Spotlight Ideas -- Top 250 Blog Posts: Advertising, Marketing, Media & PR
september 2008 by adamcrowe
Seriously tempted to go through the whole list.
blogs
lists
marketing
via:chromacomms
september 2008 by adamcrowe
More Stupid Than the Others - Networking
january 2008 by adamcrowe
"Facebook - Andrea (No, I will not be your friend if I haven’t seen you in my life. Face=face, book=book, face+book=book of faces. Have I seen your face? No, then you can’t be on that)" -- LOL. Priceless!
facebook
socialnetworking
funny
rant
blogs
january 2008 by adamcrowe
ASOS.com - The Online Fashion Store
january 2008 by adamcrowe
Online Store, Magazine/Magalogue, Fashionista Blog = 'Fashion Ecology' < 'Retail Ecology'
asos
retail
fashion
serviceecologies
shopping
celebrity
gossip
style
lifestyle
storytelling
productnarratives
magazine
magalogue
blogs
theadvertisedlife
fame
january 2008 by adamcrowe
Walmart Check Out Blog
january 2008 by adamcrowe
Nah! "Tesco's *Checkout Girls* Blog" Yeah? :^D
walmart
blogs
socialmedia
productnarratives
objects
narrativeobjects
storytelling
narrativeenvironments
retail
shopping
saucy
january 2008 by adamcrowe
Running from Camera
october 2007 by adamcrowe
"The rules are simple: I put the self-timer on 2 seconds, push the button and try to get as far from the camera as I can."
art
photography
time
space
blogs
interesting
:-)
october 2007 by adamcrowe
theCword (Blog)
september 2007 by adamcrowe
"I am Not a Consumer: Marketing Like Friends"
stopcallingmeaconsumer
blogs
september 2007 by adamcrowe
Hyperhappen
august 2007 by adamcrowe
"Hyper works differently to other agencies. We work purely on a strategic basis, across all digital platforms... find new technologies and new ways of speaking to consumers"
agency
marketing
planning
naked
fallon
strategy
blogs
advertising
brandedutility
digital
media
august 2007 by adamcrowe
Rad Geek’s Projects - FeedWordPress
july 2007 by adamcrowe
"FeedWordPress is an Atom/RSS aggregator for WordPress. It syndicates content from newsfeeds that you choose into your WordPress blog; you can WordPress’s posts database and templating engine as the back-end of an aggregation"
aggregation
blogs
feeds
plugins
rss
tools
wordpress
july 2007 by adamcrowe
Lifehacker - How to set up reBlog
july 2007 by adamcrowe
Damn those shortcut keys look good. (I was previously saving 'read later' posts in a custom del.icio.us inbox.)
rssbutler
rss
reblog
feeds
blogs
productivity
gtd
july 2007 by adamcrowe
PlayStation.Blog
june 2007 by adamcrowe
Another Playstation blog written by their PR people. Time to stop calling it PR I think.
playstation
gaming
sony
pr
blogs
blogging
transparency
june 2007 by adamcrowe
We Feel Fine - by Jonathan Harris and Sepandar Kamvar
june 2007 by adamcrowe
An exploration of human emotion, in six movements
visualization
design
emotion
mapping
blogs
data
metadata
lifecasting
extensionsofman
immunesystem
experimental
flash
experience
communication
anthropology
generative
JonathanHarris
june 2007 by adamcrowe
House of Naked - the (un)official launch
may 2007 by adamcrowe
"the basic idea is that the people who work here already do lots of blogging elsewhere... so why not use that for our own site? For the most part these are not run through some ‘Naked filter’, it’s just us being us."
agency
naked
blogs
aggregation
transparency
may 2007 by adamcrowe
Wired - The See-Through CEO
may 2007 by adamcrowe
Kelman: "I honestly believe that if Redfin were stripped absolutely bare for all the world to see, naked and humiliated in the sunlight, more people would do business with us." ... 'Google is not a search engine. Google is a reputation-management system.'
transparency
blogs
blogging
business
communication
management
experience
service
design
conversation
information
google
reputation
may 2007 by adamcrowe
GayGamer.net
may 2007 by adamcrowe
"For boys who like boys who like joysticks! And girls who like girls who like rumble packs!" Hehe. Great blog.
gaming
gameplay
games
design
behaviours
identity
selfservers
sex
extensionsofman
skin
penis
blogs
funny
may 2007 by adamcrowe
Guardian - How businesses learned to stop worrying and love the blogosphere
april 2007 by adamcrowe
"'A hundred years of consumer marketing has shown that the public is actually very receptive to brands and wants to embrace them.' It is just that brands now have to embrace their audience back."
blogging
blogs
web
marketing
socialmedia
advertising
productplacement
branding
content
brandedutility
environment
myspace
april 2007 by adamcrowe
Projectionist - A tumblelog
march 2007 by adamcrowe
Gorgeous blog design.
design
blogs
code
programming
rubyonrails
march 2007 by adamcrowe
Tumblr
march 2007 by adamcrowe
Stripped down hosted blogging service. Lovely design.
blogging
blogs
rss
publishing
socialsoftware
rubyonrails
webdesign
css
march 2007 by adamcrowe
shortText.com - Post information. Share it.
february 2007 by adamcrowe
shortText.com is a site where you can post any information and share it with others. Post your text below and we will save it and generate a URL for you. This URL is for you to distribute, print, post!
blogging
blogs
writing
communication
web
february 2007 by adamcrowe
Blogumentary
february 2007 by adamcrowe
44 min about the history of blogs
blogging
blogs
film
google
research
video
documentaries
february 2007 by adamcrowe
Design View / Andy Rutledge
february 2007 by adamcrowe
Nicely designed blog. Big and bashy.
blogs
design
css
webdesign
february 2007 by adamcrowe
Brand Republic - Market research: Age of the 2.0 focus group
january 2007 by adamcrowe
"Marketers also need to be aware that using social media can blur the line between market research and marketing. For example, if a debate takes off, generating a 'blog swarm' across many online sites, what was originally envisaged as a small piece of qua
socialmedia
research
research2.0
blogs
web
agency
collectiveintelligence
january 2007 by adamcrowe
Here Be Monsters|blog
january 2007 by adamcrowe
Creative Blog
ideas
ideasblog
advertising
creative
blogs
january 2007 by adamcrowe
WORKING Holiday in London
january 2007 by adamcrowe
Gwen's diary of trying to get a job in advertising (she's far too good for that nonsense!)
illustration
advertising
design
gwen
inspiration
creative
ideas
blogs
january 2007 by adamcrowe
Tom Johnson (Beta)
january 2007 by adamcrowe
"This is me. I've decided that there may be a few faults and bugs that weren't fixed during my original release (Version 1.0 in 1977)...."
parody
socialmedia
funny
singularity
human2.0
avatars
blogs
selfservers
software
softwareagents
beta
vernacular
january 2007 by adamcrowe
Philip's Blog - Third Anniversary Thoughts
december 2006 by adamcrowe
That HAS to be the longest comment in blog history! (Scroll down)
blogs
virtualworlds
december 2006 by adamcrowe
Metaverse Territories
december 2006 by adamcrowe
These guys look interesting - Doing art and stuff in the metaverse
art
research
programming
hacking
architecture
blogs
virtualworlds
code
december 2006 by adamcrowe
B/u/m/b/l/e B/a/v/i/e/s (R/u/s/s/e/l/l D/a/v/i/e/s' Twin Brother!)
december 2006 by adamcrowe
R/u/s/s/e/l/l D/a/v/i/e/s' Twin Brother's Blog
planning
advertising
parody
funny
socialmedia
blogsourcing
gossip
blogs
celebrity
fame
december 2006 by adamcrowe
Modern Life is Rubbish - How To Write Great Headlines
november 2006 by adamcrowe
Great article. I'm developing a crush on this blog!
writing
copywriting
howto
tips
blogs
november 2006 by adamcrowe
Modern Life is Rubbish - Leading Average: Top Blog Trends
november 2006 by adamcrowe
Blog trends illustrated
blogs
webdesign
trends
design
statistics
november 2006 by adamcrowe
Strumpette - Fucktards-in-Cyperspace
november 2006 by adamcrowe
Another anti-brand rant. Kinda bored of them now.
antibrand
blogs
virtualworlds
november 2006 by adamcrowe
russell davies - ethnographies?
november 2006 by adamcrowe
So, is this how PR/New Business is going to be? I think so.
agency
blogs
pr
november 2006 by adamcrowe
glue planning
november 2006 by adamcrowe
Glue have a blog for their planners.
advertising
agency
blogs
glue
planning
november 2006 by adamcrowe
Creating Passionate Users - Add graphics to your blog, book, or presentation
november 2006 by adamcrowe
Nice roundup of simple information design for presentations and blogs
information
design
visualization
learning
diagrams
graphics
presentations
blogs
november 2006 by adamcrowe
Viper007Bond - Viper’s Video Quicktags for WordPress
november 2006 by adamcrowe
Neat plugin for WordPress that lets you easy add video to your posts.
plugins
wordpress
youtube
blogs
november 2006 by adamcrowe
Roblog - Now Reading Plugin for WordPress
november 2006 by adamcrowe
Great little plugin for ldisplaying your current and past reading (includes a library feature with reviews)
wordpress
plugins
books
amazon
blogs
november 2006 by adamcrowe
RunPHP - WordPress Plugin
november 2006 by adamcrowe
Allows you to posts PHP scripts within your blog posts
plugins
wordpress
php
blogs
november 2006 by adamcrowe
Semiologic - Static Front Page Plugin For WordPress
november 2006 by adamcrowe
Creates a static home page within WordPress allowing you the use WP as a simple CMS
wordpress
cms
design
plugins
webdesign
blogs
november 2006 by adamcrowe
YCN - Young Creatives Network
november 2006 by adamcrowe
Some good people helping young creatives get a foothold in the UK creative industries. Some good blogs tools too.
business
communities
graphics
awards
jobs
portfolio
blogs
blogsourcing
selfpublishing
illustration
november 2006 by adamcrowe
Everyone Forever
november 2006 by adamcrowe
Universal Everything's blog
design
art
designwank
illustration
zine
experimental
graphics
curation
culture
blogs
november 2006 by adamcrowe
Official Google Blog
november 2006 by adamcrowe
Googler insights into product and technology news and our culture.
google
design
blogs
november 2006 by adamcrowe
planetOzh - Youtube Favorite Videos Wordpress Plugin
november 2006 by adamcrowe
"This plugin / widget for Wordpress allows you to display, in a very configurable manner, your latest favorite videos from YouTube."
wordpress
youtube
plugins
blogs
november 2006 by adamcrowe
russell davies - how to be interesting
november 2006 by adamcrowe
Does exactly what it says on the tin! Yet another chapter in the gospel of the advertised life.
advice
cv
RussellDavies
blogs
november 2006 by adamcrowe
Ryan Morrison & MacMillan Ltd.
november 2006 by adamcrowe
Website of Digital Marketing Consultants, Ryan Morrison & MacMillan Ltd. They've built their entire agency site using WordPress and various 2.0 tools: del.icio.us, linkedin, flickr, etc. I love that!
agency
socialmedia
blogs
marketing
digital
advertising
november 2006 by adamcrowe
Three Speech
november 2006 by adamcrowe
A blog about Playstation 3. All content by Ramp Industry. Editorial policy described as 'semi-official'.
rampindustry
agency
marketing
content
collectiveintelligence
crowdsourcing
sony
playstation
research2.0
blogs
november 2006 by adamcrowe
MU WordPress
october 2006 by adamcrowe
Multiple User Version of WordPress
wordpress
cms
software
blogware
blogs
october 2006 by adamcrowe
80.253.114.225 - Saatchi's Secret Blog!
october 2006 by adamcrowe
"The creators of this blog would like to remain anonymous and do not want to be associated with any name, brand or company. If you must know, we'll tell you. Send us an email: mailto:marisa@gumfac.com"
advertising
collectiveintelligence
crowdsourcing
blogs
october 2006 by adamcrowe
Mediaprojekte - WordPress Widgets & Plugins
october 2006 by adamcrowe
Series of "King..." Widgets.
wordpress
plugins
blogs
october 2006 by adamcrowe
spindrift - Linkblock Widget for Wordpress
october 2006 by adamcrowe
"Introducing the Linkblock Widget! Derived from the Text widget, you can define between 1 and 9 Linkblocks, and each Linkblock has a configurable title and link category, allowing you to display links in your widget block in a somewhat more configurable f
wordpress
plugins
blogs
october 2006 by adamcrowe
AuthImage Comments Plugin For Wordpress
october 2006 by adamcrowe
Puts a CAPTCHA image into your comments form to prevent automated spammers
plugins
wordpress
comments
spam
blogs
october 2006 by adamcrowe
Wikipedia - CAPTCHA
october 2006 by adamcrowe
Fun! "A CAPTCHA (an acronym for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart", trademarked by Carnegie Mellon University) is a type of challenge-response test used in computing to determine whether or not the user is human.
geeks
hacks
identity
plugins
comments
spam
blogs
october 2006 by adamcrowe
AJAX Comments 2.0
october 2006 by adamcrowe
A comments Plugin for Wordpress. Works with AuthImage (comment moderation thingy)
AJAX
wordpress
comments
plugins
blogs
october 2006 by adamcrowe
mutube - IM Online for Wordpress
october 2006 by adamcrowe
A neat little Wordpress Widget to show your current online status on your blog.
wordpress
im
plugins
blogs
october 2006 by adamcrowe
mutube - mu Referencing Framework
october 2006 by adamcrowe
Interesting... "muRF is a new method for displaying reference accuracy information inline with text. This allows readers to make passive judgements of the reliability of a particular statement. A confidence factor does not tell you whether a statement is
knowledgeexpressiontool
tagging
blogs
october 2006 by adamcrowe
Last.fm Covers Widget for Wordpress
october 2006 by adamcrowe
Pulls in the latest top-albums feed and displays the covers.
wordpress
plugins
music
blogs
october 2006 by adamcrowe
Brians Latest Comments - Plugin
october 2006 by adamcrowe
Comments fade between two colurs depending on their age
wordpress
comments
plugins
blogs
october 2006 by adamcrowe
Ultimate Tag Warrior 3 - Help
october 2006 by adamcrowe
"The Ultimate Tag Warrior (UTW) is designed for WordPress sites to increase the possibilities and functions for tagging posts and expanding site navigation through the creation of lists of tags."
wordpress
plugins
tags
blogs
october 2006 by adamcrowe
WordPress Widgets
october 2006 by adamcrowe
Brilliant widgets for your WordPress sidebar.
wordpress
blogs
october 2006 by adamcrowe
katesgasis.com - Sideblog Plugin v3.0
october 2006 by adamcrowe
Sideblog v3 for WordPress
wordpress
plugins
blogs
october 2006 by adamcrowe
How to turn a normal WordPress installation into a working online shop
october 2006 by adamcrowe
Usefull little tutorial on hacking together an e-commerce site using WordPress.
wordpress
ecommerce
tutorials
howto
tips
webdesign
blogs
october 2006 by adamcrowe
Blue Dot
october 2006 by adamcrowe
A new social tagging, blogging and commenting tool. Very easy to use and you can import del.icio.us bookmarks. I can't see any voting options on Dots. Shame.
tagging
blogs
bookmarking
october 2006 by adamcrowe
drupal.org - Community plumbing
october 2006 by adamcrowe
Drupal.org is the official website of Drupal, an open source content management platform. Equipped with a powerful blend of features, Drupal can support a variety of websites ranging from personal weblogs to large community-driven websites.
cms
opensource
software
blogs
october 2006 by adamcrowe
Gravatar - Globally Recognized Avatar
october 2006 by adamcrowe
A gravatar, or globally recognized avatar, is quite simply an 80×80 pixel avatar image that follows you from weblog to weblog appearing beside your name when you comment on gravatar enabled sites. Avatars help identify your posts on web forums, so why no
lifecasting
identity
avatars
blogs
october 2006 by adamcrowe
Mrs Belmot's Blog!
september 2006 by adamcrowe
"Hello there! I'm Janet Belmot (Mrs (which means I'm married)). I've recently re-branded myself as a professional advisor with experience in ALL types of media. Try me out by asking a question. Go on - it's free!"
funny
ideas
ideasblog
creative
books
blogs
september 2006 by adamcrowe
Net - Down With The A-Bloggers! Stop the link incest!
september 2006 by adamcrowe
A rant about A-List bloggers! <Applause>
blogs
fame
celebrity
september 2006 by adamcrowe
Copyblogger - 5 Simple Ways to Open Your Blog Post With a Bang
september 2006 by adamcrowe
Those and "write tight".
writing
tips
blogs
september 2006 by adamcrowe
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