16-bit.

A little while ago, we stumbled across the white label copy of a then, little known, duo called 16 Bit and their 'Jump' track.
We later used it on a Nike ad.
The first dubstep track on an ad. Ever.
It was epic. Amazing sound.
Stumbling around... I tripped, fell and crash landed on this beauty.
16-Bit, Dinosaurs.
Check them on Twitter @16bit


16bit - Dinosaurs (Official Video) 1080p from ljudbilden on Vimeo.

Head-vatars

I wanted to change, my twitter avatar, but I guess that's how most people recognise me on there... so I thought of Head-vatars... this is the first of the batch.

Cleverbot Vs. Cleverbot

A while ago, back in March to be precise, I proposed an idea about pitching 'the cleverness of the almighty'. You can find my post right here, alas the project as I couldn't source the coding wizard.

Well, someone has only gone and done it. Hats off, an idea written down that is never realised, is just that, an idea - not a reality.

Here CornellCCSL put Cleverbot head-to-head with another Cleverbot. It's actually quite interesting, if a little spooky.

Enjoy...

Um....

IS 
THIS 
WHAT 
THE WORLD
IS COMING TO....

Vizualize.Me

PIMP yo' CV

A good month or so ago, a trend hit Twitter. Surprise, surprise. It seemed to spread like wildfire across the social network... It was a link to a site called Vizualize.me, a website that promised to vizualize your CV in one click, here's what you got. An email registration. Get three of more people to also register with their email address and you were promised early access, the more people who applied the quicker you got access ...and let's be honest my curiosity got the better of me. It looked 'kinda' cool.

 

*Note I'm currently typing like an American, because the site itself is in American spelling and it'll just get confusing if I keep changing between the two. Naturally, I chucked it on Twitter. Well a month or so later, this is the result. Using a series of different settings I've created my own profile å la LinkedIN. Weirdly though, there was no share button on the site for LinkedIN, even though it uses the API. Strange. There are a couple of different variations below. You can change colorways, types/fonts, and even upload your own custom background. Yay.

Now, I haven't dug too deeply, because now I know what it is, I don't really know why I want it or what the purpose is. What I'm trying to say is what's the point? Everyone loves infographics, or they did 6 months ago, they were all over the place, but am I expected to send this to a future employer? Is it really that practical? It seems weird that it's for designers because I'd imagine any decent designer would just say, you didn't make that you used Vizualize.me - if they even know what it is. Or is it just a little bit of fun? My interests, languages & skills aren't listed on LinkedIN so maybe I'm missing the boat on this one... but other than a fun little side project... what was all the hype? It's only in Beta, so perhaps I'll give it a bit of time and see what happens... I might even be tempted to update those bits on LinkedIN... For now though, it just looks 'kinda' cool.

 

Our Children's Children...

...Will never know what the correlation between these two items is...
Perhaps not even our children for that matter.

One of the coolest and most saddest things I've come across.

Map-vertising...

Here's a little idea for the Map wizards that are Google Maps.

Google have photographed all of the streets of London so you can navigate in Google Street view...
Along these roads you will see 48 sheet billboards, Bus stop adshels & various other advertising canvases.

Why not sell this as a 'digital advertising space?'

I'm not sure of the legalities, but generally if you've taken a photo you own the rights to said shot, surely it's up to Google what they put in their 'photos'... or is it?

Take this Powerade billboard at London Bridge for example... Naturally, advertising space expires with time, but when Google Maps logged all of the street view shots Powerade was occupying the space and as a result has become timeless. Surely, Google has the power to replace these spaces with whatever they like - or is it up to the Media space owners like JC Decaux or Clear Channel to keep them updated?

I'm not sure of the numbers here but I'd guess thousands of people glimpse at street view everyday... It's probably worth a shout. Maybe you could buy the space on the most visited route on Street View or something...