Let's get risky!

http://www.hasbro.com/risk/flash_world.cfm

Cool site. You can play some interesting mini games on it. It's nice that it creates a small world for all buttons. The animations and the way how it uses the spray paint to be the preloader are nice. The boss and wife buttons at the right bottom corner are hilarious. - Michael

Protect 7-7: A huge WTF?

Here a nice website. Very cool I love the idea beside the website. Not just need help from people but they also let me people see what happen in the real world. -Good

http://www.protect77.com/

Nickie shows us the Sonacom site

Like the experience page that can interact it the whole page a lot. Visual and sound are nice. While another page they keep it simple and clean.

http://www.sonacom.fr/sonacom.html

Nickie

Only the Japanese could think of a Quarter Pounder store.

http://www.quarter-pounder.net

Take a bite.

Nokia gives Bruce Lee a call.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqGQ72bre30

Sent to me by my good friend, Don. This commercial was uploaded to Youtube just over 6 days ago. It has almost half a million views already. This is a great example of agencies using the internet to distribute commercials. The great thing about Youtube is that you can see how many people viewed your ad. It's something that's hard to do with TV or broadcast media buys. -Jon

There is a newer one that I likes even more. -Nick

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j78HYNW_Qa0

Newsflash: Burt Reynolds isn't dead.

Agency: McCann/TAG

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/splash/y/yitm/

He says you can be in the movies just like him thanks to Xbox 360. Burt, hate to break it to you, but Smokey and the Bandit was a very long time ago. Anyway, this site has a very simple, yet cool, interface and has a very intuitive nav. Best of all you can explore the space and find some easter eggs. If you guys don't know, easter eggs are those hidden surprises inside your site. They can simply make a noice when rolle-over, or they may take you to a new page. Have a look around. You're all movie stars in me and Joe's eyes. Ta ta. -Jon

Walgreen's Makes It Big In Times Square

http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1370868150/bctid2957150001

Dare you to count the pixels. This is really what "beyond banners" means. Your digital message can take on any form, from something as simple as a text link to a ginormous ad in Times Square. Will we even stop there? How about billboards in the sky streamed from satellites? It will happen during your generation. Stay tuned...-Jon

Sephora says put your holiday face on.

By way of EVB in San Francisco, it's Sephora's Mistletoe Makeover. Get under it, yo. -Jon

P.S. Love the ability to interact with the ornaments up front.

http://www.mistletoemakeover.com/

Toshiba makes their products look even more like crap by creating a really cool site.

http://www.toshiba.eu/whatnext/

An experimental website that uses gesture navigation. Unfortunately Toshiba's innovations and products are not as interesting as the navigation. -Nick

Lokesh Dhakar: The Lightbox Guru

http://www.lokeshdhakar.com/

Pete Brings Us a Bit of Brazil.

http://www.farmrio.com.br/

This is one of smooth website even I never listen the mexican song but after I visit this website I love it. With the nice color and easy pattern look like fit in with this product a lot make me feel really really smooth

PETE

Heinz Wants You To Seduce A Plant

Someone needs to sweet talk this site to make it more interesting. I really want to like it. It an unexpected idea (By the way you could have done this for Long's). This experience is way way too slow for my taste. You see, I have the attention span of a fly. I simply moved on after a few minutes. Not the impression you want. What do you guys think? -Jon

http://www.talktotheplant.com/

Take a Ride with JEEP

Cool car site.

http://www.jeep.com/en/

Take a tour. "The unmatched and unexpected comfort of Jeep."

-nick

AT&T Is All Thumbs

Agency: Atmosphere BBDO

The URL naming really had me excited, but then the site loaded and sense of disappointment came over me. The name of the site is a better idea than the actual site. Never a good thing. What I do like about this site is the user interface. How you enter your information and interact with the "sphere" graphic. I also like the interface where your enter your definition. This is a good example for you guys in that respect. Let me know what you think of this site. Your thumb is for more than just sucking. -Jon

http://www.speakinthumbs.com/

Test Drive A One Show Pencil

Agency: Boone Oakley

Because your work for Long's is going to kick One Show ass, right? Take a look at this site. I got all the way up to the point where they asked me for money. I'm not going to buy an award, even if it's only temporary and I get my money back. Not to gloat, but I've won my fair share of ad metal in my day, but I'm still fed up with this self-congratulatory part of our business (And that does not excuse you from entering! I'll be posting a list of upcoming award shows). So, go ahead and give the One Show your credit card number and please let me know how your experience was. Because I honestly do not think the experience would be worth it. -Jon

http://www.oneshowtestdrive.org/home/#test-drive

Famous' Dynamic Non-Flash Site

Guys, this is something you are all capable of putting together. Very simple HTML and Java scripting. Notice the simplicity. -Jon

http://famous.be

Unload with Nokia

Client: Nokia
Agency: FarFar

This is an interesting experience. Something I've never seen before. There are a few things I would have done differently but it's fun overall. Namely the queue takes too long after you've uploaded a file. Background music is spot on. Start unloading. -Jon

http://www.the-unloader.com/

Work From T3 Shown By Glen Sheehan 11/11

1. Dell Believe

--T3 Case Study

2. Marriott: Reveal Renaissance

Flight Patterns

http://www.aaronkoblin.com/work/faa/

Tokyo Plastics Site

This one of my favorite website. I really like the animation that look really clean, simple and working really well with music. Hope you guys will have fun with it too.
-nickie

http://www.tokyoplastic.com/

Grabarz & Partner in Hamburg, Germany

This little import comes from an ad agency in Hamburg that my friend just interviewed at. Notice the familiar interface. -Jon

http://grabarzundpartner.com

Sprint NOW Widget

Just saw a great idea for Sprint widgets. Watch yourself live too.. Pretty cool

http://now.sprint.com/widget/?id9=SEM_Google_A_Sprint_Widget

-Dhruvi

LIVE From Obama's Party At Grant Park In Chicago Is Now A Newsroom Cam

Over 1 Million people are expected to fill the park to celebrate Barrack Obama's historic win tonight.

Virtual world celebrates Obama's win

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081105/ap_on_en_ot/election_online_communities

Stars, gizmos align for Election Night

Never before has the political landscape leveraged digital as it has in 2008. Online is now, more than ever, the most vital tool for reaching voters. Please read the below article and let's sit back and enjoy this extroidinarily historical night, together. As only digital folks know how. -Jon & Joseph

READ ARTICLE

Google Electoral Map

LIVE: NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams

Check out the electoral map that's on the ice rink at Rockefeller Center.

CBS NEWS ELECTION WIDGET

Josh with up-to-the-minute election results from his bedroom.

Everyone can be Walter Cronkite with today's technology.

Current TV, ya Digg?

http://current.com/topics/32967338_election_2008

Obama Sign Cam

Portland teen hopes webcam can nab Obama sign thief
Live Streaming by Ustream.TV
PORTLAND, Ore. -- A Northeast Portland teenager is firing up the Internet with his global effort to try to catch the thief who stole Obama campaign signs from his front lawn.

Preston Fosback, 16, was angry that two of his signs mysteriously left his lawn but he had no idea his mission would get international attention.

READ FULL STORY

Fresh Squeezed Election Analysis From Tropicana

http://www.anorangeamerica.com/

Classic Presidential Campaign TV Spots

At a time when streaming video was just as unheard of as landing on the moon.

Even aliens are rocking the vote

http://www.wejustlivehere.com/

A site that polls non-US-citizens. Pretty basic, but interesting.

-Nick

If the World could vote

Judging from the results, it would be a much, much better World.

http://www.iftheworldcouldvote.com/results

Stewart & Colbert's Indecision 2008

http://www.indecision2008.com

Assignment Five 11/4: Portfolio Site

Hi Class,

A portfolio site is crucial for any advertising professional. Just think. No more paper cuts. No more all-night book-making marathons. No more money going to ink instead of to your stomach. Amaze creative directors with your Web savvy and throw a simple link to your work around like it's nothing. Of course you should always be choosy who you send it to;-)

Your fifth and final mission for Beyond Banners is to create a portfolio site. The minimum site should be in HTML but if you feel confident you can do it in Flash. Keep in mind that you can simply put Flash components into your HTML site. Creating your site entirely in Flash has it's drawbacks. We'll discuss more in class.

For the final class, all of your work created in this class should be featured on your site. And most importantly, LIVE.

Here are some portfolio site examples for reference:

Brandon Levin was a classmate of mine. He created this site before he left school and landed a job at RPA in Santa Monica and is now an Art Director on the show South Park. This is his brain.
http://www.brandonsbrain.com/

Jason Zada is the founder/ECD of EVB here in SF. His site is a mix of HTML, CSS, Flash, and a bit of JS i believe.
http://www.jasonzada.com/index.html

Alicia Kawamura is an MFA in Advertising major where? In the school you go to. She hasn't even graduated and is kicking ass in online. Plus she has a site any professional would be jealous of.
http://www.aliciasbook.com

Peter Crosby is an writer/ACD with whom i worked at Ogilvy. His site is actually a blog. All HTML.
http://www.crosbyreport.com/blog/thecroz

Ryan Cochrane was my partner beginning at AKQA and then at Ogilvy. He refers to it as an arranged marriage. Then one day he switched to writing copy and we had to get a divorce. Ryan is now at Freestyle Interactive. All HTML.
http://www.ryancochrane.com/

Michelle Hirschberg is a writer at Goodby, Silverstein. I worked with her at AKQA. She's the brain behind Doritos' Hotel 626. All HTML site.
http://www.thinkmichellethink.com

We'll find more examples in class.

Where's George?

I stumbled into Taqueria Cancun on Sunday to satisfy my belly with a burrito and ended up going home with George. For those of you who were at the 1000 Journals event at school last Tuesday, you might recall that wheresgeorge.com is one of Brian Singer's favorite viral/online projects. It's one of mine as well. Take a look at the tracking report for the George in my life. A dollar for your thoughts.-Jon
View Tracking Report

Get a room at the Bad Credit Hotel. Or not.

Is it a bit too close to Hotel 626 for Doritos? I think it's actually really lame.-Jon
http://www.controlyourcredit.gov

People in the middle for Obama.

Here's a very simple yet engaging site from Chiat in LA. Notice the vertical video menu. Very clean and experiential. Are you in the middle?

http://www.peopleinthemiddleforobama.org/