OK. It’s been a while, and there have been a couple of interesting developments over the past few weeks (and I’m not talking about the Obama iPod/Zune issue), so I thought I’d focus on one serious thing, one interesting thing and one fun thing.
Enjoy
Searchable video from Google (http://labs.google.com/gaudi)
Another great new feature from Google labs called Gaudi renders video content searchable. It’s in Beta (testing) at the moment, so you can only search political content on YouTube, but imagine the implications when the service goes fully live – all the video profiles that we produce for clients suddenly add to the search engine ranking of our clients. Scary stuff…
Garfield minus Garfield (http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/)
Absolutely nothing to do with Recruitment Marketing and HR, but a great reminder about context. Ever wondered what happens to a comic strip when you remove its central character? Some bright spark has gone through all the Garfield comic strips and removed all the images of Garfield. The result? Well, Jon just comes across as a manic depressive. Disturbing, but amusing at the same time.
LittleBIGplanet (http://mysackboy.littlebigplanet.com/)
I thought I’d share this as it has been developed by an Omnicom sister agency (Agency Republic) To celebrate the launch of this year’s must-have computer game, Little Big Planet, Agency Republic created a ‘Sackboy’ generator to showcase the unprecedented customization available in the game. The microsite lets you create and control your very own 3d version of the games stuffed hero, Sackboy from over 1,000,000 possible variations. Then, once you’re done, you can then share it via a number of options, including your own embeddable Sackboy widget.