• Efficient Frontier Insights: Q2 Search Engine Performance Report: Google gets $1.10 of Every New Search Dollar
  (tags: Google search stats advertising)

• Stripes and a cat…?
  Fun optical illusion.
  (tags: illusion art)

• Writing for the web course
  (tags: writing course web)
• RA DIOHEA_D / HOU SE OF_C ARDS - Google Code
  Radiohead have opened up the code for their video House of Cards, which was captured using 3D laser scanners.
  (tags: radiohead visualization music 3d lasers opensource)

• FT.com / Home UK / UK - Tunnel vision leads owners into the Tube
  Outdoor advertising companies are seeking to defy the downturn by investing tens of millions of pounds on bringing old-fashioned billboards into the digital age.
  Out-of-home media owners such as CBS Outdoor, Clear Channel and JCDecaux are upgrading poste
  (tags: advertising digital_advertising OOH tube article FT)

• MyCBBC social networking site for children breaks 100,000 user mark | Media | guardian.co.uk
  The BBC has said its social networking site for young children, MyCBBC, has reached 100,000 registered users in four months, as the corporation addresses demand for safe social media tools for younger children.
  (tags: children education socialnetworking article BBC CBBC)

Wordle’s seem to be everywhere at the moment, thought it about time I joined in the fun, seeing as I found the site a few weeks ago and didn’t really do anything about it then.

Spot the trends below.

Wordle of current blog feed:

Wordle of current Del.icio.us tags
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• Yahoo! Search Web Services
  (tags: development Yahoo tools search service WebServices)
• Yahoo! Search BOSS - YDN
  BOSS (Build your Own Search Service) is Yahoo!’s open search web services platform. The goal of BOSS is simple: to foster innovation in the search industry. Developers, start-ups, and large Internet companies can use BOSS to build and launch web-scale sea
  (tags: search searchengine service tools Yahoo development opensource)
• Lively - Welcome
  Google’s virtual world - create an avatar and chat with your friends in rooms you design
  (tags: Google virtualworlds virtual community avatar 3d)

This in from Tom Savage…

Bright Green Talent is looking for an outstanding leader to join and drive the dynamic, ambitious Bright Green team. A unique, entrepreneurial activity to join a proven business model at its early stages.

Bright Green is a ‘practice-what-we-preach’ sustainability recruitment company that places excellent, bright people into inspiring green opportunities.

We’re looking for an outstanding entrepreneurial leader to help build on and further consolidate Bright Green’s success after a year of operation.

Working on a variety of tasks within business development, operations and management, you will perform a critical role in fulfilling our vision to be the most successful recruitment in our sector.

The job…
- Using your flair and expertise to coordinate strategy and business development, you will monitor and manage our resources to ensure we continue to thrive (and enjoy ourselves as we do so!).
- You will drive and win new business for the company, by pitching to clients and spreading the Bright Green name far and wide.
- Performing a variety of management functions such as finances, accounting, marketing etc to optimise our team effectiveness.
- Using your charisma and outstanding people skills, you will interview and assess the top leaders in the environmental sector, developing a name for yourself and Bright Green as experts in the field.

We’re based in a fantastic office in Pink Floyd’s old recording studios 7 minutes from Angel tube, North London. In addition a rock heritage, you can expect perks such as a blackberry, laptop, generous holidays and a regular supply of smoothies! Salary package is negotiable, but is likely to include a substantial performance related bonus and a stake in the business.

You…
- Are the person who always has your head above the crowd. You have a history of excellence in everything you do, with at least 5 years experience of success within an outstanding organisation.
- Have exemplary organisational skills and a keen eye for detail, coupled with an ability to make excellent decisions quickly and efficiently.
- Are a natural, charismatic leader and an outstanding manager, motivator. You love working with people.
- Are passionate about the environment and embody the values and culture of Bright Green.
- Are capable of selling in a passionate, professional fashion.
- Are focused, patient and methodical. ‘Reliability’ might well be your middle name!
- Aren’t afraid to be tough and are friendly, fair and firm.
- Have an excellent ability to judge characters and can use this in helping to expand and help lead the Bright Green team.
- Above all, have a demonstrable ability to get things done!

The Bright Green ethos

We were founded in 2007 by award-winning social entrepreneur Tom Savage and veteran recruiter, former Oxford Associate Fellow, executive coach and author; Paul Hannam. Bright Green UK is now a 5-person team and a US office opened in San Francisco at the start of 2008.

Our approach is grounded in the belief that we have some of the science and technology to solve the world’s ‘Big Problems’, but we don’t always have the right people in the right places to leverage and maximize that change. Bright Green believes in the power of people.We hope to set ourselves aside from the rest of the recruitment industry by doing things a little differently. We’re an ambitious, hard working team, who are committed to having a positive impact in the world through placing people in inspiring jobs to make a difference. Coupled with a stimulating and innovative environment, top performers in this job role can expect outstanding financial rewards as the organisation grows.

Our values/ operating principals are;

Be Passionate Professionals: We combine passion and professionalism in our work.

Constantly Grow: We continually learn, both individually and as an organisation.

Use Our Internal Compasses: We act rather than react, using our beliefs and considered judgment to guide us as we work.

Be Courageous: We recognise that the easy choice is not always the right choice.

Interested?
If you’d like to be considered for this position, please email Tom Savage (tom@brightgreentalent.com) your details with the following job reference included in the subject: Bright Green UK Director.

• MagCloud
  “MagCloud enables you to publish your own magazines. All you have to do is upload a PDF and we’ll take care of the rest: printing, mailing, subscription management, and more.”
  (tags: awesome HP self-publishing publishing magazines printing)
• Wordle - Create
  Create lovely word clouds with your Delicious tags or any other list of words. Gorgeous. (Hat tip: Infovore)
  (tags: del.icio.us awesome mashup tagcloud visualization words tags)
• Consumer Advertising Law Blog: Psst . . . UK Cracks Down on Word of Mouth Marketing
  (tags: marketing legislation advertising law UK)
• Word of Mouth Marketing Association - ethics code
  Consumer protection and respect are paramount.
  (tags: marketing ethics word-of-mouth seeding legislation socialmedia advertising)

• Advertising slogans, mottos, taglines
  Database of advertising end lines.
  (tags: advertising copywriting database reference tool slogans)
• Andrex - The Hello Softie Game
  An strangely cute, yet also strangely difficult game to play. That is, if you don’t use the Live Search option embedded into the window. Who is gaining more from this advertising?
  (tags: Andrex search advertising MSN game advergame example)
• Publicis strikes ad deals with Google, Yahoo, AOL and Microsoft | Media | guardian.co.uk
  Interesting move by Publicis.
  (tags: advertising “media buying” online_advertising search)