I was at a lecture from Mark Swaine the Creative Director of Squire today which proved to be an excellent and informative class.
One thing I came away with though was a feeling that I should really delve into AfterEffects a lot more. I’ve messed around with it but Mark says that he loves using Flash and AfterEffects and, although it might sound a bit stupid, that was a combination I can’t say I’ve ever thought of using before.
He showed us how they can be combined to make some truly dazzling websites and videos. Granted, these companies have big budgets and years of experience under their belts but this stuff is just awesome.
Just saw The Sun’s (Newspaper) advert on T.V. just there. It’s a blatant parody of Apple’s iPhone adverts that are currently running every where (see below) but its very, very cleverly executed and very effective. I loved it.
And do you lack an iPhone or one of those new fandangled phones that do everything? Fear not for this will interest you.. Enter: Ag Tweet.
This service is cool. It allows you to send a SMS or text message to an Irish number and that, in turn, updates your Twitter’s feed. If you have free texts then this won’t even cost you a dime.
It’s better than forking out for the English Number and it literally takes 20 seconds to set up (including putting the number in your phone)
And for those a bit weary, there is more info here and just to prove it actually works;