I’m a big fan of recycling. If you can use something more than once or find it a new home, then it saves you and everyone else money (not to mention resources, the environment, etc. etc.). But should you recycle an advert? Sprint’s agency clearly think so. Check out these two adverts – can you… [Read more…]
January 14, 2012
Even at 21, the Internet is getting on a bit. He/she/it is no longer the new medium they once were and it’s become just another part of daily life. No one is making “Tomorrow’s World” style programs about it any more – much of the mystery has gone. If the Internet were a celebrity, it… [Read more…]
December 29, 2011
Another 12 months, and another year older. But instead of gaining its independence, is the internet now more controlled than ever? The past 18 months have challenged the Net’s independence. We’ve had the Afghan war logs, Embassy-gate and the pursuit of Julian Assange. In response, hackers attacked companies that had refused to host the Wikileaks… [Read more…]
December 22, 2011
Living in the age of the “long tail“, blockbuster success is even harder to come by. Which is exactly what makes this article in the Guardian so curious. Following the UK’s riots in August, the newspaper looked at recent survey results from British teenagers. Over 80% of kids wanted to be famous, but only 50%… [Read more…]
December 19, 2011
Sweden, home of moderately priced furniture and famed for its 70s pop group. And now also for the country’s digital industry. Hyper Island was set up in 1995 as a school for digital and interactive media. Using the “experience learning” teaching method, the school offers full and part time courses on everything digital. Given how… [Read more…]
December 10, 2011
It appears that VW have just bought Oxford Circus. The entire eastbound Central Line platform has been turned into a hand drawn history of the automobile, with 13 or so billboards and several animated projections. Looks like someone is trying to make an impact. Which is lovely, but I’m not convinced this works as a… [Read more…]
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January 23, 2012
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