Month: November 2010

Internet Skill #253: How to play a drain pipe

Gwan son. Why the hell not.

Songs are…
– Office Theme Song (0:18)
– Linus and Lucy (0:38)
– Turkish March (1:13)
– Mario Brothers Theme (1:27)
– In the Hall of the Mountain King (1:54)
– Bad Romance (2:07)
– Viva La Vida (2:50)
– Like a Virgin (3:03)
– Crazy Train (3:23)
– Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (4:01)
– James Bond Theme (4:15)
– Pirates of the Caribbean Theme (4:35)
– The Final Countdown (featuring my friend, Quin) (4:56)

via

Waitrose using QR Codes on TV

Spotted this at the weekend. Waitrose are using a QR code on their Xmas TV ad.

It’s a nice idea, but I had to stop the Sky box, rewind the TV, press pause, get my iPhone out, open a QR code reader, then take a photo. (It didn’t work btw).

Who on earth is going to do that normally?

The ad doesn’t bother to explain what the box-barcode-thing is either.

Interesting to add a mobile CTA but needs work.

EDIT:

David Boddington (Technical Director of Mobile Marketing agency Movement) has written a much more detailed post covering LOTS of issues it raises. It’s worth a read.

http://blog.the-bods.co.uk/2010/11/waitrose-includes-qr-code-in-tv-ad.html

The Trip. GENTLEMEN, TO BED!

Here’s a clip from the improvised BBC2 sitcom The Trip.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/emp/external/player.swf

Directed by Michael Winterbottom, Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon play “loose versions of themselves” as they travel around the Peak District, Lake District, Scotland, Lancashire, and the Yorkshire Dales writing food reviews for a national newspaper. Read more about it here.

Love it.