Posts Tagged ‘twitter’

Links You Should Give a S#*t About

Friday, March 22nd, 2013

Websites as people! Shiny new kindle buttons! Gorgeous visualizations of what the internet looks like on a global scale! We’ve got something for everyone in this week’s Links You Should Give a S#*t About.

FAMOUS WEBSITES AS PEOPLE


If Famous Websites Were People — powered by Cracked.com

All of the webs favorite social sites have a personality. This is what happens when you personify those sites and put them in a big party together. #Like.

AMAZON’S SEND TO KINDLE BUTTON

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This week Amazon is rolling out a “Send to Kindle” button. Three guesses what function it serves.

MAD MEN’S AUTHENTIC RETRO ADS

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In order to get an authentic feel for the upcoming season’s advertising; Mad Men enlisted the help of a genuine industry legend. The NY Times has the story of Brian Sanders new poster campaign for AMC’s biggest darling.

THE LINK BETWEEN TWITTER AND TV

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If there was still any doubt out there, a new study from Nielsen shows an extremely strong correlation between twitter and successful TV shows.

WHAT THE INTERNET LOOKS LIKE

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This gif is the most beautiful capturing of what the internet looks like in real-time, on a global scale.

Category: Links

Links You Should Give a S#*t About

Friday, March 8th, 2013

This week was brought to you by the letter F. The internet was ablaze with f-word topics like Freelancing and Facebook and Filibustering. We’ve got all three covered in this week’s Links You Should Give a S#*t About, plus a cool new project from Google and the saddest/best fun fact we’ve read in a long time. Happy browsing!

THE STATE OF FREELANCE WRITING

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Nate Thayer is a freelance journalist who’s traveled the world and amassed 20+ years of experience. So when The Atlantic asked if they could use his story without paying for it, he was obviously a little insulted. The social media force of freelance journalists have since taken up the cause and it’s raising lots of interesting questions about what good writing on the internet is worth these days. We particularly like this gigantic discussion from The Awl.

FACEBOOK’S NEW-NEW NEWSFEED

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Yesterday Facebook unveiled their biggest update in 2 years. The new-new News-feed incorporates larger photos and videos, looks like a mash-up of Instagram and Twitter’s best qualities and will be rejoiced by brands that use the platform. You can add your name to the early-adopter wait-list here.

ART, COPY & CODE

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Not to be outdone, Google also introduced a fun new product this week. Meet Art, Copy & Code. A still-sort-of-hazily defined re-imagining of advertising. It looks cool enough we’re interested in learning more, anyway.

RAND PAUL TALKED FOR A LONG TIME (AND TWITTER LIKED IT)

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul proved that he could stand-up and talk for a long time, unleashing a 13 hour old-school filibuster in response to President Obama’s nomination for Head of the CIA. In a modern twist, Twitter fueled excitement over the whole thing so much that fellow republicans started showing up later in the day to bask in some of Paul’s limelight.

DANIEL-SAN = MIYAGI

Perhaps the most mind-altering facts from the internet comes from Yahoo Movie News, which informed the world this week that Ralph Macchio (better known as Daniel-san from the original Karate Kid films) is currently the same age that Pat Morita (aka Mr. Miyagi) was when the first film was shot in 1984. I feel old, you feel old . . . we all feel old! Hooray for Friday.

Category: Links

#NomNom

Tuesday, February 19th, 2013

As part of our ongoing Simple Power campaign, we recently put together a 15 second spot a little different from the brand norm. The above video came from our crew catching some unscripted moments on a shoot. Between takes they managed to catch the star going to town on the Cheerios on his high chair – the results of which are adorable. To push the conversation into social media, we ran the #nomnom hash tag during the middle of the spot.

Since it launched, we’ve received some great feedback on Twitter, ranging from comments about the baby to props for Cheerios’s use of the hash tag. It was a fun experiment and great to see how a small addition to our spot could really spark conversation in a channel we don’t play in too much.

Category: Creative, Digital & Interactive

Links You Should Give a S#*t About

Friday, January 25th, 2013

Happy Friday and welcome Links You Should Give a S#*t About: Freeze Wave Edition. This week we’re talking Sundance, puppies, civic hacking and more. Come in, enjoy the fun and happy browsing!

NATIONAL HACKATHON

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The Federal government is taking a page from NYC and tapping the nation’s best and brightest coders to help make your life easier. The first ever National Day of Civic Hacking is officially scheduled for June 1st.

SUNDANCE

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It’s cold in NYC this week, but it’s almost always colder in Park City Utah. Known the world-round for the not-so-little-anymore Sundance Film festival, the city has been inundated this week by film critics, film makers and celebrities of all sorts. You can actually watch 12 of the festival’s best short films right here, and Vulture has done a great roundup of all the debuts that you’ll be excited to see in theaters a few months down the line.

NETFLIX + YOUTUBE = DIAL

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What happens when two of the web’s biggest players team-up to solve a common problem? Netflix and Youtube have joined forces to tackle the second screen experience, and they’re going to give Apple Airplay a serious run for its money. Meet: Dial.

PUPPY BOWL IS HUGE

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The Puppy Bowl isn’t just adorable, it’s also highly profitable. The annual cute-fest is commanding big ad revenue this year, mostly because people can’t look away from a room full of puppies.

VIDEO COMES (BACK) TO TWITTER

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The CEO of Twitter tweeted a video link using Vine, a video service recently acquired by the micro-update site. Is it a sign that this is how videos will live on twitter moving forward? Lots of people seem to think so.  Bonus points to Dick for his use of raw red meat for the announcement.

Category: Links

New Years Resolutions

Monday, January 7th, 2013

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Happy Monday, and welcome to the first full week of 2013! To kick start your day, we thought it would be fun to talk New Years Resolutions. For the H/H team, we’re looking to ramp up or twitter game. To do this . . . there’s several things that you can do to help.

1. Are you following @hudsonhouston? If not, you totally should be!

2. Are you on Twitter, work at SaatchiNY, but we’re not following you? We’d like to remedy that. Give us a shout here and we’ll add you to our SaatchiNY Peeps list.

3. Are you interested in helping us manage the feed? We’d like to add to our team and anyone who’s interested in adding their voice to H/H can email here to start making that happen.

4. Finally – tell your friends and family! @hudsonhouston is a great way to keep up on what’s happening here, as well as what’s going on in the industry and around NYC in general.

Thanks!

Category: New York, Our People

Links You Should Give a S#*t About

Friday, August 24th, 2012

 Since we’re rapidly approaching the end of the summer, we’d like to suggest you follow this week’s Links You Should Give a S#*t About up with some sunshine and a trip to the nearest beach. Happy Browsing!

INVISIBLE BIKE HELMET

This one’s been all over the internet in the past week, but since biking plays such a prominent role in NYC we couldn’t pass up the chance to share such a stylish new accoutrement. All we can say is that the invisible helmet rules.

SPREADSHEET STOP MOTION

Most stop motion animation is impressive simply by virtue of how much time and effort goes into it. This stop motion animation is impressive because it does something cool and beautiful with Excel.

TWITTER AS CASTING DIRECTOR

In case you needed any more proof of the power of social media, Twitter is now playing an active role in Hollywood casting decisions. Fanboys of the world rejoice, the next Batman is yours for the picking.

INSTACUBE

Here’s a digital picture frame that will let you stream a flow of your Instagram photos directly from the web.

THE SUPER PAC APP

New York might not be getting the full brunt of super PAC advertising this year, but battleground states are being overwhelmed by all the noise. This app works like Shazaam, except instead of telling you who recorded a song it lets you know exactly who was behind the ad. A must have for those seeking to stay politically informed leading up to November.

MICHAEL CHABON POP-UP

Michael Chabon is one of the most celebrated authors we have in America, so his new book Telegraph Avenue is already kind of a big deal. To ramp up excitement, the publisher is launching a pretty amazing promotional campaign that includes a massive interactive e-book and this real-life record store pop up.

Category: Links

Links You Should Give a S#*t About

Friday, June 29th, 2012

It’s Friday, which means it’s time for your weekly roundup of Links You Should Give a S#*t About. We’ve got hipsters, we’ve got social media and we’ve got Louis CK. What more could a blog ask for, really? Happy browsing!

HAIL THE HIPSTERS


Love em or hate em, hipsters are helping the NYC economy.

MARKETERS AREN’T SO GREAT AT TWITTER

Most marketers aren’t doing so great with Twitter. Here’s a study explaining what they’re doing wrong and how they can do better. This is a must read for anyone interested in social.

UNIQLO IS PINNING

Uniqlo is up to their usual “we do awesome fun stuff” tricks, this time with a Pinterest-centric campaign.

DIGITAL MEDIA BAD APPLES

Digiday put together a funny (mostly because they’re true) list of digital media scene’s “bad apples.”

LOUIS CK USES THE INTERNET TO GET RICH AND MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH

Louis CK decided to sell tickets to his latest show on the internet and not use ticketmaster. Fans saved money and he made a lot for himself.

Category: Links

Calling all Tweeps

Monday, March 12th, 2012

Are you (yes, you) a Saatchi NY family member who is currently sharing thoughts, links and witticisms on the popular internet micro-blog known as “Twitter?” We’re in the process of updating our Saatchi Peeps list for the @hudsonhouston feed and want to make sure we’ve included all of you. The main point of this exercise is to show off the many and varied smart/talented/awesome people we work with every day.

SO, if you fit the bill but don’t find yourself on our current list, please @ us or send us an email with your handle. Thanks!

 

Category: Links, New York, Our People