by Daniele Rossi | Apr 19, 2007 | blog, social media
Crayon, a new marketing company that luuuuurves Second Life has just launched Virtual Thirst for Coca-Cola. So this morning in Crayonville on Second Life, the topic of discussion was the campaiin so far. Actually, it was held on the Virtual Thirst island. It was my...
by Daniele Rossi | Apr 13, 2007 | blog
I work in an uninspiring, grey cubicle in a conservative really big corporation as my day job (by night I fight crime. That’s why I lift weights). Being a web designer in such an environment gives you plenty of challenges when your team is itching to do...
by Daniele Rossi | Apr 7, 2007 | blog, illustration
Yes, another post about Twitter. I really should get back into the art world! For the past few months, I’ve heard nothing but open source this and open source that on the Digital Planet podcast by the BBC World Service. I am not a developer so I wasn’t too...
by Daniele Rossi | Apr 6, 2007 | blog, illustration
TwitterSpud has been online for over a week now and so far I am learning a lot about storytelling with Twitter. It’s quite the challenge writing a story without narration, no visuals, not even sound effects. The story is linear but fragmented and is read...
by Daniele Rossi | Mar 30, 2007 | news, social media
Early in the week, I was reading Steve Coulson’s post on the Crayonville blog entitled “Twitter takes over”. In it, he lists a few of his ideas for what Twitter can be used for besides the usual what you are doing at the moment. One item made me...
by Daniele Rossi | Mar 25, 2007 | blog, social media
One profound thing I will never forget from PodCamp Toronto is podcasting, and social media in general, is all about giving to the community. What you give to the community, you will get back in return. This morning I was adding a connection and updating my profile on...
by Daniele Rossi | Mar 25, 2007 | illustration, news
The 14th World Wide Sketch Crawl is going to take place on May 19th. If everything goes according to plan, I should be somewhere in Paris that day and of course, if all goes to plan, I will also have my trusty Paris Moleskine notebook so I will definitely be joining...
by Daniele Rossi | Mar 23, 2007 | blog, illustration
Ever since I can remember, I’ve always loved watching Looney Tunes. Actually, I was an animation buff all my life and still am to this day (I don’t buy movies or tv shows on DVDs. I buy animation). But I was never into the backgrounds. Even when I was...
by Daniele Rossi | Mar 19, 2007 | blog, social media
One of the many podcasts I subscribe to includes the Old Time Radio Network on PodShow. And thanks to them, I recieved 10% off on my GoDaddy domain registration! The other day, I was listening to one of their comedy shows and the interesting original sponsorship break...
by Daniele Rossi | Mar 18, 2007 | blog, illustration
Snoopy in front of Notre Dame Cathedral in Montreal Originally uploaded by Daniele Rossi. I’ve set up my Flickr account and now I’m trying my hand at blogging my photos. So, of course, I filled myself up with sugar and decided to post photos I took of a...
