Monday morning
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Morning all, and morning from someone else too 
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Friday Poll!
I’m loving these Mac Tablets I’ve just seen on Cult of Mac - gorgeous eh!?
So, who would buy one, and what would you pay?
I’ve never used a tablet PC to be honest, but this kind of thing would tempt me. Perfect for using when traveling or sitting at home on the sofa. We can but hope!
The images are from vladimiroane.com and macapper.com - forget to add these in the first place - thanks for the email Leigh!
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Latest desk shot
Morning all,
Busy day ahead, hope you’re all looking forward to the weekend. I’ve just been playing with iMovie 08 and yes, I still hate it. The most awful UI - thank goodness I still have iMovie 06!
Are their any Final Cut Express experts reading? I really want to start using it, but am a little intimidated! Any good sites for tips etc?
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Vimeo Test
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I’m hoping to use Vimeo more in the future - they support HD!! Finger crossed this works!
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Stylish DAB Radio entices
Vita Audio know what they are doing in terms of their marketing. Cracking product, a very nice, intuitive website and an amazing list of reviews and testimonials.
This is their new product which is coming soon - they’ve set up a nice page enticing people to sign up to know when it’s available, and when it’s ready for pre-order. It has certainly caught my eye!
I’m a bit of a fan of radio, Radio 4 every day for me, either on a Tivoli Pal or the Pre Evoke. The latter is DAB, the former, normal analogue but produces a lovely sound. What do you guys and gals listen to your radio on? Any internet radio fans?
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A smile to get you back to work
For all the fanboys and girls!
Monday fun!
Brilliant! For those of you who are planning your wedding this year!
Superbrands this Year
I’m a bit behind here, but I thought you might be interested in the top brands this year from the SuperBrands survey.
There site explains that they consult not only “brand experts” but also consumers, giving the results in a number of different categories - business, overall and cool brands.
It comes as no surprise that a certainly G company is kicking everyone else’s posterior in the Business section, as seen below….. (this is 2008 only)
Overall, the results look slightly different - this is taking all categories into account and is 2007/2008:
Moving onto cool brands, we get this result for 2007/2008:
Interesting to see that none of the Official Top 20 Brands make it into the Cool Brands Top 20 - bar Apple / iPod, and Google / YouTube. This is the sign of the ultimate brand - cool and hugely well know and respected.
So, looking at the Cool Brands, how many can you tick off?! Lets see, how many do I use / own / associate with…… 11 for me! The ones I aspire to? Ferrari, Lamborghini and Aston Martin in that order. A friend owns a Ducati, and yes, the 1098s is very, very cool (certainly more so than a Japanese superbike which are very common and have little emotional connection), I like Rolex but don’t own one, and you have to be very careful which one you buy to retain the coolness (which could soon plummet to total naffness if you get anything with diamonds and gold on -stick to stainless steel vintage and you will be fine!).
I love branding - it can say so much in an instant. It can effect people’s choice through a simple logo or word, and a brand’s reputation can soon be lost, just look at the fight Burberry has had to recover its status since the “chav” took it as their visible brand of choice. There is no excuse for any business not to have a brand which conveys what their business is all about, is recognised easily and has continuity throughout the entire business. Consumers love good brands and your consumers / customers / clients are no different.
For those of you (like I was) wondering, what the heck were the selection criteria, here they are, firstly for the Cool Brands:
And for the official brand list:
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sliderocket - very impressive
For those of you who use Powerpoint (groan) or Keynote, there is always one small downside, emailing those large presentations to people can be a drag, and nigh on impossible at times due to the size of the files.
sliderocket is a new web-based presentation app which is not only looking promising but also delivering. Mr Scoble has recently blogged about them here and gave them an A+.
Click the pic above and have a look at their site - great colours for the brand, orange and the compulsory dark grey! It is worth taking the time to check their product tour out to see some of the features:
- Sharing
- Enbedding in sites
- Keynote style 3D effects
- Simple UI
- WebEx type conferencing
At the moment it’s in beta form, so get your name down now. I’m really looking forward to trying this…. I’ve not really tried any online presentation app yet, even Google Presentation hasn’t grabbed me. For now I’m using Keynote offline, but I could be seriously tempted by sliderocket.
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Posting to my photoblog again
For those of you into photography, I’ve started posting to my photoblog again, so please do check it out! If you would like to post up where you show off your photography skills, then go for it!
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