Gavin’s Irish Based Moving Mountains Charity is coming to the roads of Ireland this weekend in the form of a 10ft polystyrene Mountain. Cybercom employee Richard, who trekked to Everest Base Camp with Gavin this April, is leading a team of runners from Dublin to Kilkenny this weekend.
The Moving the Mountain team will leave Dublin on Friday and are running through Castledermot and Carlow on Saturday. They will hold a street collection in Kilkenny on Sunday. If you pass them along the road, moving their own mountain, be sure to give them a beep or make a donation to this just cause. For more information on the charity, visit www.movingmountains.org.uk and to support the event visit www.justgiving.com/cybercom_moving_a_mountain.
2010 Toyota Prius http://www.toyota.com/vehicles/minisite/newprius/
Great microsite to support the launch of the 2010 Toyota Prius. Utilising Flash, 3d video and info-graphics to bring all the benefits of the new Prius to life.
Vinnie Says… http://www.VinnieSays.com
Fox’s Biscuits have brought their wise-guy Panda, Vinnie, off the tv and into the digital world. In full Social Media glory (Facebook and Twitter) Vinnie will make sure no one messes with your bis-quits.
Habana Club: Mojito http://www.havana-mojito.com/
Test your skills behind the bar and see if you can make the perfect Habana Mojito. This is a video rich, highly engaging site and well worth a visit!
Last Tuesday (26th May 2009) The Webby Awards announced that this year they will be honouring Sir Tim Berners-Lee’s incredible contribution to the world with a Webby Award for Lifetime Achievement. The awards, which will take place on June 8, will recognise Sir Tim Berners-Lee undeniably pivotal contribution to both technology and communication.
Sir Tim Berners-Lee is the inventor of the World Wide Web and the person who created HTML, URL, and HTTP. However, in the twenty years since his invention he has continued to be involved in every aspect of the web’s development and is a key person in the progression of Web3.0 (or Semantic Web) technologies and ideologies. He is also crucially involved in many of the international bodies responsible for the web. He founded the World Wide Web Consortium, is director of the World Wide Web Foundation and co-director of the Web Science Research Initiative (WSRI).
Sir Tim Berners-Lee is one of the most active advocates, of maintaining the web as a free and open tool for all mankind. He was also knighted in 2004 and elected as foreign associate of the National Academy of Sciences this year.
The Carlsberg Comedy Club was recently launched to coincide with the Carlsberg Cat Laughs Festival and Carlsberg Comedy Carnival. Consumers can download The Carlsberg Cat Nav – a free mobile application with Twitter, sound effects and a guide to The Carlsberg Cat Laughs. There’s also the chance to win a VIP a trip to the festival. Click here to pay a visit to the new extension of The Carlsberg Loft!
Irish filmmaker, Frank Kelly is creating a feature-length documentary inspired by the connectivity and synchronicity that Twitter users experience. His latest endeavour, 140, will consist of 140 different filmmakers, each shooting 140 seconds of film that represent what connects the filmmaker to their home.
The idea came from being able to communicate with a lot of people at once. The synchronicity of Twitter inspired Kelly to have all 140 filmmakers shoot their footage at the same time. Kelly is still in the midst of recruiting all of the filmmakers (follow him on Twitter), but with the help of Twitter and other social-networks there are already over 100 participants on board!
“There are a couple of students, all the way up to commercially successful, award-winning short filmmakers and documentary filmmakers…spanning nearly every continent on the globe. From Mumbai to Malaysia, the filmmakers will all be shooting in individual locations” says Kelly.
Kelly plans for shooting to take place on the 21st of June. “I visualize the end product as like a day in the life of the planet,” Kelly says. “It’ll capture the same moment across the world.”
Virtual tour of New York http://www.pixelcase.com.au/vr/2009/newyork/
Photographed by Oleg Gaponyuk and Andrei Zubets-these amazing panoramas were converted to a multi-resolution flash virtual tour.
Iron Maiden: Flight 666 http://www.ironmaiden.com/games/flight666/
To support the release of their ‘Flight 666′ DVD, Iron Maiden have just launched a highly addictive online game. Take control of the plane and pilot it through various landscapes while dropping speakers to convert people into Iron Maiden fans.
Nespresso Citiz http://www.nespresso.com/citiz/
Satisfy your needs with this range of Nespresso coffee machines and beautiful 3d.
Electrolux: Blue Touch http://www.electrolux.com.br/bluetouch/
Although there may not be the interaction that you’d imagine a site such as this could have gone for, the level of detail is superb and achieves the goal of demonstrating each items luxury qualities very well.
The successful bidder will have 3 months service from one of CP&B’s interns. This will include a full creative presentation complete with creative strategies, creative concepts and a full market positioning strategy (the intern will not however provide finished ads or production materials). All regular wages are still paid by CP&B and the money from the auction goes to the intern themselves.
So if you want to get your hands on someone who can deliver, what CP&B call, “world-class advertising for a fraction of the going rate” just start bidding!.
Guinness have announced the main part of their celebrations to mark their 250th birthday this year. The celebrations will culminate on the 24th September 2009 at 17:59 with music gigs and celebrations happening all around the world in cities including New York, Lagos, Yaoundé and Kuala Lumpur. Confirmed to take part in Arthur’s Day are: Black Eyed Peas, David Holmes, Estelle, Kasabian, The Wombats and The Enemy, Soul II Soul and The Undertones with further artists to be announced. Hop Store 13 at the St James’ Gate Brewery will be turned into a 2,000-capacity live music studio for the day!
Check out the YouTube video below which features many famous faces, including Jasmine Guinness giving her thoughts on what Arthur would have thought about the celebrations.
This is just one part of the incredible celebrations for Guinness’ 250th birthday. Visit Guinness.com to find out more.
Sometimes a company really finds a creative route that not only suits the product but also suits the brand behind it. Without doubt the ‘Mac vs. PC’ series does that perfectly for Apple. TBWA, the agency behind the ads, have not only developed a concept that sits well with Apple, but epitomises the spirit of its users.
In a slightly less humourous approach, Microsoft’s counter-campaign ‘I’m a PC’ does appear to be hitting back. Abbey Klaassen writes in an article on AdAge, “Apple may have some of the most interesting online ads we’ve seen in a while, but Microsoft’s recent push to paint the competitor as pricey is starting to work, according to data from BrandIndex.”
So is it PCs or Macs? Well we’ll leave that up to you, either way this is an impressive homepage takeover on NYtimes.com
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