Is 2011 The Year Of TV And The Internet?

When the mobile phone met the Internet it changed it forever, this year it seems as if our TV's are going to get a similar treatment. All of the major players are beginning to deliver services for the TV: YouTube, Vimeo, Apple, and Google; and when these companies get involved, you know there's something major on the horizon.

Andy Kinsella has written a short and useful post on his blog discussing the new and upcoming TV / internet offerings. Here are some of the links from his post:

YouTube Leanback – http://www.youtube.com/leanback
Vimeo Couchmode – http://vimeo.com/couchmode
YouView – http://www.youview.com/
Boxee – http://www.boxee.tv/
Apple TV – http://www.apple.com/appletv/
Google TV – http://www.google.com/tv

This is obviously a very exciting opportunity for brands, and it certainly throws into question the validity and relevance of the 30 second TV spot. Very exciting times for those in advertising.    

Friday Videos

It's Friday, and we all know what that means... it means videos! So I have compiled a small collection of videos that made me stare when I should have been working (shhh).

The first is a beautiful video by everynone called "Words":

The second video is an interesting little piece called "Bad Things That Could Happen" made by London collective This Is It. Lots of cardboard goodness:

The last video is an amazing video by BERG and advertising agency Dentsu London that explores the idea of taking mobile app technology and applying it to different surfaces. A brilliant and insightful vision of the not so distant future.

Up There

UP THERE from Jon on Vimeo. A very nice, surprisingly calming and interesting piece of film created by Mother NY for Stella Artois. There's this website to.

Lovely.

Friday Goodness #2 (I was meant to post this Friday but the internet died)

Welcome to the second installment of "Friday Goodness" (that's copyrighted by the way). Continuing on the now established theme of copyright I'll begin the show and tell with a book I just finished reading.

Free Culture by Lawerence Lessig is a book about copyright law and the internet. If this hadn't been recommended to me by a friend I probably wouldn't have bothered reading it, but I'm glad I did. Some of the law terminology threw me but the argument for loosening the restrictions of our copyright laws to promote a free culture is brilliantly presented and written.  

Magculture.com. Being obsessed with magazines how could I not love this. A blog about all things great in the world of editorial design. It's written by Jeremy (surname unknown), who writes a column for Creative Review and a judge at this years D&AD's. It's very nice.

The Creative Review Annual is out this week. Every year the "A" is treated differently. This year is particularly cool. The "A" was grown in an immunology lab, using pollen cells. Here's more information on how they did it. Oh and the inside looks good too.


Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition (Directors Cut HD) from Daniel Eskils on Vimeo. Great song and great video. It was directed by Partizan director Daniel Eskills who has some other great work on his reel.

And finally an image I liked: