This actually might help more people make the move over. Here’s what mine looks like. Try it for yourself here.
Double Rainbow over Canary Wharf - Paul “Bear” Vasquez would be proud (Taken with instagram)
I’ve been a bit sceptical of QR codes. Whilst consumers go mad for them in Asia, for whatever reason they haven’t caught on with European and American peeps. Sometimes that’s because the content behind the QR code is dull and doesn’t offer a fair value exchange for the hassle of getting out your phone, scanning it, etc etc. Sometimes it’s a case of poor media placement - my personal favourite being the QR code on a poster on the underground…where there is no web connection.
However, my faith in QR codes is somewhat restored in the fantastic example above. QRadio is a QR-art project by Berlin based artist, SWEZA.
Too cool.
“Autotune Masterchef”
Greg Wallace, John Torode and “the buttery biscuit base” get some remix action. An epic video I wanted to post two days ago before getting distracted. Then it had 17,000 views. Now it’s up to over 280,000. Watch it and you’ll see why!
Grey flew a huge spelling error across the Cannes skyline. Someone shared a photo. Everyone pointed at it and laughed. Since then, the image has been viewed over 16,000 times on twitpic and covered by a number of blogs and industry press.
But the question remains - a massively unfortunate screw up in front of your peers, or, an attempt at demonstrating the power of social media?
Whilst the former is the most likely but also boring outcome, what would be more interesting is if this had been an attempt to show that something as menial as towing a banner from a plane could be turned “viral”, through social media. After all, the simple addition of an extra “i” was enough to turn a non-standout event into, arguably, the most shared piece of content from Cannes 2011. Grey simply gave people something to talk about.
However, whether it’s claimed to be a PR stunt or not, Grey could still end up with ”oeuf sur les visage” after what probably won’t be termed “Spellgate”, because Grey now face one of the more untested areas within social media - Crisis management…unless…it’s an experiment in handling that as well?
One thing is for certain. No-one will give a toss in a month.
Love this GIF I saw from anthonykalamut:
Thanks @faris for this. Small things (or in this case really big things) amuse small minds my mother lectured me.
After 10 minutes… I knew I needed to reblog this.
(Source: tigs)
5 million users. 95 million photos. 100,000 new users join each weekend. 860,000 photos uploaded a day. Available in 10 languages. 2,500 apps using its API (including searchinstagram.com and instac.at!!!) 4 employees. 8 months old.
Insane growth. Thoroughly deserved. Go Instagram!
