SPINNING AROUND: SEVENTY SEVEN THINKING OUT LOUD tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1252808 2009-11-28T13:30:17+00:00 TypePad TRIV EXPERIMENT ... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452b22969e2012875e765d1970c 2009-11-28T13:30:17+00:00 2009-11-28T13:30:17+00:00 This is just rather marvellous. Simple. Effective. Viral (self-evidently) James Gordon-MacIntosh <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This is just rather marvellous. Simple. Effective. Viral (self-evidently)</p> <p><object width="470" height="297"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sNtXTkFw0Ro&hl=en_GB&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sNtXTkFw0Ro&hl=en_GB&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="470" height="297"></embed></object></p></div> http://t4w.blogs.com/spinningaround/2009/11/triv-experiment-.html SEVEN INTERESTING THINGS ... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452b22969e2012875e6b1b4970c 2009-11-28T07:59:45+00:00 2009-11-28T07:59:45+00:00 Um ... have something of a random collection of things to remember ... Wired Magazine on iTablet, Apple's next big thing (and their answer to the netbook) A how to for bands in the modern era. Basically, if you're in... James Gordon-MacIntosh

Seven

Um ... have something of a random collection of things to remember ...

Wired Magazine on iTablet, Apple's next big thing (and their answer to the netbook)

A how to for bands in the modern era. Basically, if you're in a band, you want to be big and you're not doing these things, maybe you should be doing something else

A recent Triv viral. I like ... via BrewBlog

Clever ... tangle-proof ear buds from PSFK. Dunno why I like it, but I do

Sing of the (a bit old now) times ... the Gap stuff on Facebook. Is it an app? Is it a website? Is it a Facebook page? Yes!

Newspaper Club looks like it might be getting closer to a launch

Loving this Digital Graffiti festival. And a handy repository of future collaborators, I reckon

See, told you it was a random collection this time around ...

 http://t4w.blogs.com/spinningaround/2009/11/se.html BRIXELS ... RATHER CLEVER tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452b22969e20120a6da6332970b 2009-11-27T12:13:00+00:00 2009-11-27T12:13:00+00:00 Lego continues to be used for amazing and remarkable things. The latest is Brixels, who will make you a Lego portrait. Wonderful, weird, whacky and shows what a phenomenally social brand Lego has become, creating around it a constellation of... James Gordon-MacIntosh <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Lego continues to be used for amazing and remarkable things. The latest is Brixels, who will make you a Lego portrait. Wonderful, weird, whacky and shows what a phenomenally social brand Lego has become, creating around it a constellation of fans that only add to its appeal, likeability and fame.</p> <p><object width="470" height="297"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wAShFuvNSP0&hl=en_GB&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wAShFuvNSP0&hl=en_GB&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="470" height="297"></embed></object></p></div> http://t4w.blogs.com/spinningaround/2009/11/brixels-rather-clever.html IKEA JUST MADE ME CHOKE ON MY SANDWICH tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452b22969e2012875dfd66c970c 2009-11-26T17:21:17+00:00 2009-11-26T17:23:05+00:00 This is a phenomenal idea. Just magic. Simple but brilliant. via Iain James Gordon-MacIntosh

This is a phenomenal idea. Just magic. Simple but brilliant.

via Iain

 http://t4w.blogs.com/spinningaround/2009/11/ikea-just-made-me-choke-on-my-sandwich.html STELLA GOES INTO TV tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452b22969e2012875dc2438970c 2009-11-26T10:03:00+00:00 2009-11-26T11:26:45+00:00 Mother is one of the ad agencies that gets content. Really gets it. Like an agency that genuinely understands branded entertainment gets it. So it's no real surprise that they've come up with something of a hum-dinger for Stella Artois.... James Gordon-MacIntosh <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Mother is one of the ad agencies that gets content. Really gets it. Like an agency that genuinely understands branded entertainment gets it. So it's no real surprise that they've come up with something of a hum-dinger for Stella Artois.</p> <p> Le Recyclage De Luxe Show, a new Stella Artois <a href="http://www.youtube.com/stellaartois" target="_blank">TV channel</a> on YouTube, is fabulously Sixties, hosted by a psuedo Franco chat show hero. The whole thing is rather lovely from a marketing perspective. And the video of Florence and the Machine has picked up some views.</p> <p>It'll be interesting to watch and see how much of the brand message content gets through and how many views it clocks up. Otherwise, you kind of feel that it might end up as a repository for a bunch of entertaining "stuff" that says sod-all about the brand. </p> <p>For now, I shall stick with Kronenbourg and "cool" Japanese lager brands, I suspect that I will not be alone for a while ...</p> <p><object height="297" width="470"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vwCF3YnRteE&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vwCF3YnRteE&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="297" width="470"></object></p> <p><object height="297" width="470"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xwYCFnIo5FI&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xwYCFnIo5FI&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="297" width="470"></object></p></div> http://t4w.blogs.com/spinningaround/2009/11/stella-goes-into-tv.html NINTENDO FLIPNOTE ... FINE STUFF INDEED tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452b22969e20120a6d9f989970b 2009-11-25T23:34:14+00:00 2009-11-25T23:34:14+00:00 Back-story is here. Meantime, some more lovely shorts by Aardman for Nintendo. BTW, the videos have now had almost 1,000,000 views. Not bad, we reckon. James Gordon-MacIntosh <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Back-story is <strong><a href="http://t4w.blogs.com/spinningaround/2009/10/flipping-.html">here</a></strong>. Meantime, some more lovely shorts by Aardman for Nintendo.</p> <p>BTW, the videos have now had almost 1,000,000 views. Not bad, we reckon.</p> <p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/__swb1qE1dQ&hl=en_GB&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/__swb1qE1dQ&hl=en_GB&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="470" height="297"></embed></object></p> <p><object width="470" height="297"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hhJneeiBKqE&hl=en_GB&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hhJneeiBKqE&hl=en_GB&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="470" height="297"></embed></object></p> <p><object width="470" height="297"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YqFsI69JaQM&hl=en_GB&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YqFsI69JaQM&hl=en_GB&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="470" height="297"></embed></object></p></div> http://t4w.blogs.com/spinningaround/2009/11/nintendo-flipnote-fine-stuff-indeed.html ANOTHER YEAR, MORE CRACKING JOHN LEWIS WORK tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452b22969e2012875dbe19a970c 2009-11-25T23:07:51+00:00 2009-11-25T23:07:51+00:00 Seems to me like ... there's a good reason for me to write about a John Lewis ad each year. This one, by Adam and Eve, is an absolute stunner. Bang on for the brand. Spot on from a cute... James Gordon-MacIntosh <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Seems to me like ... there's a good reason for me to write about a John Lewis ad each year. This one, by Adam and Eve, is an absolute stunner. Bang on for the brand. Spot on from a cute piece of consumer insight. And cracking creative delivery. Lovely.</p> <p><object width="470" height="297"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ma7pdDhbFhE&hl=en_GB&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ma7pdDhbFhE&hl=en_GB&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="470" height="297"></embed></object></p></div> http://t4w.blogs.com/spinningaround/2009/11/another-year-more-cracking-john-lewis-work.html PROBABLY THE BEST ONLINE SHOP IN THE WORLD tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452b22969e20120a6da0c5f970b 2009-11-18T23:51:00+00:00 2009-11-18T23:51:00+00:00 Go here. Don't touch ANYTHING. Let it load. Wait. A bit more ... There. Good, eh?! James Gordon-MacIntosh

Go here.

Don't touch ANYTHING. Let it load.

Wait.

A bit more ...

There.

Good, eh?!

 http://t4w.blogs.com/spinningaround/2009/11/probably-the-best-online-shop-in-the-world.html NOKIA N9000 ... AS MAD AS IT COMES tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452b22969e201287572318f970c 2009-11-10T20:42:19+00:00 2009-11-10T20:42:19+00:00 This is proper mental. I am going to have to watch it many times before I actually have an opinion other than "that's odd, that". Which is not much of an opinion, to be honest. James Gordon-MacIntosh <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This is proper mental. I am going to have to watch it many times before I actually have an opinion other than "that's odd, that". Which is not much of an opinion, to be honest.</p> <p><object width="470" height="297"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WxiOKKF721U&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WxiOKKF721U&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="470" height="297"></embed></object></p></div> http://t4w.blogs.com/spinningaround/2009/11/nokia-n9000-as-mad-as-it-comes.html LOVELY, LOVELY WORK FROM SAAB tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452b22969e20128756455c4970c 2009-11-09T09:21:00+00:00 2009-11-09T10:31:28+00:00 I was reading the back pages of my brother Rob's blog (which is a rum old mash of film, music - a lot of good music - marketing and dotcommery). I came across this and liked it so much that... James Gordon-MacIntosh

I was reading the back pages of my brother Rob's blog (which is a rum old mash of film, music - a lot of good music - marketing and dotcommery). I came across this and liked it so much that I thought it was worth sharing here. You can pretty much tell what it's all about from the post title ...

 http://t4w.blogs.com/spinningaround/2009/11/lovely-lovely-work-from-saab.html LETTING IT ALL ADD UP tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452b22969e2012875644de6970c 2009-11-09T09:06:00+00:00 2009-11-09T09:06:00+00:00 Take a look at morenewmath.com. Some low spots it has to be said. But a lot to make you smile ... James Gordon-MacIntosh

Take a look at morenewmath.com.

Some low spots it has to be said. But a lot to make you smile ...

Morenewmath

http://t4w.blogs.com/spinningaround/2009/11/letting-it-all-add-up.html WAITER, THERE'S ADVERTISING IN MY SOUP ... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452b22969e20120a662908d970b 2009-11-08T15:08:48+00:00 2009-11-08T15:09:05+00:00 Following on from dogvertising, cowvertising and indeed Seventy Seven PR's Lambient Media, we have Fly-vertising. A sort of marketing swat team. James Gordon-MacIntosh <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Following on from dogvertising, cowvertising and indeed Seventy Seven PR's Lambient Media, we have Fly-vertising. A sort of marketing swat team.</p> <p><object width="470" height="297"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ldC7FQiUJ6s&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ldC7FQiUJ6s&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="470" height="297"></embed></object></p></div> http://t4w.blogs.com/spinningaround/2009/11/waiter-theres-some-advertising-in-my-soup-.html ALL CHANGE IN GUINNESS' EPIC RETURN tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452b22969e20120a6ab2ce0970c 2009-11-05T09:34:48+00:00 2009-11-05T09:35:03+00:00 The latest work from Guinness, which has (according to CR) dropped the "Good things ... " strapline in favour of "Bring it to life". The new work is below and aired for the first time last night. It's an ad... James Gordon-MacIntosh

The latest work from Guinness, which has (according to CR) dropped the "Good things ... " strapline in favour of "Bring it to life". The new work is below and aired for the first time last night.

It's an ad that you need to watch in full-screen. Seriously.

For my money, it'll be interesting to see what they do with the idea of "Bring it to life" outside of the ad - it feels like a far richer territory than Good things did (although that particular brand promise also delivered some of my favourite advertising of all time, so who's to quibble) ...

 http://t4w.blogs.com/spinningaround/2009/11/all-change-in-guinness-epic-return.html THE UK'S TOP MARKETING WEBLOGS tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452b22969e20120a69abc71970c 2009-11-02T09:30:00+00:00 2009-11-02T13:46:20+00:00 UPDATE: PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL THE LINKS BELOW ARE WRONG. SOMETHING ODD HAPPENING WITH EXCEL. BORING THING TO UPDATE, WHICH WILL BE DONE THIS EVENING. THE LIST AND THE ORDER IS RIGHT, BUT CLICKING ON A BLOG WILL TAKE YOU... James Gordon-MacIntosh

UPDATE:

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL THE LINKS BELOW ARE WRONG. SOMETHING ODD HAPPENING WITH EXCEL. BORING THING TO UPDATE, WHICH WILL BE DONE

THIS EVENING. THE LIST AND THE ORDER IS RIGHT, BUT CLICKING ON A BLOG WILL TAKE YOU SOMEWHERE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. WHICH YOU COULD TREAT AS A GAME, I SUPPOSE.

This month's tables are all below. A big welcome back to 10 Yetis (who I think I must have missed last time to be honest). Hope that this finds you well and generally having good months of it. Without further ado, those charts in full ...

For those geeks amongst you, there is a post on the Adage Blog which mentions that they have changed the way that they do their calculations with Technorati and Bloglines out.

For those who may be interested, this chart is based on the AdAge Power 150, the top UK bloggers on all things advertising and marketing on 1 August 2008. If you feel that you should be included, you can get in touch with AdAge here, who will sort you out. As soon as you're in, I'll pick you up in this filleting of the AA chart.

1 (0) 23 (4) David Airey
2 (1) 34 (11) NevilleHobson.com
3 (3) 36 (29) Econsultancy's Internet Marketing Blog
4 (7) 54 (75) How To Make My Blog
5 (2) 61 (19) Crenk
6 (3) 63 (26) FreshNetworks Blog
7 (-5) 90 (-47) Blogstorm
8 (4) 109 (21) We Are Social
9 (-5) 111 (-58) Chris Garrett on New Media
10 (13) 116 (93) PR Blogger
11 (30) 121 (213) Hobo UK SEO Company Blog
12 (-7) 122 (-62) Nick Burcher
13 (0) 135 (1) Only Dead Fish
14 (-6) 144 (-59) russell davies
15 (-1) 152 (-15) This Is HERD
16 (-1) 159 (-20) Crackunit
18 (3) 168 (30) FeverBee
19 (3) 178 (29) UK Affiliate Marketing Blog
20 (7) 183 (75) Jims Marketing Blog
21 (-3) 184 (-10) SEOptimise
22 (2) 185 (48) SEOgadget.co.uk
23 (25) 203 (162) livingbrands
24 (-4) 211 (-14) PR Media Blog
25 (-6) 212 (-29) Brand Strategy Magazine Blog
26 (-16) 232 (-117) Welcome to Optimism
27 (-2) 240 (5) HERD
28 (-12) 256 (-116) adliterate
29 (-12) 257 (-87) Collective Conversation
30 (25) 258 (148) Connect
31 (11) 277 (58) Event Manager Blog
32 (6) 285 (45) Apple Pie & Custard
33 (-3) 287 (-21) Spinning Around
34 (18) 294 (88) UK Internet Marketing Blog
35 (-3) 295 (-11) Faster Future
36 (-1) 302 (4) The Engaging Brand
37 (26) 305 (170) Technobabble 2.0
38 (2) 310 (23) Interactive Marketing Trends
39 (-3) 320 (-11) Wadds' PR Blog
40 (-3) 323 (-8) Andrew R H Girdwood
41 (-13) 325 (-63) 50-Plus Marketing
42 (2) 336 (3) Blendingthemix
43 (4) 337 (25) Liberate Media blog
44 (12) 365 (42) The Ad Pit
45 (-16) 369 (-105) London Calling
46 (-1) 376 (-36) A PR Guy's Musings
48 (1) 385 (-10) renaissance chambara
49 (2) 389 (-11) Make Marketing History
50 (23) 390 (231) Fraser's Affiliate Marketing Blog
51 (7) 391 (38) further and faster
52 (-21) 398 (-126) The Way of the Web
53 (-7) 399 (-55) Drew B's take on tech PR
54 (0) 400 (4) Brendan Cooper
55 (-29) 401 (-147) Life Moves Pretty Fast
56 (-17) 437 (-106) Modern Marketing
57 (-4) 439 (-49) That Canadian Girl
58 (12) 443 (143) Digital Examples
59 (24) 445 (275) Confessions of a Wannabe Ad Man
60 (-1) 449 (-19) greenormal
61 (15) 451 (201) Tamar Search Blog
62 (9) 457 (132) PPC Blog
63 (-2) 458 (-1) SEOCO Blog
64 (14) 476 (218) The Renegade Agency Confessional
65 (-32) 478 (-187) Simon Wakeman
66 (-23) 485 (-147) Rubbishcorp
67 (NEW) 487 (NEW) 10 Yetis PR Blog
69 (-35) 501 (-200) Social Media Trader
70 (-6) 519 (-42) No Man's Blog
71 (-3) 532 (34) Brandgym Blog
72 (17) 541 (195) Nicola Davies
73 (-8) 545 (-38) Mediaczar
74 (10) 564 (157) Creative in London
75 (-13) 567 (-94) Sturgeon's Law
76 (-16) 575 (-127) never get out of the boat
77 (-5) 592 (5) LitmanLive
78 (14) 605 (149) [Bluurb] stuff and things
79 (-29) 645 (-268) Simonsays
80 (-23) 650 (-240) Feeding the Puppy
81 (-14) 656 (-117) Funkadelic Advertising
82 (6) 666 (68) Vincent Thome's Blog
83 (-14) 667 (-85) The Web Pitch.com
84 (19) 687 (157) Raw Stylus
85 (1) 712 (19) Beyond PR
86 (-5) 724 (-23) 25 letters in the alphabet
87 (-5) 729 (-22) Shiny Red
88 (14) 735 (106) Measurement Matters
89 (18) 747 (140) Curiously Persistent
90 (11) 751 (85) Unleashed on Marketing
91 (-16) 759 (-114) Organic Frog
92 (20) 764 (173) Buzz Attitude
93 (-2) 767 (-21) (Almost) Always Thinking
94 (10) 774 (78) The Rosemont Loving
96 (-3) 786 (-18) One Size Fits One
97 (-10) 794 (-61) PR Voice
98 (7) 797 (59) Rock Star PR
99 (10) 805 (112) The Red Rocket
100 (-20) 808 (-109) AdGrads
101 (-5) 809 (-35) CarbonGraffiti
102 (-28) 810 (-167) General Marketing Blog
104 (-25) 824 (-129) Blog Till You Drop
105 (-39) 827 (-317) Real Fresh TV
106 (10) 830 (162) The Open Agenda
108 (-8) 834 (1) Ginger and Proud
109 (2) 845 (79) Norton's Notes
110 (-2) 854 (46) Engage: the Carve Consulting blog
111 (-17) 860 (-90) Indolent.com
112 (1) 874 (66) A Mountain Dweller in the Thames Valley
113 (-18) 876 (-103) middledigit
114 (-24) 882 (-145) mediations
115 (0) 889 (98) DaveChaffey.com
116 (-10) 892 (-9) Living in a digital world
117 (2) 898 (135) Holistic Search Marketing
118 (-19) 910 (-86) Internet Marketing Made Easy
119 (-1) 916 (101) Punch Blog
120 (-43) 917 (-245) Freshen me up
121 (2) 926 (126) Offer and Acceptance
122 (-5) 927 (69) All Things PR
123 (-26) 928 (-140) From PR to Eternity
124 (-3) 939 (105) In the Cowshed
125 (-40) 940 (-210) The New Marketing
126 (-4) 958 (92) From the Cowshed
128 (-14) 1005 (-33) noticing
129 (-31) 1029 (-213) Digital Marketing Viewpoint
130 (-20) 1030 (-112) Nitmesh
131 (-11) 1061 (-19) PRwordSmith
http://t4w.blogs.com/spinningaround/2009/11/latest_top_uk_weblogs.html KASABIAN CREATES FOOTBALL HERO tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452b22969e20120a69ad450970c 2009-11-01T10:41:00+00:00 2009-11-09T10:17:09+00:00 So Kasabian has created a large-scale hack of Guitar Hero, made as part of the rock band’s album marketing campaign. Using the remarkable skills of freestyle footballers from Woody & Kleiny, it features wall-mounted controls placed in front of a... James Gordon-MacIntosh

So Kasabian has created a large-scale hack of Guitar Hero, made as part of the rock band’s album marketing campaign.

Using the remarkable skills of freestyle footballers from Woody & Kleiny, it features wall-mounted controls placed in front of a three-story screen. Footballs kicked at the life-size panels provide the physical interface for the game within the game.

And it's all a bit clever and actually quite watchable.

 http://t4w.blogs.com/spinningaround/2009/11/kasabian-creates-football-hero.html THE LATEST, GREATEST FLIPNOTE FILM tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452b22969e20120a69a91a7970c 2009-10-31T20:52:53+00:00 2009-11-02T22:12:18+00:00 Freddy Fibs is back this week in Nintendo's latest flipnote film. THere's more about the whole thing here. James Gordon-MacIntosh

Freddy Fibs is back this week in Nintendo's latest flipnote film.

THere's more about the whole thing here.

 http://t4w.blogs.com/spinningaround/2009/10/the-latest-greatest-flipnote-film.html HATS OFF ... SPAR GOES REGIONAL WITH WINE tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452b22969e20120a6451aa7970b 2009-10-31T20:49:18+00:00 2009-10-31T20:49:18+00:00 Finally managed to track the clip down and get it up online ... Jonathan Ross, Dara O'Briain and Dominic Cooper have a crack at the SPAR regional wine labels on the show last night. Loving it. A lot ... James Gordon-MacIntosh <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Finally managed to track the clip down and get it up online ... Jonathan Ross, Dara O'Briain and Dominic Cooper have a crack at the <strong><a href="http://t4w.blogs.com/seventyseven/2009/10/spar-takes-on-some-wine-conventions.html">SPAR regional wine labels</a></strong> on the show last night. Loving it. A lot ...</p> <p><object width="470" height="297"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XKkuM40GYQc&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XKkuM40GYQc&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="470" height="297"></object></p></div> http://t4w.blogs.com/spinningaround/2009/10/hats-off-spar-goes-regional-with-wine.html STUNT OR CANDID CAMERA? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452b22969e20120a67f283f970c 2009-10-28T08:25:27+00:00 2009-10-28T08:25:27+00:00 My vote goes for stunt. Could be wrong, but it feels like a neat piece of viral. In which case, I shall consider my role complete having done my bit to add to the spread. James Gordon-MacIntosh <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>My vote goes for stunt.</p> <p><object width="470" height="297"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Do6pmYfNco0&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Do6pmYfNco0&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="470" height="297"></embed></object></p> <p>Could be wrong, but it feels like a neat piece of viral. In which case, I shall consider my role complete having done my bit to add to the spread.</p></div> http://t4w.blogs.com/spinningaround/2009/10/stunt-or-candid-camera.html THETRAINLINE.COM STORMS THE CHARTS tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452b22969e20120a624dfd5970b 2009-10-27T17:02:01+00:00 2009-10-27T17:02:01+00:00 Many smiles on the faces of thetrainline.com team this week as their iPhone App stormed the App Store charts, clocking in as the second most downloaded free applications in the world. Lovely stuff, we thought to ourselves. So far, it's... James Gordon-MacIntosh <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><a href="http://t4w.blogs.com/.a/6a00d83452b22969e20120a624d8ec970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Ttl" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d83452b22969e20120a624d8ec970b " src="http://t4w.blogs.com/.a/6a00d83452b22969e20120a624d8ec970b-800wi" title="Ttl" border="0" /></a></p> <p>Many smiles on the faces of thetrainline.com team this week as their iPhone App stormed the App Store charts, clocking in as the second most downloaded free applications in the world.</p> <p>Lovely stuff, we thought to ourselves.</p> <p>So far, it's been favourably reviewed by many nice folk (thank you nice folk). And so it should have been, what with an offline timetable, as well as live and updated train times, a natty little "next train home" feature and a "last train home" thingy, too.</p> <p>Well worth a look.</p> <p><br> </p></div> http://t4w.blogs.com/spinningaround/2009/10/thetrain.html MORE CRACKING NINTENDO AND AARDMAN WORK tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452b22969e20120a671f5a9970c 2009-10-24T12:33:30+01:00 2009-10-24T12:34:53+01:00 Back-story is here. Meantime, some more lovely shorts by Aardman for Nintendo. BTW, the videos have now had over 400,000 views. Not bad, we reckon. James Gordon-MacIntosh

Back-story is here. Meantime, some more lovely shorts by Aardman for Nintendo.

BTW, the videos have now had over 400,000 views. Not bad, we reckon.

 http://t4w.blogs.com/spinningaround/2009/10/more-cracking-nintendo-and-aardman-work.html FURTHER CASSETTEBOY SHENANIGANS tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452b22969e20120a66916df970c 2009-10-22T09:01:28+01:00 2009-11-09T10:17:51+00:00 Chris pinged this around. Liked it. Have blogged it. Toodle pip for now ... James Gordon-MacIntosh

Chris pinged this around. Liked it. Have blogged it. Toodle pip for now ...

 http://t4w.blogs.com/spinningaround/2009/10/further-casetteboy-shenanigans.html HATS OFF TO THE PR ... DOWN IN NULLARBOR tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452b22969e20120a611fc1b970b 2009-10-22T08:58:43+01:00 2009-10-22T08:58:57+01:00 An absolute belter as yet another Aussie tourist authority scores what will, we predict, go on to become an international sensation ... the world's longest golf course. Hmmm ... Ostensibly a course spread across over 800 miles of outback, the... James Gordon-MacIntosh

An absolute belter as yet another Aussie tourist authority scores what will, we predict, go on to become an international sensation ... the world's longest golf course.

Hmmm ...

Ostensibly a course spread across over 800 miles of outback, the golf course is reckoned to take five to seven days to play. Funny, though, how the greens would appear to be made out of astroturf and look like someone might've popped them down overnight.

The finest quote in the whole story (and this is from that most august of media establishments, the BBC), is ...

The fourth hole at Nundroo claims to have the largest population of southern hairy-nosed wombats anywhere in Australia - surely a golfing first

After the "Greatest Job in the World" scam, this marks another feather in the Australian tourism industry's PR cap. And hence we doff our hats to them. From Blighty ... good work, chaps.

 http://t4w.blogs.com/spinningaround/2009/10/hats-off-to-the-pr-down-in-nullarbor.html SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452b22969e20120a64351d8970c 2009-10-16T15:21:00+01:00 2009-10-16T15:21:00+01:00 James Gordon-MacIntosh <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><object width="470" height="297"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/T7_mwf3wB0E&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/T7_mwf3wB0E&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="470" height="297"></embed></object></div> http://t4w.blogs.com/spinningaround/2009/10/something-.html FAIL WEEK ... FRIDAY tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452b22969e20120a62ca559970c 2009-10-16T09:30:00+01:00 2009-10-16T09:30:00+01:00 The final choice of the week from the team. Thursday's fail is here Wednesday's fail is here Tuesday's fail is here Monday's fail is here James Gordon-MacIntosh <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The final choice of the week from the team.</p> <p><object width="470" height="297"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BNQLmHKlmiE&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BNQLmHKlmiE&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="470" height="297"></embed></object></p> <p>Thursday's fail is <strong><a href="http://t4w.blogs.com/spinningaround/2009/10/fail-week-thursday.html">here</a></strong></p> <p>Wednesday's fail is <strong><a href="http://t4w.blogs.com/spinningaround/2009/10/fail-week-wednesday.html">here</a></strong></p> <p>Tuesday's fail is <strong><a href="http://t4w.blogs.com/spinningaround/2009/10/fail-week-tuesday.html">here</a></strong></p> <p>Monday's fail is <strong><a href="http://t4w.blogs.com/spinningaround/2009/10/fail-week-monday.html">here</a></strong></p></div> http://t4w.blogs.com/spinningaround/2009/10/fail-week-friday.html AS MAD AS YOU LIKE ... HELICOPTER BOYZ tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452b22969e20120a5ec4b2b970b 2009-10-16T08:06:24+01:00 2009-10-16T08:06:24+01:00 Helicopter Boyz are a weird little Japanese pop duo who seem to do little more than dance (badly) to a pre-recorded backing track of happy electro. But, in a remarkable moment of lateral thinking, they appear to have become the... James Gordon-MacIntosh <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Helicopter Boyz are a weird little Japanese pop duo who seem to do little more than dance (badly) to a pre-recorded backing track of happy electro.</p> <p>But, in a remarkable moment of lateral thinking, they appear to have become the heroes of Nikon's latest Japanese stunt to promote the fact that the brand's latest cameras also have a projection facility.</p> <p>It's a bloody clever way of showing how the whole thing works in an entirely watchable sort of way. Mad, but bloody clever.</p> <p><object width="470" height="270"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/P0tOOcgcHTE&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/P0tOOcgcHTE&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="470" height="297"></object></p> <p>via <strong><a href="http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog">CR</a></strong></p></div> http://t4w.blogs.com/spinningaround/2009/10/as-mad-as-you-like-helicopter-boyz.html FAIL WEEK ... THURSDAY tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452b22969e20120a62ca5a2970c 2009-10-15T09:30:00+01:00 2009-10-15T09:30:00+01:00 More fails ... Wednesday's fail is here Tuesday's fail is here Monday's fail is here James Gordon-MacIntosh <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>More fails ...</p> <p><object width="470" height="297"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bHXj3qgFs_k&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bHXj3qgFs_k&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="470" height="297"></embed></object></p> <p>Wednesday's fail is <strong><a href="http://t4w.blogs.com/spinningaround/2009/10/fail-week-wednesday.html">here</a></strong></p> <p>Tuesday's fail is <strong><a href="http://t4w.blogs.com/spinningaround/2009/10/fail-week-tuesday.html">here</a></strong></p> <p>Monday's fail is <strong><a href="http://t4w.blogs.com/spinningaround/2009/10/fail-week-monday.html">here</a></strong></p></div> http://t4w.blogs.com/spinningaround/2009/10/fail-week-thursday.html FAIL WEEK ... WEDNESDAY tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452b22969e20120a5d20901970b 2009-10-14T09:21:00+01:00 2009-10-14T09:21:00+01:00 Fail the third ... Monday's fail is here Tuesday's fail is here James Gordon-MacIntosh <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Fail the third ...</p> <p><object width="470" height="297"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TXZ0fWkAghA&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TXZ0fWkAghA&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="470" height="297"></embed></object></p> <p>Monday's fail is <strong><a href="http://t4w.blogs.com/spinningaround/2009/10/fail-week-monday.html">here</a></strong></p> <p>Tuesday's fail is <strong><a href="http://t4w.blogs.com/spinningaround/2009/10/fail-week-tuesday.html">here</a></strong></p></div> http://t4w.blogs.com/spinningaround/2009/10/fail-week-wednesday.html FAIL WEEK ... TUESDAY tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452b22969e20120a62891b8970c 2009-10-13T09:18:00+01:00 2009-10-13T09:18:00+01:00 Another day, another fail ... as pop-picked by Izzy and Sarah ... Monday's fail is here James Gordon-MacIntosh <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Another day, another fail ... as pop-picked by Izzy and Sarah ...</p> <p><object width="470" height="297"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/aMS0O3kknvk&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/aMS0O3kknvk&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="470" height="297"></object></p> <p>Monday's fail is <strong><a href="http://t4w.blogs.com/spinningaround/2009/10/fail-week-monday.html">here</a></strong></p></div> http://t4w.blogs.com/spinningaround/2009/10/fail-week-tuesday.html FAIL WEEK ... MONDAY tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452b22969e20120a6288d3d970c 2009-10-12T09:12:00+01:00 2009-10-12T09:12:00+01:00 Certain factions in the Seventy Seven PR office have become a touch obsessed with FailBlog. Understandably, it has to be said. So we thought that we'd declare this week FailWeek and celebrate our favourite clips from the site. First up,... James Gordon-MacIntosh

Certain factions in the Seventy Seven PR office have become a touch obsessed with FailBlog. Understandably, it has to be said.

So we thought that we'd declare this week FailWeek and celebrate our favourite clips from the site. First up, for you delight and delection is this gem ...

With thanks to mixmasters Sarah and Izzy for their choices ...

 http://t4w.blogs.com/spinningaround/2009/10/fail-week-monday.html THE LATEST AARDMAN FILM FOR NINTENDO tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452b22969e20120a5d74a65970b 2009-10-12T08:53:00+01:00 2009-10-12T08:53:00+01:00 There is a full back story to this piece of work. Meantime, enjoy the latest film ... James Gordon-MacIntosh <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>There is a <strong><a href="http://t4w.blogs.com/seventyseven/2009/10/flipping-quality-work-with-nintendo.html">full back story</a></strong> to this piece of work.</p> <p>Meantime, enjoy the latest film ...</p> <p><object width="470" height="297"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xfP3eBE9JEU&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xfP3eBE9JEU&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="470" height="297"></object></p></div> http://t4w.blogs.com/spinningaround/2009/10/the-latest.html