Tiny Art Director

Posted: May 19th, 2009 | Author: Foamcow | Filed under: General | | No Comments »

I just rediscovered one of my favourite sites.

http://tinyartdirector.blogspot.com/

Love it.

Japanese Binocular Football

Posted: May 15th, 2009 | Author: Foamcow | Filed under: General | Tags: wolrdofsport comedy football japan tv funny | No Comments »

Even putting the awesome costumes aside, this is brilliant. If only The Premiership was this entertaining….

The “Power” of online advertising – does it have any?

Posted: May 15th, 2009 | Author: Foamcow | Filed under: Web Design | | 2 Comments »

I sure I’m not alone in getting annoyed by online advertising. I can tolerate the unobtrusive ads such as Adwords, perhaps even a discrete banner ad but increasingly I’m seeing pages plastered with irritating, animated flash ads.

The worst culprits have pages who’s content is all but obliterated by a plethora of fading, folding and otherwise flapping animations all vying to grab my attention so I grab their product. I never have, nor do I think I ever will.

Yes, I could take steps to block these annoyances, but since I work in marketing I can understand the reasoning behind placing ads and I have nothing against online advertising per se. Besides, why should I!

So, my question to you is this; “have you ever bought anything after seeing, and following an online animated ad?”

Please direct your friends to this post. I’d really like to get a reasonable sample size

Star Trek: “Fans Outraged New Film is Exciting, Enjoyable”

Posted: May 8th, 2009 | Author: Foamcow | Filed under: General, Social Comment | | No Comments »

I love Star Trek, but this is so on the money I had to laugh.

Trekkies Bash New Star Trek Film As ‘Fun, Watchable’

Creative Family Goes Live

Posted: May 6th, 2009 | Author: Foamcow | Filed under: Site launches, Web Design | | No Comments »

A site I’ve been working on for a friend which has been dragging on for about 2 years now has finally gone live!

The site is aimed at the creative community and features a job board, a supplier finder, a course finder for prospective students and an online shop selling those gadgets, gizmos and tat that all designers love.

Go take a look over at Creative Family