January. A time for everyone to either re-cap the previous year or think about the one that’s just started… And with that comes a host of new trends, predictions and highlights of what the year ahead might just look like… This time it’s Soap looking at the top 10 digital trends and predictions for digital [...]
Continue reading...21. November 2012
Digital Strategy is a pretty hot topic right now as traditional planners the world over attempt to dive in whilst digital producers, tech producers, grads, account directors and user experience gurus are all starting to play in the same sandpit, looking for the same tools… But what tools right? There are a million of them, [...]
Continue reading...19. November 2012
You experience them every day, but you just probably haven’t thought to categorise them like this, well, our friends at Soap have and here they are for your enjoyment! Introducing the 36 Faces of Facebook Fans, and in-depth study into the 1 Billion Facebook Fans and their social actions which have lead them to be [...]
Continue reading...10. July 2012
Here it is. The 100+ Best Slides From Cannes Lions 2012. Now if you’ve been to the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, you’ll know the vast array of amazing content on offer, but perhaps the only challenge you’ll have all week, is choosing what sessions to attend. So, as he always does, my good [...]
Continue reading...10. July 2012
LEGO and Star Wars fans will love this. I saw this on an award board at Cannes this year and thought it was a genius idea, and the LEGO ‘Builders of Sound’ installation that celebrates the first 3D episode of Star Wars literally is. Comprised of a huge barrel organ containing over 20,000 individual LEGO [...]
Continue reading...10. June 2012
I’m a huge fan of vending machine installations, the last one we posted a week or so back “Rugbeer” was one of my favourites, and this new one from Tourism British Columbia is creating some huge buzz for very different reasons… Perhaps the ultimate vending machine, Tourism British Columbia placed a giant, 14-foot tall, 10-foot [...]
Continue reading...28. December 2011
Hands up if you got to check out Vail Resort’s RFID based EpicMix social skiing/boarding platform in 2010/11? Well, it’s back for the 2011/12 season and this time it’s smarter, faster, has even more badges and integrates all the resort photographer’s photos seamlessly into the EpicMix app. EpicMix is an RFID lift ticket system that [...]
Continue reading...2. August 2011
If you’ve been wondering about how to utilise LinkedIn, then these 2011 statistics aggregated by Amodiovalerio Verde might just help! It’s no fancy looking infographic, but it does provide you with the cold hard stats you seek…
Continue reading...28. December 2010
This is YouTube Rewind 2010, the page where an entire year in video is reviewed by YouTube through an interactive timeline showcasing all the big YouTube moments of 2010. But before you jump over there to check it out, I’ve listed the Top 10 YouTube Videos of 2010 below. Starting with a seriously weird song [...]
Continue reading...13. December 2010
Well it’s here again. Most Contagious 2010 is out and you can check out the slideshare presentation here. It’s been a huge year for creative, even more so for digital, and you’ll probably notice a direct correlation between a lot of what I’ve been posting here on digital buzz, and what made the Most Contagious [...]
Continue reading...12. December 2010
For anyone interested in search, you’ve got to check out the Google Zeitgeist data showcasing the biggest things in search through 2010. This year, they’ve taken the Google Zeitgeist to a whole new level, with a great video and interactive data visualization to complement the insights search data that spans across everything from general search, to sports, [...]
Continue reading...21. November 2010
I thought we might kick the week off with a quick video on the growth of mobile into 2011, it’s nothing revolutionary, but you’ll enjoy the statistical round up explaining exactly how big mobile has grown (not that you didn’t already have a pretty good idea!). A few of the key take outs from the [...]
Continue reading...10. November 2010
This is a really nice short film from R+I Creative that documents how trends and creativity can become contagious in the real world. From music to fashion and entertainment to advertising. The film attempts to understand the essence of influence, what makes a person influential and all without taking a statistical or metric approach! Written [...]
Continue reading...31. October 2010
Universal McCann has has released their 5th Social WAVE report with almost 40,000 respondents globally. The report focus on how the growth in social media is opening avenues never seen before by brands, and show insights on how brands can look to use social to it’s maximum potential. Contagious Magazine pulled out a few of the key points, but [...]
Continue reading...14. October 2010
Here is an interesting presentation from Google Creative Labs. They collected the most recent inspirational ideas and web projects in this document (119 pages). It gathers a lot of different topics (advertising, history, politics, sport, art.. ) under one main roof; creativity. You can view fullscreen here.
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13. January 2013
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