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07.09.2008 by Zoltan 
Out intellectual-ise your mates with bkkeeper
I’m not really a big twitterer yet (but I think my new iPhone will change that), but I just came across this ingenious bolt-on idea called bkkeeper, which turns your twitter into a broadcast of your book reading habits.
But apart from sharing the titles you’re currently reading, they’ve also built a system which allows you to digitally dog-ear / bookmark pages. Its a great way of sharing with people in real-time what was previously only a solo experience.
Apart from the fact that I haven’t figured out how to get an account there yet (am I just completely stupid/blind?), the only thing that could improve this would be some webcam integration to read the ISBN number for you - you know, like Delicious Library.
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04.07.2008 by Zoltan Absolut Colours
Absolut has done more than its fair share of amazing online campaigns. And seemingly it cannot, or at least has not, put a foot wrong. Which is why this newest site Absolut Colours surprises me a little bit…
Gay pride is a good thing don’t get me wrong. Hell, most pride is a good thing, if it’s not without reason. But I struggle to see many people jumping on this UGC bandwagon, and the fact that its empty seems to prove me correct.
via the venerable adverblog (really, how does she keep down a full-time job?)
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17.06.2008 by Zoltan Interactive YouTube
Something big is happening on YouTube. Something which is fundamentally going to change the way you and I use it. They may not look like much, but the newly added annotations allow you to embellish videos and even make them interactive.
Imagine the possibilities. Truly interactive narratives. User-defined endings. And even games (the example after the jump). Unfortunately the embed function doesn’t work, so you’ll have to jump over to check it out.
via Digital Examples
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31.01.2008 by Zoltan Obey Obama
Yesterday Obey released his endorsement poster for Obama (left). Which is great, as I love Obey’s style and I certainly hope that Obama wins - because he might actually change the rotten institutions of American politics rather than just keep the status quo.
But then today, quick as lightning, someone has gone one step further and created a text-generator using the very same image (my version, right). You can only guess at what’s going to happen when the Clinton’s get their hands on this, but at the end of the day it will be Obama’s campaign that wins, because no matter what anyone writes underneath, it’ll still be his face that everyone sees first and associates with Obey’s original messages of “Hope” and “Progress”.
And while we’re on the subject YouBama has just launched which is essentially a user-gen video endorsement site for the main man. So get upping and add to the groundswell of opinion for a (radical) change in USA Inc.
obey obama - via CR yesterday
obey generator - via yacco today
youbama - via ad lab -
16.08.2007 by Zoltan Facebook mapped RL
Interesting article on the BBC about a new Facebook app called Cityware that “tracks encounters in the real world via Bluetooth” in order to help you “find out more information about ‘familiar strangers’”. The stated ambition of the project is to “have mobile phones alert each other when in the proximity of another Facebook user who shares common interests or common friends”. hmmmmmm, bears more than just passing resemblance to this quote don’t you think? :-p
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27.07.2007 by Zoltan Gmail copies Nike football
I’m not entirely sure how Google - with the seemingly limitless amount of resources at its disposal - can so blatantly and shamelessly copy someone else’s (brilliant) idea? The only interesting thing is how hilariously nerdy the google office looks! Almost exactly like the even more famous one Slough!
via llamamé lola
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26.07.2007 by Zoltan 5 seconds
5 Segons (5 Seconds in english) is a really lovely little idea that takes a ubiquitous cultural object (in this case the youtube scrubber) and through the sheer simplicity of the idea, repurposes it to become something entirely different. The ambient sound and lack of any voiceover only reinforces the message of it not being a big deal.
via adverblog
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26.07.2007 by Zoltan Virgin Mobile vs the Flickr community
Virgin Mobile Australia has launched a new campaign around the strap “Are you with us or what?” which uses a Flickr feed to populate the site - overlaid with an insightful question to which you’re encouraged to respond. But because they are using a certain CC license, they didn’t (and rightly so) ask permission and now there’s a lively debate raging.
Personally, the fact that every image carries a link to the author’s Flickr account, is enough for me… Getting your stuff in front of as many eyeballs as possible has to be a good thing - even if a massive corporate can be seen to be profiting off you for nothing… Welcome the CC future ;)
via advertising lab
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26.06.2007 by Zoltan Social networking sites and class divides (USA)
An interesting article on the BBC today about the real-world class divides being replicated on online social networking sites. Essentially wealthier, better educated people are on facebook, and everyone else is on myspace. Get the whole report here.
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25.06.2007 by Zoltan Graphics goldmine
One for all the designers out there, the favourites of Michael C Place from Build. Not only is the set itself a great archive, but I actually never knew Flickr had this functionality.
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08.05.2007 by Zoltan Hyperwords
Hyperwords is an initiative to truly release the infinite promise of the internet. Holy shit, that sounds heavy but i think you’ll agree its true after the jump. Essentially it allows you to decide what words on ANY site should be hyperlinked - but even more, it gives you the control over where they link to! Insane, and when its finally released for all platforms it could be truly revolutionary. Try it out here
via Big Joel
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03.05.2007 by Zoltan PayPerPost
As with all leading-edge technologies, eventually they get corrupted from their often utopic possibilities and become just another way for advertisers to deceive the unsuspecting (read not cynical enough) population. Finally its happened to the blogosphere in the form of PayPerPost (among others not doubt). In their words: “With PayPerPost advertisers are willing to pay you for your opinion on various topics.”
Ok, you can officially shed tears now…
via the independent
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24.04.2007 by Zoltan 24 hrs of flickr
Ok we’ve got a global event coming up on flickr - trying to visually answer the question of what exactly does happen in one day on this big big planet of ours? Best of all, if your photo gets selected, it gets printed in a book for MSF and they get money from flickr too! Everyone wins, so et your cameras out now!
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06.02.2007 by Zoltan Can a wiki write a novel?
Penguin Books jumps on the whole web 2.0 / co-creation / croudsourcing / user-generated / insert more buzzwords here, bandwagon with a wiki that allows anyone to contribute to the writing of a novel. But beware the Ts&C’s:
“By posting your submission on the Wiki Novel and the Site, you grant us a non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free, world-wide licence to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, publish, distribute and display any content you submit to us in any format now known or later developed. If you do not want to grant us these rights, please do not submit your content to us.”via chris b
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