Do you want to win an iPod touch?

Of course you do because they are absolutely awesome! And luckily for you I want to raise awareness of a genuine competition where one is up for grabs. In fact, not just one is up for grabs but one every month!

I’ve just completed developing a Facebook application for IGM Investmore. The application is a trading [...]

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How a student’s iPod touch advert went mainstream

An 18 year old British student has seen the mock iPod touch advert he made in his bedroom get aired on US TV and even shown live at the World Series.

Apple fan Nick Haley made the advert in his spare time and uploaded the 30 second spot to YouTube. Naturally he couldn’t believe his ears [...]

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Advert for conceptual iPod model

A couple of months ago I introduced you to my conceptual iPod with a roll out screen. As an extension of this project I have created an advert for the concept which carries through the branding, Widen your horizon.

This is still a work in progress, and you will see the last cut gets a bit [...]

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Spoof iPod / Napoleon Dynamite advert

At the end of February I gave a sneak preview to a work in progress on a spoof advert - a mash-up of the dance scene in Napoleon Dynamite with the iPod nano ‘colours’ advert.

I’m pleased to report that I have finished adding the colour swooshes - a process that took me well over 20 [...]

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How good design leads to world-beating brands

Last week I treated myself to a new toy… an iPod shuffle! This is my first iPod, which I guess puts me behind the times, but there are good reasons why I have avoided buying an iPod in the past.

I always resent it when consumer electronics come bundled with proprietary software which you are forced [...]

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Digital rights management dissected

Last week I was working with some digital video and acquired a few clips which were protected by Windows Media’s Digital Rights Management (DRM) system. This meant that I was prevented from using these clips in my project.

The project in question is a college project, so I’m not intending to profit from using the protected [...]

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WIP: Napoleon Dynamite iPod advert

I’ve been getting my teeth stuck into Adobe Premiere today, with my latest brief - to produce a spoof film trailer or advertisement. I’m probably going to do a couple of various on this brief - one a more serious advertisement for my iPod flex, with another, more tongue-in-cheek, spoof of the iPod nano ‘colours’ [...]

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Conceptual iPod with roll-out screen

I’ve just installed the very impressive FLV Embed plugin, for embedding, you guessed it, FLV movies. Which are Flash movies, in case you were wondering. To show off the plugin I am posting a video of a conceptual iPod I designed using Autodesk 3ds Max.

The brief simply tasked me with designing a new range of [...]

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