Ok, here goes. David Walliams had a go at my flatmate. It’s a mildly amusing story, and goes like this:

One summer afternoon, my flatmate is working his last day at an old employer. Walking back from lunch, my flatmate and a colleague known in this story as 4 foot baby (4FB) spot David Walliams standing outside Pret, probably minding his own business (although he might have been causing trouble, I don’t know, I wasn’t there).
4FB bets flatmate he won’t pinch DW’s bum for a fiver. Now, after a 2 hour …

You could call it “opt-in” stalking, as Slashfilms have published a nice long list of Directors, Screenwriters and Actors to follow on Twitter. There’s a lot of debate too, from the úber-celebrity stalker to people just saying “why?”. It’s a bit like following Tim Westwood, it’s amusing at first, but his updates get more and more tedious by the second.
Twitter seems like it’s in the typical cycle – everyone goes crazy, it’s the latest fad, but over time I’m sure people will stop following 1,000+ people, and start “pruning” their …

I’m sure most people have seen this ad breaking recently, a catchy little tune and a fun animation to explain yet another 118 number service (OK, I know yell.com is probably one of the biggest and its been around for ages).
A (slightly) lesser known fact is that the Ad is complete copy of Magical Trevor, a pretty old school animation from Mr Weebl, who created weebl and bob, the badger viral and, well, Magical Trevor.
Will the Ad achieve more Youtube views than Magical Trevor? It has a way to go …

New “Trailer” for the latest Sony Bravia Ad. Not sure how great it’s going to be, and ironically on my non-200hz screen it’s probably going to rather unimpressive (from a technical point of view).
They kicked off today with a Youtube homepage takover – another irony, seeing as Youtube is well known for not being the highest quality video player, but a huge reach-driver all the same.

Also in the Brandrepublic story for this they (”they” might not actually be Sony) claim it’s the “first homepage takeover on Youtube in the UK”. …

According to BBC Newsbeat (I know, why not just BBC?) Disney and Youtube have struck a “landmark” deal to allow Youtube to distribute Disney’s ESPN Sports channel and other TV shows for the next couple of months.
Disney said the deal allows them ”the opportunity to reach a broader, online audience as well as extend the reach of our advertisers”.
Or, “we’re not making enough money from TV ads, and youtube have agreed to go halves…” [this is not a quote from disney].
I’m off to think about why this deal is landmark. Here’s …