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Friday Fun – Wills and Kate memorial plates

Cloud 9 — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 14:41:49 +0000

We’re always on the hunt for something just that little bit different, so imagine our joy when we saw these…
Wills and Kate memorial plates

Have you seen anything creative that’s Royal wedding related that you think we should see?

Comments below please…

New email marketing mobile app

Cloud 9 — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:02:53 +0000

Today we’re super-excited to announce a new mobile optimised version of our email marketing system that gives you quick access to great looking reports on any campaigns you’ve sent. It’s fast, looks great and is available now. Just head to your account (cloud9.createsend.com) on any popular mobile device like an iPhone or Android and the mobile version will be shown by default. You don’t need to install anything, because it is a web application, not a native phone application.

Here’s a quick preview of how it looks on an iPhone.

A focus on reporting

When deciding what functionality to include in the mobile version, we’ve been keeping a close eye on our customers. It turns out that the most popular section of your account accessed by a mobile device is campaign reporting, so that’s where we focused our efforts. More than 95% of all mobile visitors also come in on an iPod or iPhone variant, so we put a lot of work into making sure the experience was perfect on these devices in particular. It’s a really nice way to get the latest stats on a campaign you’ve sent in a couple of thumb presses.

Launch it

One great thing about the iPhone is that you can launch web applications just like a traditional app you’ve bought from the App Store. By heading into your account with Safari and adding it to your Home screen, you have a dedicated button that will load your latest reports with a single click. We even provide a nice icon and loading screen while the latest stats are downloading.

There is lots of cool technology under the hood of our mobile version, and I’ll be sure to share some of the more interesting details in a future post.

Easy switching

While the mobile version is all about your campaign reports right now, you can still switch to the full version and access all our functionality with a single click. At the footer of every page is a link to switch to the corresponding page in the full version of the app. We’ll automatically switch you back to the mobile version the next time you log in.

If you’re using this; please let us know what you think

The Google Story

Ash — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:03:02 +0000

We all love Google right? Of course you do. Ever wondered to yourself “Man I wish I could see the history of Google in a really cool animated way. Maybe like a scrapbook style?”.

Well lucky you

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjN5avRvApk

A beautiful bit of VW Bus animation

Mike — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:30:07 +0000

Just found: Tomas Nilsson’s School assignment to reinterpret the Little red riding hood fairytale. Slagsmålsklubben – Sponsored by destiny from Tomas Nilsson on Vimeo. Beautifully animated in a very simple but quirky style. We particularly love the VW Bus and Gun sequences. It was apparently inspired by Röyksopps “Remind me”. Comments below please. Don’t forget, you can get all our news sent directly to you via our RSS feed (what’s RSS?) You can also follow what we’re up to at Cloud 9 on Twitter

great adverts » Honda’s Shining Light

Mike — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:10:21 +0000

Honda’s Shining Light Honda’s brand new Let It Shine commercial, shot by Erik van Wyk through Bouffant breaks today. Written by Wieden + Kennedy Amsterdam, the spot features a vast grid of Honda’s new Insight model parked in the desert. The Insight is, the voiceover tells us, Honda’s new, “affordable hybrid” car. In the spot, each of the cars’ headlights act as pixels to perform an animated sequence. Click below to see W+K’s making-of film… All credit to Creative Review for this one Why not comment below and let us know what you think?

UNKLE, Spike Jonze,Skateboarding & Explosions

Mike — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:31:22 +0000

UNKLE’s track Heaven appeared on the soundtrack to acclaimed skate film Fully Flared (2007) directed by Spike Jones and Ty Evans. Now the two directors have created the official video for UNKLE’s track using footage taken of the Lakai skateboarding crew originally captured for their film: the video is essentially a re-edited sequence of shots showing the Lakai crew show off their impressive skateboarding skills as they negotiate various exploding obstacles – all in glorious slo-mo. Clip courtesy of Creative Review