By Ian, on December 15th, 2007 A very nice website created to promote Orange’s unlimited texts on on one of its tariffs. It goes on forever and is full of fun stuff … geddit? Created by digital agency Poke, who’ve documented the site here. Apparently, there’s a Christmas version on the way soon. Continue reading Rather Clever By Ian, on October 24th, 2007 I’ve always been a bit of a sceptic about Second Life (posts passim, and I mean in its utility as a marketing vehicle for brands), and I won’t pretend otherwise despite a day of inspiration and intelligence at the Virtual Worlds Forum. Yes, I now understand a bit more about why brands have been investing in the network and Continue reading Why You Can’t Buy a Heineken in Second Life By Ian, on August 24th, 2007 You’re probably already very familiar with the Ad-Block extension for Firefox. Now there’s a new kid on the block, Tubestop. Tubestop prevents YouTube’s brand new overlay ads from spoiling your videos. It works by substituting the player on Youtube’s pages (which inserts ads) with the one that appears embedded in web pages (which Continue reading That Didn’t Take Long By Ian, on August 17th, 2007 This is a short guide to creating an RSS feed for sites that don’t have one. I’ve posted it here because I keep forgetting how to do it. Hope it’s useful. NB: it won’t work for sites that require a log-on, such as Facebook groups. Step One: Problem Pages I try to remember to visit the site of Continue reading HOW-TO Create an RSS Feed By Ian, on August 1st, 2007 Somehow, I’m on the beta programme for the BBC iPlayer. I can’t for the life of me remember applying for this, but that’s becoming fairly irrelevant to the truth nowadays. Sadly, there aren’t any invites and so-forth I can offer to readers — this is the BBC, remember. They do things differently there. It’s reasonably stable, Continue reading Playing with iPlayer By Ian, on July 4th, 2007 I spotted this on netimperative this morning: Waitrose to embrace social networking with ‘Facebook’ for food According to reports, supermarket chain Waitrose is planning to add social networking functions to its web site to allow shoppers to swap recipes and chat on message boards. The retailer wants to encourage the one million people that visit its Continue reading Food for Thought Page 3 of 16«12345»Last » | About this BlogSocial tools, devices and web evolution are creating epochal change in media, society and business. The plan is to hide under the floorboards till it’s all over document some of the interesting parts of that change. More…. |
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