Who's big in mobile and location? Great infographic from JESS3.
Geo Social Universe
The Tate, Planes and Playboy
A Jaguar and a Harrier fighter jet sat and hanging respecitvely in the Tate? Amazing. The 2 fighter planes by Fiona Banner in the central gallery are a must-see. One matt and dusty, like an airfix model, the other stripped, shiney chrome, lying powerless on its back.
Read More"At the time harrier jump jets were at the cutting edge of technology but to me they were like dinosaurs, prehistoric, from a time before words." – Fiona Banner
10 kickass crowdsourcing sites for your business
Great article from econsultancy. I’m not a total convert to the idea of the wisdom of crowds but crowd-sourcing is clearly a useful tool in designing better experiences. Crowdsourcing, as you probably know, is a way of using ‘crowds’ to ‘source’ solutions to your problems...
Read MoreRSA Animates, The Secret Powers of Time
The RSA is one of my favourite London institutions. It's housed in a beautiful old building just off the Strand and has a brilliant purpose 'a cradle of enlightenment thinking and a force for social progress'. They put on brilliant lectures, it's the closest London gets to TED, and they're free. In sharing the talks online they've decided to animate the talks which is a brilliant move. This is one of my favourites. It's not strictly related to brands or advertising but is 10 minutes of thought stimulating brilliance.
Expendables YouTube Overlay
Smart use of interactive elements to promote the movie.
Expendables YouTube Ad from Sparkelife on Vimeo.
10 Myths about Twitter
Great presentation from the guys at Effect Works dispelling a few myths if you think Twitter's not really for you. Brilliant Stuff.
Music to work by, a Spotify playlist
If you don't use Spotify, shame on you. If you do. Here's some music I like to work to... Enjoy.
A brief history of digital media
An excellent place to start if you're new to digital marketing (by the guys at Three Minds Organic). They don't post too often, when they do, it's considered, smart and almost always worth a read.
The Good Old Days
In an era that now seems as antiquated as betamax, advertising was once simply a message created by an agency and distributed through mass media channels to a large passive audience.
It was one-way communication knotted to a piece of popular content, eagerly gobbled up by the viewer, reader or listener. Creating content was difficult and distribution channels were owned properties which created a power structure that favored the publisher of content. Enter the Internet.
Read MoreThe Good Old Days
In an era that now seems as antiquated as betamax, advertising was once simply a message created by an agency and distributed through mass media channels to a large passive audience.
It was one-way communication knotted to a piece of popular content, eagerly gobbled up by the viewer, reader or listener. Creating content was difficult and distribution channels were owned properties which created a power structure that favored the publisher of content. Enter the Internet.