Brendan Mitchell blog

Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • iCooly AlumiStand for iPhone

    Don’t think I’ll be rushing out to buy one of these, but surprisingly I’m sure it will sell well… although the video characters really creep me out! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKDVbRbQDjc]

  • ID Gator™ Calling all Beta Testers

    ID Gator™ is calling for Beta Testers, if you’re interested then drop them a line with a subject title along the lines of “I want to be a guinea pig” to betatesters@idgator.com

  • Twitter to charge commercial accounts, is this a good idea?

    Where did I hear about this first, on twitter of course! thanks to Matt Ryan In this piece in Marketing Magazine, it would appear Twitter is working out ways to monetize it’s service. Co-founder Biz Stone told Marketing: ‘We are noticing more companies using Twitter and individuals following them. We can identify ways to make…

  • The Dalai Lama on Twitter… Nope, just a case of Brand Jacking

    Within 24hrs of announcing his Twitter account, the Dalai Lama has amassed 13,450 followers… Surely that must have set a new Twitter record! Why choose Twitter: “His Holiness thought it was prudent to make his office open and assessable to a more youth and technologically advancing audience.” So now there really is no excuses for…

  • F*ck You Penguin

    I just stumbled across the link to the “F*ck You Penguin” site on Dan Germain’s blog. I never realised what those cute little buggers were really up to, thank god this website has revealed all, I’ll certainly be looking at them in a different light form now on!

  • Mangatar: Face Your Manga

    Are you a bit shy? Do you have a face for radio? Are you part of a witness protection programme? Do you have a fixation with cartoon avatars? Either way check out Face Your Manga for a simple way to create your hidden cartoon self!

  • Twitter vs Facebook

    Here‘s an terrific post asking the question, “Twitter vs Facebook: Should you choose one?” I recommend reading the whole post, plus some of the comments make interesting reading as well, here’s the posts conclusion: In the end, both Twitter and Facebook are simply communication tools; both will continue to evolve and morph as users find…

  • What the F*ck Man… I want doughnuts

    I first heard about the Christian Bale hissy fit on Phil’s Unionversity blog, but here’s a couple of inventive alternatives, the doughnuts one is brilliantly done. While amusing for those not involved, these clips aren’t one offs, I’ve worked on numerous film sets and know enough people within the industry to know these are a…

  • Millenial Marketing

    I’ll admit that I don’t look at my blog stats very often (probably a good thing!), but when I reviewed my incoming links this morning one in particular stood out. It was from a site named Millenial Marketing by Carol Philips. So I hopped over there to see why I got the click throughs. Carol…

  • Getting my stuff done

    Here’s a brilliant animation by Lev Yilmaz, I usually have these sorts of days when I have to do my expenses! There’s plenty more videos and illustrations on his sites http://www.ingredientx.com/ & http://talesofmereexistence.com/wp/ [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P785j15Tzk&eurl=http://www.ingredientx.com/watch/tales/procrastination.htm]

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