June, 2010 Archive

Archivist – Save & Archive Tweets from Twitter

Last year I wrote about the Mix Online Archivist. A desktop app, it was one of the only quick solutions to download and archive tweets or hashtag info from Twitter.

Well yesterday the guys released a turbo version on the web.

The Archivist will let you save tweets on the go and provide some fab analysis in a quick and easy to read format.

Archivist Along with your profile you can save 3 archives right now and say whether they’re private or public.

Drill Down

Drilling in it’ll show tweets over time, top users, tweets v retweets, top associate words with the tweets, top urls thta have been clicks on and the sources of the tweets.

Counter

Drill in again and you can see great visualizations of who’s been most prolific or influential with those words.

Everything is downloadable to excel for easy data manipulation too!

Check it out here: The Archivist

Cannes Lions 2010 Wrap Up Video

Cannes Lions 2010 Videos & Photos

Having a blast down here in the south of France at Cannes Lions 2010.

The video was a bit of fun but the guys at Cherry did a fab job in editing my journey to the event!

We got exclusive backstage access to the TED @ Cannes conference. Interviewing the speakers was prtty cool, as were all their talks.

See other posts and interviews with Microsoft and digital agency execs here:

Video Interview: Mich Mathews on Underdogs & Overdogs at Cannes Lions 2010

Video Interview with Darren Huston CVP at Microsoft at Cannes Lions 2010

Video Interview with Quentin George CDO at IPG Media Brands – Cannes Lions 2010

Video: Interview with Richard Dunmall – VP Microsoft Advertising Asia at Cannes Lions

Been very busy, but check out our Cannes Lions Photos too!

Off to Cannes

Cannes

Setting off for Cannes via a weekend in Nice with my aunt and uncle which is handy.

It’s been a long week, hammering down the filming schedule which I hope will be as engaging as last year – check out the below interview with Biz Stone from Twitter.

To see what we’re up to, check out our dedicated Cannes Lions site, follow us on Twitter and fan us on our Facebook page.

Monday will be very cool as we’re hosting the TED @ Cannes conference. Looking forward to meeting those guys!

That’s it for now, gotta get to T5…

Rob Green, Beckham’s Face, Obama, Twitter & the World Cup

So what was trending on Twitter in the UK an hour or so after Rob Green’s howler last night in the England football game with the USA?

trending No “Rob Green”…………..although I’m sure he’d made an appearance shortly after miss.

Checking out the Tweets related to David’s expression, there were a couple of photos circulating showing him disconsolate.

One just with David:Beckham And the other showing Barack Obama unable to contain his delight:

Obama Whether the Obama pic is a fake or not, I don’t know.

But it does go to show that visuals/photos can spread like wildfire on Twitter if they’ve scored a critical hit.

Stargate Universe Photosynth using Silverlight

StargateImpressive Photosynth implementation using Silverlight to bring fans of the hit TV show Stargate Universe deep inside the set of the show.

Pilot's Chair What’s clever here is as you navigate between each area of the set, a 5 second video is played to promote the DVDs they’re selling.

A short, sweet, unobtrusive tactic but nevertheless, very effective way of generating desire.

imageCheck out this on-set interview with Lawrence Moroney on how Photosynth works and what it takes to create an experience like this.

Bing UK & the 3 Lions – Come on England!

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Bing UK’s homepage today – inspired as it is sophisticated.

The below photo that Ashley took on safari in South Africa last year, will be me from about 7.30pm tonight.

Ashley I may now have American family, but when it comes to sport……

Microsoft Advertising & adCenter Blog Posts – 11/06/10

Cannes Lions 2010 – Photos, Videos & Social Media #CannesLions

Less than 2 weeks to go now till I head down to the south of France for the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival.

The organisers have done a great job with the agenda, attracting the likes of Mark Zuckerberg from Facebook, Ridley Scott, Ben Stiller and a host of advertising gods like Sir Martin Sorrell and Rory Sutherland.

Microsoft Advertising will be there in force – we sponsor the event – and I’ll be running around with my esteemed colleagues – Colm Bracken and Kelley Myers – filming, blogging, photographing, tweeting and, hopefully, getting the chance to imbibe some quality rose wine.

 

This video, from our Microsoft Advertising YouTube Channel, sets the scene nicely, with an interview with Cannes Lions CEO Phil Thomas and a look back to last year when we managed to get an insightful chat with Biz Stone from Twitter and many, many others.

Keep an eye on the Microsoft Advertising Blog, our Flickr feed and our dedicated Cannes Lions 2010 site which will be fed with all the news and views from the festival.

Follow us on Twitter too!

Steve Ballmer receiving Media Person of the Year 2009

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