Google we love your Cloud.

We have been busy, busy, busy, putting together a new portfolio. Our New Year's Resolution has been to be more organised. In a moment of pure luck, we clicked on every single Google application and found Calender and Docs. They are AMAZING! Calender, does what it says on the tin, and it's become a firm favourite because you can ask it to send you a text message reminding you of an appointment etc for free. Docs has been, dare we say it, 'revolutionary' because you can save a Microsoft Office style document to the web, and work on it at the same time, from different computers. We don't thank God for many things, but we do thank it/he/she/they, that we were born in the 80s and not the 1800s. Although it's felt like the world's falling down around us of late, at least we have Google Apps a.k.a. Cloud Computing. Long live the Cloud! :-D.


Google giving a detailed explanation of 'Cloud Computing'.

Boo! Hiss! It's January.

We had hoped Prince Charmings would appear and whisk us off to romantic, sun-drenched paradises, but the only thing that's been drenched recently, is us.

If you're feeling a bit fed up, try online karaoke. Marie's been singing her heart out, in public, much to the surprise (and delight) of passersbys.

We found this great little site the other day and thought it deserved a post.

Cooking By Numbers comes up with a handy recipe for whatever items you've got left in your fridge or cupboard.

You even have the option to click 'I feel lucky'- go on- click it and see what happens... ;-)

Unfortunately the flu has put Marie out of action. Fear not, she is firmly tucked up in bed and getting lots of rest. To anyone else whose caught a cold this winter, "GET WELL SOON!"

The Walking Map

Courtesy of those clever folk doing the MA Applied Imagination at Central St Martins College. ;-)

Ha ha ha!

Their Facebook application is hilarious!!!

For cat lovers only.

This made us laugh so much, we had to post it. It features such a lovely animation by Simon Tofield. Soph's cat Pebbles, departed to kitty heaven last week, so seeing this cheered her up. Long live cats!

What a pile o'...

beautious delight: http://www.thoughtpile.org/

One of those sites that is simple and great in equal measure.

Brill for when you've been staring at your screen for more than two hours, emptiness and boredom filling every brain cell. The prospect of a sugary, fat filled lunch filling you with hope.

Thought pile. Thoughtful and fun.

Refresh take us on...

Looks like lady luck has decided to be on our side this week. Thankfully for us (and our bank managers), we found some freelance work from a funky agency in Ireland . Phew- Soph doesn't have to go back to Kings X. Or I to Tescos for nightshifts, for that matter ;-p

We're gonna be working on a brief for them later on this week. Fingers, toes, legs and arms crossed they like our work! Bring it on baby!

Little Big Planet

We've been playing this at Duke and can't get enough.

There's nothing more enjoyable than a bit of mashup.

Me and Soph love our food as much as we love our sleep-ins. Our day usually starts with a cheese and egg crepe, followed a few hours later, with a bit of Thai/Japanese/??????ese.

Thing is- food around Soho is a bit hit and miss. There's nothing more disappointing than a mediocre wrap or soup- or Sophie's put downs for that matter... ;-)

Wish we had eatbite in the UK- it's a new site that lets users browse through photos of individual dishes at local restaurants to find out what's on offer and how much they cost.

Check out Springwise for a thorough lowdown.

Mac VS PC

Marie, as the copywriter still survives on an old PC. Where as me, being the Mac Monkey, a.k.a. art director, likes to use a trusty Macbook Pro.

Which laptop would win in a show down? Need I ask...

"Once you go Mac, you never go back!" as quoted by moi ;-).

It's off to work we go

Well it's our fourth day at Duke and it's all going well. We're working with a great bunch of people and learning new stuff every day. Unfortunately we can't tell you what we are working on, as it's top secret! But as soon as we are able to reveal all, you will be the first to know.

3,2,1, Action!

Madness. This week was utter madness. We had to up the tempo and mac up 5 campaigns in one week! Talk about working under pressure... This afternoon we presented our ideas to Duke Interactive. Luckily the guys there were really cool and liked our ideas. Phew!!! We're floating on cloud 9 now- wooo hoooo! Next week we'll be evolving our concepts for Sheba, with the help of the guys and gals over at Duke.

We really hope a client climbs on board and makes this baby come to life! We need a lucky break and hopefully this is it.

Virals, Youtube, websites. Obama nailed them.

If anyone doubts the potential of digital, they should head to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7412045.stm.

'Digital' will now (fingers crossed) get the respect and recognition it deserves. Digital will hopefully be able to shake off it's geeky image, attract big brands with big budgets & balls, and free creatives from the constraints placed on them by conservative thinkers. With digital, the sky really is the limit. We hope that we will be part of the exponential growth that is yet to come!