Sweet – like chocolate
Spooky – Twitter meets speed dating
Nerdy – pay-per-click and YouTube
More nerdy – AddThis adds Google Analytics integration
Sublime – Maneater from Hall & Oates
(Potentially) ridiculous – BenDunne.com is up at last
And last night I danced like mad to Spring Break at the Windows 7 launch. Oh the fun!
Yes, Rick talking to a large whoopee cushion.
I’ve spent some time this week developing HTML templates for an iPhone version of a web application we’re working on at X Communications.
It’s been a really pleasant experience thus far. Having only one (reliable) browser to test in and being able to take advantage of some lovely CSS3 properties has been just fabulous.
Better yet there’s loads of documentation out there, mostly supplied by the good folk at Apple.
Below is a list of some of stuff you might find useful for similar projects:
Happy coding!
I listen to Newstalk most days while at work. Over the past 3 weeks or more I’ve heard the advertisement for Ben Dunne’s latest venture ‘BenDunne.com‘ at least 5 times a day.
The ad itself is yet another classic from the Ben Dunne school of advertising – the man himself telling us about his latest product/service over some background music. Simple, slightly comedic (the Tom Dunne show on Newstalk goes so far as to make parodies of them for use as advertising of their own show) and repeated A LOT.
This latest campaign for his latest venture – BenDunne.com – has had me a bit baffled from the start. First off, the website seems to be proposing to offer a service similar to DoneDeal.ie or BuyAndSell.ie. No mean feat going up against established websites like that but then add on the specialist online outlets such as Daft.ie, Adverts.ie and Carzone.ie and you’ve got quite the challenge on your hands.
I had a look at BenDunne.com. As pointed out on the radio ad, the website is due to launch on Monday 19th so I wasn’t expecting more than a simple landing page with the launch date and maybe a newsletter sign-up form. Wrong – I found a JPEG of the proposed homepage. For the not-so-web-savvy I can imagine it must have been a little confusing to say the least if you tried clicking on links and buttons with nothing happening.
Fail #1: Putting up a flat graphic of your proposed homepage is a ridiculous idea – visitors will think your website simply doesn’t work and are less likely to return or recommend it.
Last week the radio ad altered slightly as we approached launch date. So has the website. It is now a blank blue page (as above).
Fail #2: A blank page is the only thing worse than a flat graphic of your website design as your homepage, particularly when you’re advertising the website heavily on national radio.
So it’s one day past launch date and all that BenDunne.com has to offer is a serene shade of blue capturing some Google Analytics stats.
“If Dunne can’t do it, it can’t be done”
THE classic quote from Mr. Ben Dunne himself. I’m looking forward to seeing what kind of website/product/service gets launched if ever it happens. Will it prove his immortal words right or will he be eating them?
Haven’t quite recovered enough energy or compiled the thoughts properly on last night’s Irish Web Awards but suffice to say it was a cracking night, had fantastic fun and met a whole bunch of new rockin’ people.
Major kudos to Damien and all the IWA gang for a great night, congrats to all the winners.
Hard to believe it’s almost a year since I took my precious styrofoam W home from the first Irish Web Awards. It has even survived moving house with me.
Last October I headed along to the Irish Web Awards despite being stood up at the last minute. It was my first “internet event”. I was but a fledgling Twitter user and barely cutting my teeth at blogging (not much of a change there!). Despite that, I was surprised by how many faces and names I recognised. First and foremost, it was great to see so much wonderful local web design and development talent on show getting recognised. It was also a great opportunity to meet with other people in various aspects of the web industry from designers to bloggers to project managers to programmers and many others. In short, I had a brilliant time and here’s hoping for more of the same tomorrow night.
Still undecided?
Here’s what Alan thought, what Phil thought and captured, Alexia has words and videos, see how SpunOut made their mark, the master of ceremonies with some unique captures while Sabrina quite enjoyed it too. There’s plenty photos on Pix.ie and Flickr too.
Tickets
Grab one here & remember to bring along your printed ticket on the night.
Running order, untuxedos and cake – the important stuff all listed.
See you there 