Panic, the guys who make one of my most beloved apps Transmit, built themselves an awesome self-contained web-enabled dashboard. Everything from Bus arrival feeds to champaign bottles appearing when all support emails have been addressed this thing is simple, beautiful, and sawwweeet!
What’s better, posting your resume on Career Builder with ten hundred billion other people, or posting it creatively where everyone in the world finds out how cool you are on every tech blog in the industry? Creative win of the week.
What if you could give any physical object a story simply by sticking a barcode on it and appending a message to that barcode? The message could be a photo, a text message, a video, or a voice note. All anyone would need to unlock the message is a phone with a special barcode scanning app. The barcode in a greeting card, for instance, could trigger a video message from the sender.
CP+B pulling out all the stops in Old Navy’s latest modelquins promo/contest. Very comprehensive campaign now that I see it all together. At first the modelquins made me scared. Courtesy of @rasideas
Hulu has it’s own 50 camera Truman Show show ya heard? What’s interesting about it is how integrated and interactive the entire thing is. Watch live streams from anywhere in the house, watch live concerts in the Pepsi room, tweet the cast, or just plain stalk them.
Foursquare gets a mention on big flashy sign in Vegas. The increasingly popular location-based social game Foursquare gets a little awareness assistance through the voluntary promotion of Miracle Mile Shops by digital display service LocaModa. IMHO Foursquare Mayorship is one of the most addictive loyalty programs ever.
Puma Motorsport is taking opinions on which sticker set they should use on their Team PUMA cars in the 2010 Gumball 3000 Rally. After 3 days they’ll announce the fans’ pick. It’s a blindingly simple example of how to engage your audience (and get FB fans) without dropping bank. I chose bottom left if you’re curious.
AgencyNet’s new site may be a little gratuitous on the Flash side but does have some sweet little gems all over. One in particular is flying the Helicopter at the New York office with your iPhone. The level of detail across the site is pretty impressive so props to AgencyNet.
OK Go showing why the work behind the work can be just as interesting as the work. After battling their music label over allowing them to make their videos embed-able, they’ve reproduced the original video (with sponsor) and are launching it tonight at 7pm EST. Props to the buildup generated around this one song. A touch of crowdsourcing in here too! UPDATE: Link to video “This Too Shall Pass - RGM version”
Join the Ponder Beard on a fantastical journey into the world of pondering. Before sending a mean text, or inappropriate photo… stop and think about it.
“You can’t outsmart stupid.” Be Stupid, Diesel’s latest campaign encouraging people to do stupid things because let’s be honest, it’s the only way we’ll really progress as a species. They even created a little customizable app that lets you leave stupid messages on their homepage.
You thought Earth was cool? Catch this! Microsoft is finally developing some software that outright is jaw dropping. Their map system integrates with the world by mapping out 3d perspectives similar to google street view, however, instead of riding around on top of a car you can actually fly around. Not only that but they have dude’s with cameras mounted on backpacks that are imaging insides of buildings!
The House of the Dead: Overkill Create a Poster is a great use of advanced image manipulation and customization to create an engaging experience. Heck, before @AbbyWilkerson sent me this link I didn’t know this game existed so apparently it works pretty well as an awareness piece. A gallery and ability to share on FB and stuff would top it off but props for the great use of sound!
Woot woot! Antivertising alert! Last week I caught a tweet referencing a company called Mother LA and how they ripped of iStockphoto’s images, watermarks and all. The thing is, I call shenanigans!!! Especially after the exposure this received around the interwebs, particularly the design community. This is totally the work of an intern at iStockphoto put on a mission to antagonize opinionated design professionals!
