Disarming Britain

I StumbledUpon this earlier and was totally blown away (pardon the pun). This is an extremely striking and thought provoking concept. It's the full length promotional film from Channel 4 to promote their 'Disarming Britain' series which begins on 30th June.

Facebook No Longer The Second Largest Social Network

Since Facebook opened its doors to non-college members it has seen huge growth, this April however was perhaps the biggest milestone: Facebook officially passed MySpace in terms of unique monthly worldwide visitors. Data released by ComScore shows that each network is attracting around 115 million people each month.

Smart LDA

Websites for alcoholic beverages must generally confirm age before allowing entry to the site. Depending on the country of origin this could be as simple as asking are you of legal drinking age, or (as is the case in Ireland and the UK) they ask for your date of birth. For the site designers and developers this can often be a pain - people generally don't want to fill in forms or give their details.

Two really good examples of making this as easy as possible is Liveit.ie and Heineken Draught Keg

Twitter for Dummies

I previously posted about What Social Media Is and if you liked that I definitely think you should check out Three Minds' Twitter for Dummies

Facebook Gangsta

I saw this over on Paul's Blog and I had to share it with you. Funny stuff!

Golf goes Orbital

Volkswagen Golf have just launched a new ad. The ad is fun. Cutting and editing are excellent. The shining light from the ad, however, isn't the video. It's the soundtrack. The track is made up from the sounds recorded in and around the Golf during the shoot. It was composed and produced by Paul Hartnoll (Orbital). Awesome stuff.

User Generated Jacket

Last August My Morning Jacket played Lollapalooza in Chicago. As part of the gig they asked everyone to record the concert on their cameras, cellphones etc. and submit it as part of a UGC version of the event. They promised everything that was submitted would be used.

This is what UGC should be!