“Get your coffee fix, fast” iPhone/iPod Touch application that allows the users to purchase their favorite Starbucks drink without waiting in line. This application also includes QuickPay, a swipe transaction system using semacode technology.
All I can say is… WOW! This is reason that the iPhone sets new standards and breaks new ground. Just by being a creative platform, it inspires exploration and innovative thought.
Well, not only did the Humdrum Idol website (which has run it’s course and been taken down now) get a rave-review in The Drum back in April 2007, but, now in the yearly round-up of the best reviews throughout the year, It turns up again!
A great big pat on the back there as a hell of a lot of work get’s reviewed and to be marked as one of the best is a great achievement. On to 2008!
Another feature, This time in The Drum, and Marketing Direct - UK media and marketing magazines for a microsite that we’ve just launched - www.perfectcuppacampaign.co.uk.
“DIGERATI\, the digital arm of TBWA\Manchester, has kicked off a campaign for the recently launched Breville/Brita filter kettle. Email have ben sent out to Brita’s database of customers to promote a new website highlighting the benefits of the product.” Marketing Direct
“Simple, yet quirky, fun and colourful. This caught my eye instantly, and there’’s nothing more imortant to the British public than the perfect cuppa. Easy to navigate and straight to the point, this made me explore the site more. The images of the tea made with tap water and then with the Breville made me realise that’s what my cuppa looks like. I need one of these kettles! 9/10″ Jemma Roddy. Marketing manager, Transformulas International
My beautiful wife got me the best present for my 30th birthday last month… A tandem skydive!
Ben and I travelled down to the “Black Knights Parachute Centre” in Lancaster on the 1st September, were we mused, got very nervous and then eventually ascended to 14,000ft (3 Miles) in a very small propeller-driven plane and jumped out… Mental!
We both agree that it is THE best experience we’ve ever had and could not recommend highly enough for anyone!
Well, The Simpsons Movie is out. Unfortunately, I haven’t managed to see it yet, although I look forward to it. However, what I have seen is the movie website.
While this site has great animation and a real sense of synergy with the program itself, undoubtedly, the coolest thing is the ‘Create your Simpsons Avatar’. As you can see from mine, it’s not always easy to create your own yellow doppleganger but great fun nonetheless.
However, there are a few bits that are a little rough round the edges and on the whole, if not for this element of the site, I would be a little tempted to class it as ‘all fur coat and no knickers’.
This is the single greatest creative idea applied to a penal system ever happened upon.
Words cannot do this piece justice, suffice to say I would be willing for the creator to have a go at solving the rest of the planet’s problems, I’ll leave the explanation to the video itself and the information gathered from YouTube:
“1,500 plus CPDRC inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center, Cebu, Philippines at practice! This is not the final routine, and definitely not a punishment! just a teaser”.
I’ve found a lovely little site which appeals to my Japanese-loving side. The site is called ReayMech.com and is a small collection of downloadable PDF flat-pack designs for making your very own miniature ‘Mechs’.
Mechs are little boxy-type characters which come in many flavours, all ready for you to stick your fingers together with super glue trying to ‘pimp your desk’.
The series has been developed by Fwis, a graphic design group in Portland, Denver, Cupertino and Brooklyn, USA.
As you can see here, mine is already my bestest pal and I’m sure he’ll have a few more companions before the week is out.
In the words of ‘Art Attack’s’ Neil Buchanan, “Try it yourself…“
I may need not need to talk this one up too much, suffice to say that this is the funniest thing I’ve seen in absolutely AGES. I have quite literally been crying while laughing at this for the past hour.
And, for when it starts to lose a little of it’s humour after the millionth time, there is even www.dramaticprairiedog.com with loads of hilarious remixes to top your funny bone up.
Well it’s happened again… I’m playing another online game that got it’s hooks in me. The game is called WeeWar and I’m reliably informed that it is quite similar to the board game Risk although I’ve never played it myself.
Basically you have bases and there are unoccupied bases which you can capture. You then deploy military units from these bases in an attempt to capture the bases of you enemy. Your units battle your opponents units along the way as you try to capture every base on the map to secure a victory.
It took me a little while to fully understand how to play it properly, but when I did I really enjoyed it. Sign up and challenge me to a game if you like, my username is ‘ahaydnjones’. See you on the battlefield.
Cue Samorost 2. Unfortunately for me, the creators have realised that the first installment was very playable and intriguing. As such, they are charging a modest $6.90 (about £3.10) to play the second. This being said, I think my budget can stretch to this and i’m going to embark on my micro journey some time today. I’ll report back on my progress as it happens.
UPDATE: Well, both Steve (work pal) and I have completed Samarost 2. It took about 40 minutes or so, but I think for £4.00 with VAT (less than you would spend on a couple of goes on an arcade) the game was charming, fun and definitely nearly stumped us a few times. If you’re undecided about paying for it yourself, I would recommend it.
I look forward to the next release from the makers.
UPDATE: Well, both Steve (work pal) and I have completed Samarost 2. It took about 40 minutes or so, but I think for £4.00 with VAT (less than you would spend on a couple of goes on an arcade) the game was charming, fun and definitely nearly stumped us a few times. If you’re undecided about paying for it yourself, I would recommend it.