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Link-o-Rama #13

  • Date: Mon, 15 December 2008
  • Posted by Frédéric della Faille
  • Whopper Virgins: Burger King travels over 20,000 miles to find people who have never heard of the Whopper. No actors were used in this film.
  • Wikipedia: La censure qui fait de la pub.
  • Twitter est le site de réseaux sociaux qui croît le plus vite.
  • Now, Brevity Is the Soul of Office Interaction.
  • The YouTube Election: Many of the biggest battles of the 2008 campaign played out on YouTube. A look at how the channel became the most important political venue of the year.
  • This was a big year for women: The first serious female presidential candidate, the first predominately female state senate, the first female Top Chef. Yet the advertising world has not caught up to the advances of half our population and continues to use stereotypes and violence to prey on our most vile desires. Here are the worst of them — the trends that won’t die despite our cultural outrage, and personal boredom.

Link-o-Rama #12

  • Date: Wed, 05 November 2008
  • Posted by Frédéric della Faille
  • Le module “send to friend” interdit en Espagne.
  • According to Campaign in the UK, Adidas is officially jealous of Nike’s success with Nike+ and it wants its own.
  • Getty Images, one of the world’s largest media licensing companies, has partnered with Flickr to add a broader selection of pictures to its online catalog.
  • Should I be ashamed for being an investment banker? At a dinner party last Saturday I was asked by a fellow guest what I did and I said I was an investment banker… Read more.
  • Gallop! Grab the stripes.
  • From landfill to landscape: Spanish architects win prestigious category award at World Architecture Festival.

Link-o-Rama #11

  • Date: Tue, 24 June 2008
  • Posted by Frédéric della Faille
  • Confusion in Cannes: If one piece was the talk of Cannes, it was HBO’s “Voyeur“. BBDO weaved together 11 different elements, including a compelling video-rich Web site, an outdoor projection, TV and print, to show that HBO remains the king of storytelling. But the strength of the campaign raised questions as to what exactly “Voyeur” is — a Web effort? Outdoor? Film?
  • Prince, Radiohead et Internet: Visions opposés. Lorsque Prince a interprété la chanson «Creep» de Radiohead au festival Coachella, des images se sont retrouvées sur YouTube. Le chanteur les a toutefois fait bloquer du site très rapidement pour protéger ses droits d’auteur. Le hic? Le morceau fut composé par Radiohead! Lire la suite.
  • France to tackle online piracy: Any web user who downloads illegally will risk up to a year of subscription suspensions. Discuss here…
  • DIY Yahoo! Resignation Letter.
  • Moodstream™ is a powerful brainstorming tool designed by Getty Images to help take you in inspiring, unexpected directions.
  • Delta: The new Dutch master (via James & Joe).

Link-o-Rama #10

  • Date: Tue, 15 April 2008
  • Posted by Frédéric della Faille
  • Write like a blogger: You can improve your writing (your business writing, your ad writing, your thank you notes and your essays) if you start thinking like a blogger.
  • The success of the BBC’s iPlayer is putting the internet under severe strain and threatening to bring the network to a halt, internet service providers claimed.
  • The Plug: Stranger photos have happened.
  • This is probably the biggest hoax in the history of Facebook.
  • Botanicalls Twitter answers the question: What’s up with your plant? It offers a connection to your leafy pal via online Twitter status updates that reach you anywhere in the world. When your plant needs water, it will post to let you know, and send its thanks when you show it love.

Link-o-Rama #9

  • Date: Thu, 17 January 2008
  • Posted by Frédéric della Faille
  • Le Tour du Monde des Papous: L’incroyable aventure de deux explorateurs Papous à la découverte du patrimoine et des peuples de l’Humanité.
  • The concept “SOL comments” is banner ad space used as outlet for commentary on news and articles related to content on SOL.no. Just brilliant if you ask me.
  • Next year it will be no road, it will be water again.
  • Dear Rockers! Many of us own music that we didn’t pay for. We don’t feel guilty about shafting the record company, but what about the musicians themselves?
  • As-Found: JPG till we die.

Link-o-Rama #8

  • Date: Thu, 29 November 2007
  • Posted by Frédéric della Faille

Link-o-Rama #7

  • Date: Wed, 31 October 2007
  • Posted by Frédéric della Faille

Link-o-Rama #6

  • Date: Tue, 16 October 2007
  • Posted by Frédéric della Faille

Link-o-Rama #5

  • Date: Wed, 26 September 2007
  • Posted by Frédéric della Faille

Link-o-Rama #4

  • Date: Sat, 08 September 2007
  • Posted by Frédéric della Faille