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Jun 30 / 3:41pm

Masssive photo tagging of Glastonbury World Cup crowd underway

by Jen Corbett

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As I write this, over 2,500 people have already been tagged so far on Glastotag (for Orange Uk) is asking people to tag themselves, and/or their mates in the crowd via Facebook Connect.

Aiming for the record of ‘Most people tagged in an online photo’, the site is well on the way to reaching it's aim of becoming most tagged online image ever. An audacious idea, and a simple execution of social creativity.

The panoramic photograph captured the 70,000 odd fans who gathered to watch the England vs Slovenia World Cup match at Glastonbury over the weekend.

With an incredibly high resolution (1.3 giga-pixels) the image caputes even the most minute details so that all members of the crowd are distinctly recognizable. A fact enabled by the ability to zoom right into the image. 

The site was built by London-based agency Poke and is surely one of the most epic and creative uses of the popular facebook tag feature since Ikea's use of the feature for their Facebook Showroom, last year.


Via @ajaystwtr and mashable

Filed under  //  advertising   glastonbury   interactive   media   orange   photography   social   social creativity   web 2.0   world cup  
 
Jun 28 / 6:43pm

Is Dork the new Hip?

by Jen Corbett
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"Entrepreneur State of Mind” is a catchy, geeky video spoof of Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’ "Empire State of Mind. It's been put together by some guys called the Pantless Knights who are also responsible for that other nerdy music video title I'm on a Mac . It's  been doing the rounds since March to provide linkbait for a mobile startup. But what I love about it is the rics, which you have to admit are pretty clever:

Now Im in the blogosphere, Now I'm in the twitterverse
Fans get so immersed, But I'm a nerd forever
I'm the new Zuckerberg, And since my website
I been cookin dough like a chef servin killa-bytes
Used to be the basement, Back at my mom's place
Buildin web traffic so that we could sell an ad space
Make way for the, One man businesses
Bail outs finished with, White collar criminals
New sega genesis, Entrepreneur time
Makin big plans, To dominate the online
Yeah, I'm on YouTube, this is one man
Sharin' google revenue, With songs on my webcam
Science is the new art, Databases day to day
Geeks spreadin' sheet smarts, Hustle, make the data pay
I could be in Valleywag plus Geekologie
Tell from my avatar, That I'm most definitely

The New Dork,
Social networks - what dreams are made of, There's nothing you can't do
Now you're the New Dork
This V.C. money is brand new, The geek is now damn cool
Let's hear it for new dorks, new dorks, new dorks

Catch me up in Techcrunch, Right on the homepage
Hell, I'm on Gizmodo, In a photo bout a phone craze
And Im up in Mashable, weekend trip to New York
Bar pitty, 1oak, parties full of New Dorks
Now I'm pitchin business plans, From the backs of napkans
Micro-lend to Africans, Monetize Kazakastan
Catch me up on linked-in, Dog, C.E.O.
You can see where I be, With the I.P.O.
Now I'm up in skinny jeans, Now a hipster's lurkin'
Used to be a reject, But now I'm steady jerkin'
Now my glasses mainstream, Now the girlies eyein me
Popular kids copy me, The new swag is irony
Comin' from the small time, Girls couldn't find me
Now I scale models, Like I climb on top of Heidi
Start big trends, with tweets that I pass on
You should follow me, cuz I'm friends with HaRRo

Filed under  //  business   entrepreneurial   nerd   social media   the new dork   viral   web 2.0  
 
Jun 26 / 6:19pm

HTML5...WTF? Infographic.

by Jen Corbett
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via focus.com

I'm not that technical but I do understan this makes for a huge revolution in the way we experience online content. It's being touted as a game-changer for the future of the interactive web.

That, of course, is controversial for a dozen reasons. Which I won't go into, because that's what this infographic more or less shows.

From a creative perspective, the possibilities this makes for the easy realisation of dynamic, powerful and engaging interactive concepts are truly exciting.

It's  alsoa huge threat to Adobe. And there's a lot of debate about this online, so it's another thing I won't go into. 'Cos again, I don't know much about the technicalities of that. Other than this  changes everything.

If you are interested in looking into the cool things these features enable web designers to do I really recommend you check out Apple's HTML5 gallery.

http://www.apple.com/html5/ (yes, you have to view it on Safari)

via focus.com

Filed under  //  WTF?   adobe   apple   content   design   development   flash   html5   infographic   interactive   realtime web   web 2.0