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

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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.

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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
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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/