Friday links

http://www.hellmannssqueezy.com/ Please, please make it stop, if I see another one of these promotion where people need to upload a video of their skills I will really start to think that marketing agency are really just stealing ideas from each other…also win an ipod Shuffle? again surely everyone as one these days as they are giving away by the dozen from Coke to Shell…please found another prize.

http://beta.freewebs.com:8080/Misc/SonyHDNA/ A simple way to 1. Get your brand recognised 2. Give something to the people 3. Be creative – Check out the ‘Get This Widget’ section…also see http://www.yourminis.com/

http://www.lacoste-elegance.com/ It’s all nice and stylish but somehow something is missing something, not enough content to start with and a lack of anything edgy, I was expecting better from Lacoste…just get your free sample and go…

http://www.tagtestees.com/ I like the fact that you can embed the games even if I think to be honest this is a prime example of adding videos to hide the fact that the games are shites…There was so much more to do with a tagline like ‘Expose your Sack’…

http://www.mazda2.com/ Just videos? This is not enough these days I am afraid…

http://www.mtl12.com/ You need a lot of bandwidth but the use of stop motion is amazing in mixing old and new technique, sadly the design might actually scare an older audience…

http://www.vintageladybird.com/ ‘Memory lane’ section is what you need to look at; but with 4 friends on Myspace and 10 photos on Flickr you should start to think twice about proposing this kind of things to your clients…

http://thegoodfoodfight.com/ fun fun fun….shame they haven’t managed to do this full screen…

http://www.staying-alive.org/me/game/index.html tagamagoshy for the emo generation…

http://www.quitdoingit.com/ ...really really impressive especially if you are 12 but if you are a 2 packs a day, working 15h a day 7 days a week in a marketing agency type of smoker, I don’t think it will make a difference…

http://hidefhigh.com/ Interesting proposition: trying to demonstrate Hi-Def advantage on a computer screen…so go for black and minimal…works all the time…

http://direct.motorola.com/hellomoto/motoq9h/experience/ Really cool to show the phone in action but to be honest the problem is in the script…all the situation show the customer as prats with no initiative or up the arse person…hardly engaging…never underestimate the script..never…

http://simcityds.ea.com/ Great design, the mini game is not new but it make you try the stylus. I heard there is a lot of DS and Wii unclaimed from the various competition we have done, surely they need a home? mine is available…

http://www.icebreakers.la/default.php Just lovelly….with nice attention to details remind me of http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/ (DO NOT TRY THIS WEBSITE IF YOU HAVE WORK TO DO THIS AFTERNOON)

http://www.youbetterrun.fr/ Using an English URL for a French site and a disappointing use of a blog. The design could have been more vintage and the content could do with more info…