called Read at Work. If you’re gasping with boredom but also have to be careful about who can see your screen, the site disguises itself as a Windows desktop with the links in [...]

Tags: Cool websites

Thesaurus.com - WTF?Posted on May 21, 2008

I know we live in a patriarchal society but seriously…

So there are synonyms for man, womanly and moan (which they seem to think is a woman) but nothing at all for women?
Thanks for making me insignificant dictionary.com.

Tags: random thoughts

Brand tags - don’t think they planned thisPosted on May 12, 2008

A new site has launched called Brand Tags - “a brand exists entirely in people’s heads. Therefore, whatever it is they say a brand is, is what it is.”
The site shows you a logo of a brand and asks you to tag it.

It looks like it started quite well - Louis Vuitton has been [...]

Tags: Marketing