Sherlock Holmes 221b

Great Facebook integration piece, where you can play with a friend. Beautifully crafted and with content specifically made for the experience.

The zoom function is annoying after a while but is the best way to constrain the site to 1024. The interview part is the most frustrating as questions need to be formulated in a proper way to be able to get a proper answer. The mini games are a nice way to inject some breathing space and it's nice to see that help is given at every stage to make sure the user is never frustrated. I also appreciated the fact that everything is revealed once you completed a case as not everyone as hours to play the game.

If you like this I would recommend to try and found this game.

http://www.221b.sh/

Christmas Nokia

This look really lovely isn't it? Well it is but once you past the cuteness you will realised that there is only 3 sections. I would i love to see some Easter eggs and interactions. http://www.christmas.nokia.co.uk

Four Ways to Speak Out

A really important campaign, the main video get the point across. Considering this is an online campaign a digital way of getting in contact with Refuge should be available, not just an hidden phone number. http://www.fourwaystospeakout.com

Bitch Slap Movie

Looks like Russ Meyer still inspire directors. A few navigation problems (when using the gun or coming back from the gallery), I like their viral idea http://greenscreen.bitchslapmovie.com but it would have been better if you could embed a youTube videos automatically behind it, that would really have taking it to the next level. http://www.bitchslapmovie.com

W+K Calendar

A more creative approach to the now obligatory agencies Christmas offering, sadly for me I though the ideas presented so far were a bit flat or already been done. http://www.wkadventcalendar.com/

Keep The FD Happy

This would have been a good site 10 years ago but now this is just dull but considering that the target audience might still be using Lotus Note, Explorer 6 and Windows 95 this might just been spot on. http://www.keepthefdhappy.com/

Big Kids Calendar

Next time I have a new job I will make sure there is a clause where I do not have to participate to some shit agency self promotion. I know it is for a good cause and all but please... http://www.bigkidscalendar.com/

Put on a panto

Beautifully animated web site for kids, easy to use and entertaining. Print everything and get going, I really love the practice session (iphone soundboard as a bonus!). I sadly don't think a lot of people will go through with it as the time required to do justice to the pantos is maybe too long for parents to dedicate themselves to it and I don't think a lot of parents will managed to set-up their laptop and speakers in the front room to make it all professional. Ideal for schools really. http://www.putonapanto.com

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts

Simple and effective Twitter campaign that don't cost the earth and encourage repeat visit. Brilliant! Granted they have a great and expensive product, would not have work with if Charmin would have done the same.http://www.krispykreme.co.uk/hotlight/

Charmin Enjoy the Go

Please, please this has to stop. Some campaigns are so crap they are funny but this is shit (see what I did there? no clever I know, sorry). Perhaps we could write about the rise of reality TV, the influence of the 15 minutes of fame in our society, the effect of the global recession and the lack of real aspiration for the new generation and try to make sense on how this campaign came about. Or why the ambassadors are so PC: one gay, one black, one actor, one mum and most of them have stage experience. Fair play to them they have it all, Twitter, Blog, flickr, Facebook, YouTube it's all covered. Please do watch the YouTube channel it's worth it. I also liked the http://www.charminleaveyourmark.com idea, a live streaming of a toilet wall, shame is was not working for me. To be honest this toilet duck campaign is actually more interesting.
http://www.charmin.com/en_US/enjoy-the-go/nyc-restrooms.php

Turkey Off

Sometime simple is better and this one page site does it all by using social network as part of the voting mechanic. They don't ask you to comment, to donate, to use a widget or to email all your friend. They just ask you to vote by using Twitter, Facebook or Linkedin (an odd choice but understandable as they can retrieve the number of contact for the voting). Perhaps they could have added the number of view/subscriber on youTube as part of the equation. This should remind everyone that sometime the simple is better. http://www.turkeyoff.com/

Starbucks Love Project

Nothing new in this campaign but the execution is slick. I am glad that the money I spend on overprice coffee now and again helped build this site. Good use of Papervison. http://www.starbucksloveproject.com

Coke Facial Profiler Part 2

Remember this post? http://blog.venividibloggi.net/2009/10/coke-zero-facial-profiler.html, well they are now live and obviously did not check any of the picture uploaded, wished I had upload a picture of my cock now. Anyway here is the result:



Should I contact Lyssa?

Give it a ponder

The now classic modernista.com/ and skittles.com/ navigation model is been used to promote anti mobile bullying. An interesting campaign for an old problem in this digital age. Would have been nice to actually be able to download some mobile stuff, a simple bear iphone app could have been good. http://www.giveitaponder.com

Shelter House Bling

Better use of Google Street View then Coke Christmas effort. Sadly the coding is a bit hit and miss and doesn't work on Chrome, if they both have combined their effort we would have had a slick and fun campaign. At least no moderation here!http://www.housebling.org.uk/

Shake That Orangina

Another one of these UGC site where you vote, as per usual half of the content hasn't be done for the site, just people uploading old content. Good idea to be able to send message to the people that submit videos but it's a shame they are trying to get you to register. http://www.shakethatorangina.com

Super Mario Bross Wii

It's cute, it's Mario and it's what the kids will be playing over Christmas. A great site that is full of videos, screenshots and info. I just would I like something to play with or a download to keep me busy until I get my hands on the game. http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/smnj/

Instant Creative Solution (Live)

It's not a campaign but it's worth blogging about as I suspect it's one of this "wouldn't it be cool if we just do it", I am glad they did even if the punch line is a bit disappointing.http://instantcreativesolutions.com/

Jim Carrey

Form before content on this site with a few Easter eggs. Except Twitter there is no forum, no fans newsletter, no VIP, no shop, no Facebook, no blog, missed opportunity here to really connect with your audience. http://www.jimcarrey.com/