IF THEY ONLY HAD THIS WHEN I WAS A KID

Remember all those commercials for toys that did all these amazing things and you waited months and months to get your hands on that toy. Then you finally get it and the toy is a hunk of junk, nothing like the commercial and you felt so let down and you just wanted to call out these companies on their lies... WELL... now you can go online and tell the world. EXPO TV is the new rage that allows you to upload a video of a product in action, or just to give a review.

This kind of thing should have happened years ago. I am going to plagiarize the blog where I found this...Expo Tv is consumer reports meets youtube. And they have all kinds of product reviews. The first thing I am posting is a glass of wine spilling when i jump on a Tempur-Pedic bed.

I hope this site spreads like wildfire. I will never be burned by another Fry-Daddy again!

i approve this ad...the happiness factory

I do not approve this on the basis of how they are making working in a factory look fun, although that is a tough thing to do and they seemed to have accomplished that. I approve this based on the quality of the work and how tight the concept is. You can see the continuity through out the entire work and it really is a flawless site.

AKQA in new york and coca-cola have an interesting take on employee morale. They created the happiness factory which is in essence a micro-site to change perception of what it means to be an employee for coca-cola. They launched this on a global scale in 40 languages.

The idea was to have employees and potential employees interact with the company and give the impression of a fun and hilarious atmosphere at the coca-cola factory.

the site starts with an animated movie that would make pixar proud.

it then leads you to the site where you can pick various characters who act as employees, you punch them in and they go to work which turns out to be interactive video games that you play. Again the graphics are top notch.

blogger play

a cool new toy offered up by google via their blogger site. it's called blogger play and it pulls images from blogger sites (like this one) and lets you view some random images. what's cool though is that you can click on any image and it takes you to the blog the image is from. who know's what you will find.

the idea of image driven curiosity is pretty awesome.

a similar idea is done on a really amazing website called we feel fine where they explore human emotions in six movements: madness, murmurs, montage, mobs, metrics and mounds. The site pulls sample sentences from various blogs all over the world. And also allows you get to the blog the quote originated from. Not to mention the interface is really awesome as well. Check it.