August 2009
31 posts
Brand Challenge Made Good →
We’ve just updated BCMG’s website to bring it inline with their new brand. You have never seen so many social media widgets in one place. Hope you like it!
Some lovely Friday afternoon news from the East Midlands… Made’s breaking through to the other side.
Just had a real-life, big money American Venture Capitalist on the phone wanting to talk about investing in one of our hobbies.
There is a better way - Birmingham: It's Not Shit →
Much hilarity in the Made office as we crack open the profanity moderation filter for a client. Some inventive swearwords.
Three’s the Magic Number →
The wet weather hasn’t dampened our spirits here at Made Media this August, due to a hat-trick of competitive pitch wins. First up is a new website for English Touring Opera. We’re putting an…
writing a brain-numbing proposal…
I’d like a machine that sucks out my ideas and methods, injects them into the brain of my client and makes the whole thing legally binding..
Carsonified » Top 10 UX Myths →
“Just when you might have thought the Fierce! festival had left the stage, it has...”
– Birmingham Post - Life & Leisure - Post Features - Fierce! festival promises to be bold, brave and naughty
“Baffling, really. I have never seen Verdana look good in any way other than in...”
– Daring Fireball
TicketLeap Anywhere Launches Today – Check out the... →
“Written by Ayub Khan-Din East Is East received its world premiere at The REP in...”
– Birmingham Repertory Theatre: East Is East
“Below, please find the original letter to Dr. King and his response, which was...”
– How to Respond to Criticism – Learning from Dr. King
“Next month, thousands of copies of US showbiz mag Entertainment Weekly will...”
– We watch them on the bus. At work. At play. We have been invaded by screens | Comment is free | The Guardian
“A record surge in confidence among business professionals indicates...”
– Surge in business confidence means UK recession ‘at an end’ | Business | guardian.co.uk
“I’d already been feeling a little nervous about my public keyboard fetish,...”
– ongoing · A.D. XIII: Tasty Words
“The fact of the matter seems to be that the G1 will not be receiving any full...”
– No Donut or Eclair for G1 Owners?
First day back. If anyone wants to see what a really busy new-media studio looks like they should pop round. Actually don’t. We’re too busy.
iPhone tethering is really rather good, even on a train. Looks like they’ve got some proxy going on that layers on extreme JPEG compression.
Thanks for all the nice messages and tweets. Baby pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jakeyg/sets/72157621961975930/
Only been away from work for five days, but have come back to find four new MMers hard at it.
“This is why, for example, companies pay Red Hat to make Linux move more slowly...”
– Forget Twitter. COBOL is where it’s at. | The Open Road - CNET News
WatchElla Francesca Grimley
Putting Birmingham on the Map →
We’ve been busy extending the Visit Birmingham website with three new, comprehensive features; What’s On, Maps and Directories. Restaurants, Hotels, Gigs, Exhibitions,…
Ella Grimley born august 4 2009 3:20 am. Successful digit audit. Mother & baby doing fine. Father knackered.