Fashionista - does my bum look big in this

New web cam type application lets you see what you look like in different clothes and post it to your mates for a does my bum look big in this type moment.

Fashionista is a new social shopping tool combining the benefits of the fitting room with the convenience of online shopping and the power of the social web. With Fashionista shoppers virtually model clothing via webcam, instantly switch into recommended pieces and immediately share favorite looks via Facebook. Try Fashionista on for style.

Fantastic and cheeky

VW ambient ads - very nice.

A year of blogging

Been writing this for a year now in that time

have posted 196 entries in a year
1700 unique visitors that is just under 5 a day ;-)
who spend about 1.50 secs on the site
from over 10 countries

Don't think we are going to make any power 100 lists but at least I can find useful stuff when I need to.

Decode - looks worth a visit

The is an interesting show at the V&A called Decode

V&A Decode generative identity from postspectacular on Vimeo.

The website (done by the boys at Saint) describes it as follows:

"Digital technology is providing new tools for artists and designers. Innovative, often interactive, displays use generative software, animation and other responsive technologies to install a 'live' element into contemporary artworks. Some works exist in a state of perpetual evolution; others are altered by the behaviour of the spectator.

From designs that draw on the barest fundamentals of code – the zeros and ones of the binary system – written by a single programmer, to art that encompasses a global collective of online creativity, many of the exhibits here defy traditional design categories. They blur the boundaries between practices, between programming and performance, creator and participant"

Here are some of the images - looks worth a visit.

Anything to do with data visualization is pretty intriguing at the moment - our Data Planner Darren loves this example of British, French, Spanish and Portuguese colonial history.

Visualizing empires decline from Pedro M Cruz on Vimeo.

Inconcievable

Unbelievable - no other words for it - must be a spoof.

Not sure but look.

24Hour Start up

What a great idea. These guys have given themselves 24 hours to start a business from scratch and launch a working website all in 24 hours.

Here is the site, and they have also set up a number of ways of watching their progress.
Video clips at Ustream

There is an interview with the founder on e-consultancy here and they have put the business up for sale on eBay



I applaud them as an experiment Whether its a viable business who knows but necessity is the mother of invention and I often think that more time does not always mean better solutions. Recently I helped out on Nabs FastForward course and the participants were only allowed 10 mins to present a complete pitch - to be honest it was more inspiring listening to a 10 minute pitch and realising what you can fit in and achieve than a 2hr one for sure. Good luck to these guys.

Orange Fuck up iPhone launch

Feeling a bit let down by Orange today. I was browsing the BBC Tech site looking for anything interesting and saw an article that Tesco are going to sell the iPhone. I open it up read it and it says Orange are reporting 30,000 sales on the first day of the iPhone going on sale.

I was pretty surprised as about 2 months ago they emailed me as a customer notifying me they would be selling the iPhone and asking if I wanted to pre-Register my interest. Here is the reply confirming I had pre-registered and that they will be in contact again nearer to the time. Well I have not had anything from them since.

So I'm a pretty pissed off Orange customer who is out of contract and if I do not hear from them I'll be giving O2 a call in the next couple of days to see if they are looking for new customers as I'm sure some will have left to go back to Orange.

Aside from totally mismanaging my expectations - why bother emailing people asking to pre-register then totally ignore them - they have obviously underestimated the response as their entire site appears to be down today. Really not making me feel they are the best operator/network.

The orange site today looks like this....