Francis Anderson

Second Life shouldn’t be written off (or written in) out of hand. This article gives a balanced view of how it can be used effectively.

A strangely cool site from Sharp in Japan, for the new Aquos flatscreen TV (Plus I wanted Japanese letters on the blog …)

The campaign for the new Mini Clubman will be launched in November, but is being teased with a series of 15 second videos - one video released each week for 6 weeks. The videos will be so exclusive, they will only be available in real time. Piers Fawkes notes “The interesting thing about this project is that it turns the notion of timeshifting … on its head. We now have to be on the web, on a specific site, at a specific time to see the content”. One assumes Mini agency Profero are hoping people will record and post the episodes on video sharing sites

“Your source for hot layouts, free website builder, cute graphics, and more”. Whateverlife’s teenage girl creator is now a bona fide internet millionaire.

Johnny Vulkan has had another great idea. The f’er! (Johnny’s a mate so I can say that). He is testing out Monocle’s new plane-friendly designer luggage on an eight day trip to Europe, with a commentary posted on flickr.

This is a nice piece offering commentary on the new book “Micro Trends”

Pitching the Nissan Mixim (allegedly cool) against the Nissan Pino (allegedly cute).

The artist Richard Prince is given a retrospective at the Guggenheim … talks about the blurring between “collecting” and “creating” art…

This beats out Spidermans $151MM (highest grossing movie) although that’s not strictly an apples to apples comparison …

God. What powerpoint-jockey doesn’t need this! (I certainly do…)