Mike Parsons

Has Yahoo! Buzz Lived Up to The Buzz?

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Parsons) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:17:00 +0000

Desperate publishers and marketers who were previously locked out of the supposed 'traffic mecca' have joined the service in droves and have already started the practice of vote-begging in the hopes that enough votes will get them promoted to Yahoo's main page. Here's what you need to know about the current state of Buzz.

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How Simple Web Design Helps Your Business

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Parsons) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:08:00 +0000

It’s crucial to have simple web designs to allow the user to quickly find the information they need, especially if you are selling a product. If the page is cluttered with useless text, widgets or unrelated products, the site becomes meaningless.

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Official: First Google Android Phone Design Image

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Parsons) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:08:00 +0000

The first design image of the HTC Dream AKA T-Mobile G1 better known as the first Google Android OS powered phone is out via the AndroidGuys. The phone seems inspired by HTC's Sidekick in its QWERTY keyboard, buttons layout and slide out screen. It also seems to have a slim form factor, which should help it compete with Apple's iPhone or the new Bl

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DDB Marmite campaign continues love/hate theme

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Parsons) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:06:00 +0000

Marmite is continuing its 'love/hate' strategy in a new print campaign created by DDB London. Read more.

Tribal DDB Vancouver is looking for an Art Director

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Parsons) — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:23:00 +0000

Tribal DDB Vancouver is seeking an Art Director to develop unconventional ideas, instigate and inspire. You live and breathe design and are passionate about crafting experiences on all interactive platforms — web, mobile, kiosk, etc. You also enjoy crafting holistic solutions — from acquisition campaigns to microsites to consumer sites to community platforms. Read more

Mayora selects DDB Brainstorm for brand launch

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Parsons) — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:23:00 +0000

Mayora, one of Indonesia’s biggest food companies, has assigned DDB Brainstorm a brief to handle the launch of a new product, after a two-way pitch. Read more

Dan Ng to speak at Changing Advertising Summit

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Parsons) — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:00:00 +0000

Dan Ng, head of planning, Tribal DDB will be speaking at Changing Advertising Summit 2008.

Now in its second year, the Changing Advertising Summit will bring you the latest insight into the strategies driving innovation and change in modern advertising. Read more.

Introducing Digg Dialogg with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi!

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Parsons) — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:23:00 +0000

Digg is introducing Digg Dialogg, where we take your questions and present them in front of notable people, newsmakers & the like. We're kicking this off by interviewing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Weds, August 27th live from the Democratic National Convention, and are taking questions until 11:59pm August 26th. Submit your questions today!

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The Tribal DDB Blogosphere

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Parsons) — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:34:00 +0000

Here's n overview of the blogs from the Tribal DDB'ers:

London
thomevincent.com/blog
cubemate.blogs.com
tribalbfc.blogspot.com
bisforbeta.typepad.com

Dallas
roi.tribalddb.com

New York
tribalddbnewyork.blogspot.com

Paris
blog.tribalddb.fr

Sydney
tribalddbsydney.com.au

Friends of Tribal
radarddb.wordpress.com
ddb.com/DDBCreativity
ddbseattle.com/ddbblog

DDB Indonesia reclaims $15m Indosat

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Parsons) — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:33:00 +0000

Indonesian telco giant Indosat has awarded its US$15 million creative account to incumbent DDB Indonesia after a final round of pitching with Ogilvy & Mather, McCann Erickson and Octovate. Read more.

Which Facebook App Is Making A Million Dollars a Month?

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Parsons) — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:09:00 +0000

Facebook is a famously difficult place to make money. Despite the popularity of the social network, most ads go for pennies per thousand impressions (CPMs).

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Lively, Google’s virtual world, has been a flop

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Parsons) — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 06:50:00 +0000

IT SOUNDED like a brilliant idea. Google, the internet giant, would bring 3-D virtual worlds to the masses by making them accessible through a web browser. Millions of people log into virtual worlds such as World of Warcraft and Second Life every day, but they require special software and their complexity can be daunting to newcomers.

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Flash Developer needed: Tribal DDB Sydney

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Parsons) — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 06:43:00 +0000

Our Sydney team are looking for a Flash developer with two years experience or more. The role will assist the creative team to concept Flash projects including, web sites, online advertising, games and animation. Read more.

The Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Parsons) — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 06:41:00 +0000

These sites let you crunch the numbers, analyze the data, or just look up who that one guy is in that one movie.

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Rumored iTunes subscription would be a bargain

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Parsons) — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:52:00 +0000

Repeat after me: it's just a rumor. Record company sources deny it. But if Apple is indeed going to offer an all-you-can-download iTunes subscription service for for $129.99 a year (or $179.99 a year with Mobile Me), other subscription services will have a hard time surviving.Let's review for a moment, shall we?

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HuffPo: The New Media's Role in the Old Game of Politics

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Parsons) — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:49:00 +0000

Arianna Huffington outlines plans for a panel discussion in Denver during the Democratic National Convention focusing on the impact of 21st century media on the 2008 elections.

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Radar DDB Canada is hiring

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Parsons) — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:15:00 +0000

Radar DDB is a hybrid resource that reinvents the agency model by combining the skill sets of a
news gathering organization, a Hollywood publicity agent, an advertising agency, a guerrilla
event company and a digital programming expert. They're hiring a 'Digital Cultivator'

21 Mindblowing Premium-Like Free Wordpress Themes

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Parsons) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:36:00 +0000

You are welcome to share if you know more premium-like free wordpress themes which our readers may like.

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Olympic Winner: Online Video

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Parsons) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:38:00 +0000

The success of NBC and Yahoo in attracting viewers is showing advertisers the value of placing messages alongside Internet video

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10 Promising Web Platforms

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Parsons) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:06:00 +0000

In this post we review 10 promising developer platforms for the Web. We're not talking about the obvious ones either, like Facebook, iPhone, OpenSocial or even Twitter. Those have been covered extensively already. The list below features some of our favorite 'lesser known' web developer platforms.

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New from Tribal Australia: Volkswagen R Range

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Parsons) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:56:00 +0000

The microsite has been designed to stimulate the user’s senses by focusing on the excitement of driving the sophisticated high performance VW R Range. Read more.

10 Staggering Data Visualizations

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Parsons) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:55:00 +0000

One of the big tenets of Web 2.0 has always been "open data". The move towards opening up statistics and public data along with APIs has lead to a great deal of phenomenal mashups, such as the Chicago Crime Mashup. But that's not all, this open data movement has lead to some very interesting development in the practice of data visualization.

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LEAKED: First Shots of iPhone Nike+ Interface

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Parsons) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:54:00 +0000

We've known that Nike+ has long been in development for the iPhone. Now we're finally getting a peek at the first shots of the interface. From what we can skim, Nike+ users will get all of the nifty performance graphs right on the phone (before this stuff was available on the web only). But the biggest improvement may be Goggle Maps support

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Apple finally ready for $129/year iTunes subscriptions?

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Parsons) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:47:00 +0000

Three Mac rumors sites have received anonymous tips that Apple is getting ready to introduce a subscription iTunes service in September.

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10 Futuristic User Interfaces

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Parsons) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:09:00 +0000

10 recent developments in the field of user experience design. Most techniques may seem very futuristic. Keep in mind: they can become ubiquitous over the next years.

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