Monkeycyle

I've worked in digital for a couple of years now and have seen quite a lot of stuff on the internet. When I came to work this rather cold Monday morning I did not expect to sit down at my desk and watch a monkey on a motorcycle:

Eyesore

I can't stand anything that makes the street environment look a mess - CCTVs, signage, parking metres, traffic lights, bollards....basically everything that clutters our pavements. A typical street in Britain is now a mess of this visual untidy clutter.

Added to this list are street works. Now I understand that occationally the pavement needs to be dug up but what drives me CRAZY is when they dig up the street, erect bright orange barriers around it and then disappear for weeks at a time, allowing the hole to be filled up with rubbish and generally look a mess. This has been the case outside of college for the past few weeks. It drove me so mad that I made a sign (click to enlarge)

Irony

Yes I can see the irony in posting a video where people cover up advertising and calling street advertising 'legalised graffiti' and posting another video which is a viral for pot noodle - a form of advertising.

mmmmmmmm

I would argue that street advertising is annoying and intrusive because we have little or no choice in whether we see it and often it does not entertain but bombards.

While with viral advertising we do have a choice as to whether we watch it or not and effective virals should entertain (otherwise they would not be viral.)

I can relax again now...

Infadels 'Love Like Semtex'

Love it love it love it

LIGHT CRITICISM

Absolutely loving youtube's 'share it' button. Means I can post directly to the blog from youtube and share the stuff that I like.

This is good. Advertising is legalised graffiti and these guys know how to deal with it.

Tipping Pot (Guinness Spoof)

Very funny viral that I have been seeding this week. 300,000 views in it's first week which is great - it helps that it is a very good piece of content. Check it out:

Facebook T shirts at www.facebooktshirts.co.uk

Just a note to say that I'm now also selling Facebook Tshirts from www.facebooktshirts.co.uk

From early next year I plan on created two new designs and expanding the range so this website will be where it's at!

www.facebooktshirts.co.uk

Rainforest Concern: Silent Night

FUNNIEST CARTOONS ON YOUTUBE

A video of a book that I drew:

Giant coin in London for the Big Lottery Fund

To mark the start of the phone voting for the £50 million Big Lottery giveaway, a giant 12 ton, 25ft pound coin was created at Potters Field, next to Tower Bridge in London. The giant coin symbolised the money being put back into the UK through The People's £50 Million Lottery Giveaway, reminding the public to get voting for which project they would like to win the massive £50 million grant. You can vote online at www.thepeoples50million.org.uk