Archive for the ‘ fun ’ Category
Each month, I spent 2 minutes tops using the iPhone to speak to other people. The other 43, 220 minutes I spend using my iPhone as: - my new book library. I installed Kobo and thanks to some regularly appearing coupons in my email, it’s my new book store. Books were getting annoying to move all [ READ MORE ]
A recent article in Mashable pointed me to a new website that promises to help you stay on track of your resolutions: Dorthy. The site promises to give the user a living page that focusses on their specific goals, provides information on said goal, and connect the user to other like-minded goal searchers. It’s a [ READ MORE ]
Monty Python’s YouTube channel has launched. The intro video explains it all.. and tells a tale of how TV execs are changing their ways of thinking about free videos online – watch it, and then if you like it, buy it. [ READ MORE ]
This might be a lazy post, but important nonetheless! Watch this amazing video to give you a sense of the world we’re working in today and tomorrow. Five minutes well spent. And you can bop along to Fatboy Slim while you ponder. It’s a win-win. [ READ MORE ]
Broadband viewership has doubled! Well, at least in the States. And a large number of people want to see companies on social networking sites… or so it may seem. Social networking is a very broad term. Personally, I’d be happy to stop receiving ads for celebrity dieting techniques while I’m on Facebook. I have tried to cancel [ READ MORE ]
Just because: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qQKdHxeMkk Turns out YouTube is shutting down all copies of this pageant. Seems suspicious. Anyone know why? [ READ MORE ]
I currently work in the educational gaming world for kids. I like to argue that all games are educational, but there’s this little ‘curriculum’ issue. We’re sometimes told to create “math” games or “literacy” games… but how can you make learning fun? This argument makes a lot of sense. It says there’s this great divide between educational [ READ MORE ]
Google in the midst of creating a mobile phone device. I know! We just got used to the iPhone craziness. Rumour has it the first device with this software (called Android) will launch will happen in the States sometime in November. The phone is built by HTC and will include Google software and lots of [ READ MORE ]
If you use Google Reader to read my blog, you may have noticed a lovely new way to control the way you share news items with pals – even those who aren’t on Gmail. Hit Sharing Settings and see who’s sharing posts with you and who you’re sharing with, which is a nice addition. I’ve been [ READ MORE ]
This post from Julian Cole on Adspace Pioneers in Social Media marketing is interesting. He lists the top 12 moments that help define some of social media moments for advertising. It’s a clever look back at how social media has grown in just three years. It has gone from a niche service for the computer [ READ MORE ]