Web/Tech

This is the office of Nonsense, an advertising agency based in Soho, that's Robbie waving. On Monday I needed a desk to work from so I went to FlamingDesks.com. Flaming Desks is something that Nonsense has set up. Basically anyone with a spare desk (in their office) registers and announces that they have a spare desk, then people who need a desk can find one... and use it. The site is still in Alpha stages, but it works pretty nicely.

Summize labs is the kind of thing that you can play with, not really agree with or understand but still enjoy, so that's pretty good, if entirely useless. It can be amusing too. Basically this particular tool analyses what people are saying (on Twitter) around certain subjects and categorises the 'general feeling'. Finding holes in this concept is like finding holes in the London water system; pretty easy.Anyway it still provided me with some entertainment.

I'm feeling swell...

I've been using Wishlist buddy for some time but I've never written about it and it's so damn good I feel it foolish not to spread the word.

This is one of those services online that is really simple and makes my life better. If only there more tools like this!

It's really simple. You import your Amazon Wishlist into the little site and then write what you'd like to pay for each item on the list. So if something currently costs £15, you then state that you'd be happy to buy it for £9. It the price drops to below £9 you get an email alert. How good is that. I've saved tons of money through it.

There are several sites that have done this in the past. But I think I like this one best. Wait till you see the PowerPoint of Animal Farm!!!

I've about had my fill of widgets for widgets sake. Most social apps have embeddable widgets (or digital midgets) which people embed on their sites, (mostly blogs) and for the most part I don't believe they deliver any value. Sorry.

The internet has done a fabulous job of facilitating the world of the niche and I've started to think it's changed it. It used to be that people with hobbies sat in dark rooms and toiled away on their own private post-work side interest. I quite liked this charming solitary behaviour.

Now they meet on Etsy and Flickr, share tips and sell their goods. Yes, sell them. When I was a bit younger if a friend of yours could knit, he / she would make you a scarf and you'd be super grateful. Now you have to visit their online shop.

This is pretty slick. The largest colour LED display in the world, powered exclusively by solar panels. Yes, it's in China. The panels harvest the daylight rays and then display 'stuff' through the night...

via infosthetics

Quite intriguing. This site belonging to an advertising company from Boston sits on top of their Wikipedia page. The Wikipedia page still functions as normal. Nice.

This is a nice little idea from Noah Brier. You simply write a word that reminds you of the brand in question. While the brand world doesn't excite me terribly this is a beautifully simple idea carried out in a flawless manner. 10 points.

I've noticed that Noah has had some pretty good ideas over time. He's inspiring me to get my pen and pad out.

via Faris

I love stuff like this.Turning some public advertising fluff into some pretty coloured squares. My kinda subversion. I am a fan of the Pixelator.

If you can't see this clip, view it here.

Street View for using directions on Google maps has been introduced. If I had this in a car, I would be dead in minutes...