Every so often the Shiny Red team gets together over lunch to talk about stuff we like and don’t like while chomping merrily on posh, but overpriced crisps.
So here’s what we have been arguing the toss about this week
Seesmic’s new desktop tool ““There are fans at Shiny Red who love the new Seesmic tool as it brings together Facebook status, Twitter, Seesmic and images in a very clever Tweetdeck style desktop tool. Funny how two years ago all the pundits were championing web based apps at the expense of desktop ones- but now desktop ones are everywhere ““ Tweetdeck, Spotify etc
Microsoft’s Vine ““ We are keen to check out the beta version of Microsoft’s Vine, which we’ll call a Twitter for emergencies. Basically it allows you to notify your friends if something bad eg flood, tidal wave, T-Mobile Flashmob, is about to happen in their area.
Hudson Jeans Twitter feed ““ a good example of a small-ish company working proactively using Twitter. Made our resident Hudson fan very happy.
Ilike.org.uk ““ Fantastic example of a vibrant niche blog (it has loads on interesting 20th century architecture ““ bus shelters anyone?) which has a lively community.
Zaproot.com ““ Still the best online news video show. Amazing editing, superb use of images and a hugely talented presenter.
Spoonfed’s iPhone app ““ We have been banging on about how location based services will start to get seriously sexy for a long time now. Spoonfed ““ a what’s on for London ““ has now got a really cool iPhone app called Spoonfed Radar which shows you where exciting stuff is happening. You have to see it in action to get it. It is a bit basic at the mo ““ but has huge potential.
Twitter.com/justforgirls - Interesting example of a Twitter news feed ““ this time picking up on cool stuff online for girls, which isn’t linked to a website. We all wondered out loud why she was doing it and if she wanted to make money out if, but cool content whatever.
New York billboard art ““ Apparently some old NY billboards have been whitewashed which has give a green light to the city’s art collectives to come up with really cool things ““ see here . Wouldn’t it be great if we could do the same thing in London?
ASOS Community ““ Interesting attempt by a brand to develop its own community. Our resident ASOS addict thinks that it is doing well so far, but we wonder if a lot of that UGC is actually generated by ASOS staff. Only time will tell if it works, but a bold and ambitious move
Thru-you ““ The best music mash up we have seen on YouTube in a while. Genius
