Cor’ what a night, Thought Den had their first Bluetooth and phone gig on Friday the 4th of July up at the RNCM (Royal Northern College of Music) in the Whitworth Gallery and we came away with at least 120 phone numbers! I’d like to pretend we didn’t ask but I’m afraid we needed too, just look at my photo…

We were handling a specific artist’s piece tasked with making everyone’s phone in the gallery ring with the same ring-tone at points though the evening. Our stand was set-up in the gallery’s front entrance to take advantage of anyone with their phone on them.  As soon as they were through the doors they were Bluetoot’d out a regal Trumpet solo to their device(s) and then asked to set it as a ring-tone and leave it on the loudest setting they could handle!

It was then we started grabbing numbers… (more…)

They’ve acctually done it, Google went ahead and released lively.com a 3D world to “create an avatar and chat with your friends in rooms you design”.

They packaged the whole product to explore the lands completely through your browser, no need for a separate client application, just download a package (windows only) and install it to run in Internet Explorer or Firefox! A full 3D world in your browser to go explore, to read more about the product check out Lively.com but now read to open up thoughts on the wider aspects of Lively.

Offshoots

The package initially makes me wonder what (more…)

Team Rubber’s Euroball game for JVC, developed with Thought Den love at the tail end of last year (more info in our Portfolio), has been voted Adobe’s site of the day! A huge accolade from the people that make the software we all use day in day out. Great news!

It was a tough, tense, physical game, but leading scorer Ben Templeton netted the crucial goal taking the team through to the Plate final. Another beautiful turn and volley, but it was the fantastic defending that kept us in the match. Phil ‘Solid as a rock’ Stenton lead from the back, while Ilango and Tom smashed the midfield.

Only trouble is, we’re a bunch of crocks after that match, injuries everywhere! Here’s a pic of the full strength team followed by some action shots.

Had a great session this Wednesday at the OpenCoffee in Starbucks on Park Street. The morning is centred around breaking business issues and opportunities for the Bristol digital scene.

It started at 8.30, early bird catches the worm an’ all, and continued till around 9-10′ish. There were some very good chats with some interesting new Bristol people, somehow we managed to cover Bluetooth (more…)