Bert - Year of the Dragon cloud hosting, a photo by blacknight on Flickr. James and I toss ideas back and forth about images and designs to use with blog posts, promotions, newsletters etc., Today's little invention is one of my favourites this year (ok the year is young, but hey !) There's probably a reason he's called "Bert", but even if there wasn't a good reason it's … [Read more...] about So Now We Have A Dragon
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Apple Christmas Ad
Short and quite amusing: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qcmCUsw4EQ[/youtube] … [Read more...] about Apple Christmas Ad
XXX Advertising
The .xxx domain went live yesterday afternoon, so we've been having a bit of fun coming up with imagery to promote it. This one might not make a lot of sense to non-Irish people, but it's influenced by a popular postcard that used to be on sale back in the 1980s: And this one is my personal favourite: There's a whole load more over here. And if you want to … [Read more...] about XXX Advertising
Apple’s 1984 Ridley Scott Advert
I'm currently reading the Steve Jobs biography. I wanted the "dead tree" version, so I had to wait for it to arrive, so I'm probably a bit behind compared to other people. I don't remember the launch of the Macintosh, but I do remember the Apple stand at an exhibition in Cork around the same time. I have vague recollections of a video they were playing about IBM vs Apple, so … [Read more...] about Apple’s 1984 Ridley Scott Advert
Lego Abuse
Playing with Lego and Blacknight, a photo by forbairt on Flickr. James has been playing around with Lego figures, his camera and photoshop. The results are quite amusing - though obviously I'm more than a little biased :) … [Read more...] about Lego Abuse