Aa; lots of stuff

Quick note about my numbering system: I've been labelling posts about things I've actually made or created with numbers, and posts that are just links to other stuff or wordy opinions etc have been labelled with a letter. It turns out that this was either short-sighted, or that my expectations were too low. I have now got through the alphabet... 
This post is therefore Aa, in a pathetic attempt to persevere with my flawed, useless numbering system.


Lots that I've found over the weekend:
First, totally irrelevant to the usual theme of the blog, so I'm just mentioning it very quickly. The Voice Project has some very nice songs, apparently for a good cause. Nice music.

Second is this. I want it:

Funny, clever, interesting, great.

Two nice animations. One very simple, but very entertaining:

Elvis Presley- King Creole from BillCanoni on Vimeo.

and two a bit of "3d graffiti". Some people complain that this sort of thing defeats the point of graffiti and the culture that created this sort of image, but I think this is just an interesting way of expressing a great style of art:

3d graffiti - 'After from Graffiti Technica on Vimeo.


And now something actually thought provoking. A talk from Starbucks about their hugely successful social strategy. For me, the most significant thing from this is the importance of interaction to communication in a digital world. It's not just about sending a message out, but about incorporating your consumers, involving them and listening to the things they are saying. The variety of the strategies employed, combined with the consistency of the underlying philosophies has built a fantastic communication history and network:


That's all folks (sorry it's so long today...)

z; youtube & posters

Not a lot from me for today. Certainly nothing of major interest, just 2 "quite nice" things.

One - quite nice very short homey animation about youtube:


and Two: more quite nice minimalist film posters. There have been lots of this sort of thing about in the last few months, but I love all the well done ones, and these are most certainly well done. Here's my fave:

y; Snacks and Satellites

A couple of links today - perhaps even more irrelevant than usual
First one: just funny. Snacks and Shit compiles some ridiculous lyrics from rap songs. When taken in isolation, they are very funny.

"Baby, you the whole package, plus you pay your taxes."

"Your cheese is average."

 lol.


Next up: Nice animations about satellites here. mmmmm informative science plus nice animation. love it.

Finally, continuing yesterday's alternative trailer theme, watch this:


TakePart: Participant Media - Waiting For 'Superman' - Infographic from Jr.canest on Vimeo.


From what I can tell, this is much less unofficial than the Expendables trailer. It's also fantastically animated and sequenced. I know very little about the film or the issue, but I know I like this.

v; Stop Motion & idea sex

Thinking of playing around with some plasticine and a camera and have a go at some time-wasting stop motion, in the interests of keeping learning new stuff. With that in mind, on a linked note, this video is great. I love both the perfect execution and the originality and inventiveness of the sequence of images.



Another well worthwhile way to spend time is obviously working through the videos on the TED site. The conference at Oxford is nicely reviewed here, too.

r; Hit Print

Been a few days since I got on here. Shameful, I know. Here's a great little youtube video: