Archive for July, 2009

  • Friday fun #15

    In need of some instant fun we decided to have a Kemp Folds inspired session. Take two pictures of Hard Man, Ross Kemp fold and enjoy.
    Once we’d warmed up we took random photos of our colleagues and held a fold off. Each person took a random print from the table, folded it as required then [...]

  • Friday fun #14

    With lots of work to show we decided to adopt a pecha kucha style presentation and crack through 7 projects in super quick time. For those that don’t know - pecha kucha format is 20 slides with 20 seconds a slide. To make sure we ran to time, all the slides were set to autoplay [...]

  • Friday fun #13

    Inspired by In B-Flat and MJ Advertising, we wanted to think up ideas for creating a simple web page containing only 1 or more YouTube videos. A low tech video experience.
    With thought starters: Music, diary films, banking tips, energy savings and holidays on the cheap, we set about thinking up some ideas. 15 minutes later [...]

  • Black pencil ponder

    Looking back through a few articles from our old Stream blog I found one from my old creative colleague, the talented Mr Jeremy Garner, who asked the question about the first digital pieces to win a coveted D&AD Black Pencil.

    Looking at Leo Burnett’s Black Pencil site (2006) and Nike+ (2007) he asked the simply [...]

  • The future of home movies

    It’s stunning the pace at which high end technology stampedes towards the home computer. Microsoft are working on video editing software that brings special effects within reach of amateurs. The fun we’ll be having with appications like this in digital creative work is clear to see. just can’t think of a client for Pimp My [...]

  • Creativity & Technology: A better blend

    Last week I was lucky enough to give a talk at the IAB about blending creativity and technology. [Presentation deck is available here 7.7MB PDF].

    Now that’s something we know a thing or two about here at LBi. We’ve a talented team of technologists who work closely with our creative and experience architect teams. It’s not [...]

  • Look what’s surfaced

    This week I was excited. In fact, the last time I was this excited furniture got broken! The cause of all this elation was the arrival of a Microsoft Surface table at our London LBi office.
     Having now had some hands on experience with the device I can tell you that it does not disappoint and easily falls [...]

  • Friday fun #12 Cannes on the cheap

    Not our regular Friday activity but Cannes on the cheap was fun and some of it happened on a Friday.
    In attempt to keep costs down we decided (quite rightly) to forgo the usual (or so I’m told) expensive rooms in the Martinez, Carlton or Grand and decided to head to the Parc Bellvue camping site [...]

  • iPhone OS 3.0: The lesson of not doing every basic thing first

    Last week Apple released the much anticipated update to it’s iPhone operating system. Finally bringing many of the features most phone providers would have thought completely necessary in a modern smart phone: MMS, Video capture, Cut, copy, paste, Memo recorder, Background IM applications.
    The Apple website lauded these new features as exciting developments, yet they can be found on most current [...]

  • O2 cheating the promise

    So my slightly battered iPhone 3G can now be a tethered modem for my laptop. That’s something I actually find quite appealing for the occasions I’m out and about with no wireless access. What I don’t find appealing is the price of £15 per month. That’s an amount I’d rather not spend - especially given [...]

  • Friday fun #11

    Technically not a friday - was a wednesday but high jinx abound as a set of LBiers took on a Brick Lane Treasure Hunt challenge involving some impromptu promotion for our favourite coffee shop, Nude. That’s one way of enjoying the hot weather I guess.