Friday links

http://www.brylcreem.com/effortlessness/ A great video that encourage the audience to push themselve, fun fun fun...

http://www.pleasurelikenoother.com/ A good looking viral that is stealing idea from the Brava one…interesting but would you have know it was for a Sex Toy? See also http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=J9piCGAGRzk

http://www.rockband.com/ The site is to clean for being rock and roll and they should let people upload their tunes…shame it’s a global game but the site is only for the US market.

http://www.islamispeace.org.uk/ Adverts in the papers, adverts on the buses and underground, the money is there…so why such a badly designed site? information is limited and really they need a Q&A session and a pledge page.

http://www.bulletproofbaby.net/ Not that original but the video I am sure we get passed around…

http://www.hotrodmovie.com/intl/uk/mainsite/linerider/index.html Such a cool little idea, done before but perfect for the film…shame you can not save your track and send it to your friends that would have made it viral…and see other people track too…

http://www.rockstargames.com/manhunt2/lamb/ follow http://www.rockstargames.com/manhunt2/kasper/ followhttp://www.rockstargames.com/manhunt2/dixmor/ Rockstar is slowly building a up to the release of a game that is ban to get some PR just for his content…do violence still sell? we will see in the chart.

http://play.blogger.com/ Real time display of the latest images uploaded to any blogs on Blooger.com…stop watching now…

Friday links

http://www.notgoinganywhere.co.uk/ Massive advert in the Metro should help boosting the low number of user generated content of this site, could this be because the site looks like it has been designed by a 6 years old?

http://www.kafun.co.uk/ It’s reassuring sometime to see that even big brand can really come up with some bad site…

http://www.myposhtwin.com/ Nice idea but Burger King is only reusing the concept of their Simpson promotion so fell like we have all seen it before…

http://www.stellaartois.com/ As always with the French a fabulous online experience, noticed how everything tight in together with the intro film used as navigation. Have a look at ‘The Courage’ the games are really simple but the execution is out of this world and therefore will stay with you…and go to http://www.stellaartoisblog.com/ for more info…http://www.loweworldwide.com/ are the people behind the site

https://www.puma.com/secure/mbbq/ Relax and take your time because you will need a lot of it to do this and this is the big problem of the site, unless you are a fan you will not finish your own made trainer…

http://www2.elansnowboards.com/ Design that fit the lifestyle of your consumer, blogs of the team that prove how close to their products they are, some cool videos and a solid community section…a site that know is audience for sure.

http://www.petsgetslim.co.uk/ As much as I can praise this site for his simple web 2.0 design and trying to create a community of pets owner, I still think that visiting http://www.there4them.com/ put things back into perspective…

http://congress.lomography.com/ 10 years of photos, for a company that is proud of his old school image, they know how to use the web…also the use of mobile is not to be missed in the LOMOFI_ project http://www.lomography.com/ppp/...

http://rabbids.uk.ubi.com/ Nothing new here but this prove that if you leave a bit of time for your creative people to play around and if you are not scare to be a bit non PC then your fan will follow you all the way…RRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

http://www.milkmatters.co.uk/joinin/ Impressive Flash coding, old animation techniques meet new one to create a fantastic playground…milk is cutting edge.

http://www.collegehumor.com/worldsdirtiestfilm ... it’s for Axe and it’s pretty harmless but stupid corporate Porn filter will stop you seen it, something to think about for the next ‘Keep it in the family’ Nintendo campaign…

http://www.umbro.com/ Take one advert and put it on the web, no matter how cool it looks it’s over in 5 minutes but they are using this http://reader.kaywa.com/ and that’s fucking cool (even if not that popular yet in the UK)

http://www.dubplatedrama.tv/ Involving your audience is always a good thing but will it pick up? Myspace, mobile and TV…enjoy even if you are not 16

http://www.potnoodle.co.uk/xfactor/ Why I don’t get is that they have the great ‘How do you Noodle’ idea and the PPN Network but are burying this under a simple code promotion for the X factor…oportunity missed for sure.

http://www.london2012.com/ Stop laughing at the logo…start laughing at the website instead…

http://www.ouverture-facile.com/ ? ? ? htiek sknaht

Friday Links

http://www.spam.com/ With a product like this you really need to be tongue in cheek and luckelly they are.

http://www.cathedralcity.co.uk/ Unless you are an hardcore cheese eater why would you visit this site? but if you do you will be rewarded with a good site full of info.

http://www.dylanmessaging.com/ Come on, who doesn’t want to do this? Classic video for a great viral.

http://www.tumomentum.es/ Haven’t got a clue about what is all about but love the soundtrack and the clean design.

http://www.tousaucoeurdelamelee.com/ When you sponsort a team make sure that they are good…just ask the French…you can send a picture of yourself to win a car ( the originality of this concept makes me want to give up marketing, become a monk and cultivate my garden for the rest of my life)

http://www.fatboyfrogger.com/ Is this funny, clever or original? Not really but it does reinforce the film concept and you can not fault it for it…the movie site http://www.runfatboyrunmovie.co.uk/ is much better.

http://blogactionday.org/ Web 2.0 initiative, great and it’s to save the planet. Simple idea that encourage people to participate in their own way, perfect.

http://www.smartenlightenment.co.uk/ The ‘Guide to….’ has been done thousand of time but still this has been executed really well.

http://www.agentprovocateur.com/ Adventure one…Pulp Fiction / 50’s look for this site, they could have done without using the 3D animations as they detract from the look.

http://www.playwithus.co.uk/awards/myamoy/welcome.html Just the fire make you want to give it a go. By focusing on the fun of cooking you think of the product more than if it was just presented right in your face.

http://www.heavenlysword.com/ I was expecting so much more from one of the most anticipated release for the PS3. Nice but fails to deliver the fast pace action of the game.

http://www.osoyou.com/ Web 2.0, Flash and Social Network element, the drag and drop hanger is fun but why can I not do this without registrering?Would be better from an user experience point of you, to let the user try this.

http://www.greggsthebakers.co.uk/ Small budjet as they are employing a D list celebrity, the site is nice but I don’t think the games will drive traffic. The 2 for 1 will do this instead.

http://www.mini.com/com/en/introducing_mini_clubman/index.jsp Lovelly stuff but would have prefer to see a real car than a 3D version of the Mini, for this I can play this game instead http://www.eidos.co.uk/gss/italian_job/

Friday Links

http://www.bigdaddyboxmeal.co.uk/ actually a funky game that will get keep you busy and more importantly will make you want to go out and get a burger.

http://www.theundetectables.co.uk/ sadly for me a razor is a razor and trying to retrieve a stolen Razor is not the best incentive for me to carry on or play the game.

http://www.kaneandlynch.com/ Bandwidth heavy site but managed to make the most of a lack of real content with some slick design and animation.

http://www.segarally.com/ This is pretty boring but notice how Sega is pushing the use of social site with easy bookmark option and a content heavy blog linked to the Sega community.

http://www.talentfromtrash.com/ another corporate PR site from Coke, great design and good use of the Googlemap technology. Still missing a proper web only element that could make it viral.

http://www.glassandahalffull.com/ Shame there is no download option for PSP, Ipod or mobile to be able to share this. Hopefully this is the first of many as it would be pointless otherwise.

http://www.aabc.org.uk/campaign/dancer.html nearly the same comments could be made for this one but at least the clip is spot on the cause but would women turn this off in the first 10s if they don’t know what the video was for?

http://www.foronemoreday.co.uk/ Simple viral concept that has been done before but the simplicity of the execution make it a winner and resonate with the book subject matter.

http://www.nowifeel.com/ Only 5513 worldwide have created an Expression, does this mean the user generated content idea has been over used? or that to be honest no one care to enter this over complicated feeling generator.

http://www.parentalmindcontrol.org/ Coming Soon section should be avoided and the navigation could be easier but looks good and that’s what matter.

http://www.ubuntu-trading.com/ I don’t think Coke should be scare but their blog http://www.ubuntu-trading.com/blog/ is so far more powerful for the audience Ubuntu are trying to reach then any codes entry competition.

http://bigshadow.jp/entry/ This is now finish but has an happening you can not fault it… http://www.bigshadow.jp/judge/

http://promo.betfair.com/rugby/game/ Betfair jump on the Rugby bandwagon of course, shit game of course what did you expect?