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GIFCTRL gives you the ability to control the frames within a .gif - thus adding to the new amazing manifestations of the humble looped moving image.

WARNING: listening to music whilst on the site can only end in a vortex of lost time and procrastinated giggling.

Click here to control Tyler, the Creator.

#gifs #animation #lol #Tyler The Creator #dancing #moving image #control

Flying Lotus - Putty Boy Strut

Lovely animation right here.

#flying lotus #new album #putty boy strut #animation #until the quiet comes #music #video #electronic #graphic #design

MySpace is lookin' fresh these days!

I think this is the overhaul MySpace has been waiting for. Seriously. Well done to the team over at the forgotten king of social networks. The new look site has a modern and fluid style that aggregates music and social together as one. We especially love the event playlists with photo album - genius. All that is left now is to keep hold of those artists. We'll certainly be in support!

#myspace #social networks #new #upgrade #website #design #technology

Apple er, ...maps?

Following on from the new iOS6, behold the world according to Apple Maps. (via Mashable)

#mashable #apple #ios6 #update #maps #google maps #lol #apple maps #technology #fail

Google has just integrated the 'Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon' into their search engines. Type in "bacon number" followed by any celebrity name to find out how they connect to actor Kevin Bacon.

#kevin bacon #google #six degrees of separation #serp #obama #president #USA

Anushka ft. Trim - "Butters Face" (Official Video)

Filmed at the recent Outlook Festival in Croatia, user-generated content (or audience participation in this case) like this is a sure fire way to ensure that content will go 'viral'.

As long as you remember to harvest a little information for planting seeds later!

#butters #slang #video #viral #lol #funny #digital #crowd #participation #usc

STREETPONG

WAIT... let's play pong!

#vimeo #creative #touchscreen #technology #digital

President Obama signed online yesterday for an informal Q&A with Reddit users.

Taking place Wednesday 29th August, around 4:30pm (ET), the surprise "Ask me anything" session was complimented by a verification through the President's twitter page and a candid of Obama waiting for some audience participation on his laptop. I won't get down and dirty with the examples, you can view the Reddit stream for yourself here.

Reddit has been the source of a remit of publicity stunts and acts of crowd activated awesomeness in the past few months with the epic community for weight loss and the contraversial "rapist hour" popping up in the news recently.

All that can be said is that the US Presidditor (can I claim that?!) and his team should be applauded for their continuous impromptu, casual and correct use of social media:

Engagement is king.

Conversation always comes first, because once you have comfortable engagement - you can direct your audience where you need them to be so much easier. Oh, and a cheeky meme (which I must admit, I don't understand/find cheesy but still love in that "ohhhh, yoooou!" sort of last-scene-from-a-family-sitcom way) won't hurt either.

UPDATE: ...and in true Reddit fashion, Mitt Romney gets ripped to incoherent shreds on the CJ board.

#Q&A #US #campaign #creative #government #integrated #obama #politics #president #reddit #redditor #simple #social #technology #viral #mitt romney #america #digital

Use this handy new (free) social tool from Status People which helps you measure how many of your followers on Twitter are inactive or fake. The tool has been used to recently out @LadyGaGa; exposing that potentially up to 72% of her followers are fake accounts. (via Huff Post)

#social #tools #insights #measurement #report #lady gaga #news

Old Spice Muscle Music

Amazing interactive music video from Old Spice.

Wait it out and bear witness the genius creativity of this video! Vimeo is often left out in times of using video hosting interestingly - with YouTube as the go-to choice. It's nice to see Vimeo being more than just a pretty face so please make sure you watch til the end. Trust me, it's worth it...

#creative #interactive #ugc #video #vimeo #viral #old spice #terry crews #lol #fun

Love this handy little guide from The Wall Street Journal that explores all the potential unknown tricks you may have not known your iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad could perform.