The worlds first online store with real salespeople.
Looks like a big undertaking and very hi-tech solution.
Nice mix of social commerce / customer service.
First YouTube comment? “That’s the most retarded thing I’ve ever seen.”
Textbook.
Developed by B_Reel.
Amazing raving grandad. Neat moves.
via…
Porsche tags one million Facebook fans on a 911 GT3 R race car. What better way to involve petrol heads and give them something to brag about and share.
You can find your name on special campaign site – http://www.porsche.com/thankyou
Good find by Kev and Dom.
Nice pairing of phone and ad placement which reminds customers it’s easier to check-in via mobile phone. The plane also flies to the booking page. Bet that’s how they sold it in. 
You can try something similar here.
http://appelsiini.net/demo/websocket/html5.html
You’ve probably already seen this. But just in case.
Google teamed up with 17 art museums to create a unique collection of a thousand artworks online in extraordinary detail, using a combination of Streetview technology and a special gigapixel camera. Watch the Behind The Scenes video for more detail.
Art Project – Visitor Guide
Behind The Scenes
Fabulous.
http://www.googleartproject.com
How the FWA Site of the Year was made. By B-Reel and Google Creative Labs.
Caused a lot of discussion in the office this one.
Everybody’s been talking about this.
http://eu.techcrunch.com/2010/12/12/now-that-is-a-nice-profile-picture-like/
And now you can create your own with this webapp.
http://74.52.142.77/~piccut/
But we’ve been creating alphabet photo galleries, so you can tag your friends and do this.
Childish but BLOODY funny.
EDIT
This is smart too.
YouTube Rewind 2010: The Year in Review.
http://www.youtube.com/rewind
YouTube have also launched Trends: a daily zeitgeist of YouTube.
http://youtube-trends.blogspot.com/
Google Zeitgeist 2010
http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/zeitgeist2010
Twitter 2010 Trends
http://yearinreview.twitter.com/trends/
Facebook 2010 Memology: Top Status Trends of the Year
http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=466369142130
Mapnificent shows you areas you can reach with public transport in a given time.
Mapnificent from Stefan Wehrmeyer on Vimeo.
Similar to Mapumental here in the UK.
This month we’ve been thinking about how 2011 is shaping up for that 42” screen sitting quietly in the corner of your living room. Because when the likes of YouTube, Vimeo, Apple, and Google start focusing on delivering services for the tv… know something’s going on.
It’s not just the digital big boys either. A consortium of the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Five and BT have developed YouView. A service that brings Freeview, and Internet catch-up and video on-demand services like BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, 4oD, Demand Five and SeeSaw, to your TV.
Don’t panic though. Here’s the blaggers guide.
YouTube ‘LeanBack’ and Vimeo ‘CouchMode’ lets anyone with a connected TV or modern web browser view and navigate web content using a simple interface with search functionality. They’re designed to start playing a personalised feed of videos in full screen mode and high definition as soon as you launch them.
Apple TV, Boxee, and YouView all offer services through an external box that you connect to the back of your TV. The services vary, but the general gist is the same. You rent and watch films and TV shows, stream content, watch YouTube videos, enjoy photos, music, and more.
Last up is Google TV which is available through an external box, but is also comes built-in as part of the new Sony Internet TV range. Google TV lets you find and record shows, run apps, and search and use the full web.
Obviously it opens up LOTS of questions and LOTS of opportunities for media owners and brands. It’ll be fascinating to watch this unfold over the next 6-12months. But one thing’s for sure. Your TV is about to get a monster kick up the arse. Exciting times.
YouTube Leanback – http://www.youtube.com/leanback
Vimeo Couchmode – http://vimeo.com/couchmode
YouView – http://www.youview.com/
Boxee – http://www.boxee.tv/
Apple TV – http://www.apple.com/appletv/
Google TV – http://www.google.com/tv
(A version of this comment first appeared in glue Isobar October Newsletter.)
