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  • CIVIC 10:00 on 23 June 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: advocates for animals, animals, chaity, , fundraising, ghillie dhu, Julie Broadfoot, onekind, onekind live   

    Advocates for Animals: #OneKindLive 

    Photos by Julie Broadfoot

    Wednesday night we attended the Advocates for Animals, OneKind Live party. The event was held at Edinburgh’s stunning Ghillie Dhu venue and had performances by Any Color Black, Pose Victorious and Itsy Live.

    We’re hoping this was just one of many OneKind Live events and that it was very successful for the charity – we certainly enjoyed it! If you have a furry friend or a soft spot for wild animals, this is not only a great cause, but also a great group of people to get involved in.

    Visit Advocates for Animals to find out more information and click on the image above to see pictures from the evening.

     

  • CIVIC 13:51 on 10 May 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , news, questions, scott langley, , team, victoria krivonos   

    New faces 

    Over the past few months we’ve welcomed a couple of new faces to the team here at CIVIC. We asked them to answer a few questions to help us get to know them better. Meet Scott Langley and Victoria Krivonos:

    Scott
    What was your previous job? IT Contractor at RBS
    What is your favourite website & why? BBC- for the sheer quantity and quality of content
    Who is your favourite band/singer? Mos Def
    If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be? Alaska
    What is one of your quirks your colleagues have to look forward to? Eating a Kit Kat every morning the only way to start the day.
    Do you have any hidden talents? I play the drums and have my own Music blog.
    Who would you rather be stuck in a lift with: Simon Cowell or Jeremy Clarkson? Jeremy Clarkson

    Victoria
    What was your previous job?     Manager at Meltwater News – online media monitoring provider.
    What is your favourite website & why? informationisbeautiful.net Because Information IS beautiful – especially on this website.
    Who is your favourite band/singer? The Machine Room
    If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be? South East Asia.
    What is one of your quirks your colleagues have to look forward to? This is hard! …a penchant for sparkly clothes…?
    Do you have any hidden talents? Ballroom Dancing
    Who would you rather be stuck in a lift with: Simon Cowell or Jeremy Clarkson? Jeremy….him and his blue jeans and tales of Top Gear…

    Thanks guys and welcome to the team!

     

  • CIVIC 14:39 on 12 April 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: 8-bit, mashable, mattiwaarna, new york, , video games, youtube   

    New York Gets Destroyed 8-bit Style VIDEO 

    mattiwaarna — April 08, 2010 — Imagine the apocalypse. Now imagine characters and elements from 80s games carrying it out. This is exactly what this crazy video portrays, and being a classic games geek myself, if this sort of thing were to happen in real life, Im not sure whether Id run or marvel at the sight.

    Its all there — Pacman, Tetris, Arkanoid. Once-friendly, familiar characters wreak havoc on the buildings, streets and cars of New York. The video was created by Patrick Jean from the Paris-based special effect studio One More Production, and the production level is nothing short of amazing. See for yourself.

    Re-post from mashable because page is not loading for everyone.

     

  • CIVIC 09:30 on 7 April 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: applications, apps, , brands, , mobile, phone, , , , vietninjaxtc,   

    SXSW interactive summary – Extending Your Brand? There’s an App for That 

    Event description: For many, brand extension into the digital realm means a Web site, a banner add, a viral campaign. But applications can extend conversations and perceptions of a brand, as well as add to discussions and ideas in compelling new ways. How can applications help your brand and idea be more authentic, genuine, user friendly, and just plain old fun? Learn from the folks that are making it happen. This panel is sponsored by Microsoft Silverlight.

    This panel was very interesting and went into the different ways information that is dispersed has altered over the past few years, what constitutes a good and bad application and how brands should be interacting with their users. Maritt Colaizzi writes more about the panels favourite apps in her blog post App experts name favorites and you can read a transcript of the panel from Rachel Clark here.

    In the past, a reduction in size meant a reduction in functionality. In today’s market, people expect a reduction in form size, but not performance. Mobility doesn’t mean lack in functionality.
    (More …)

     

  • CIVIC 09:30 on 2 April 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , draftfcb, , hero, humour, stockholm, sweden, tackfilm, viral,   

    Clever ‘Hero’ viral from Sweden 

    Could we imaging the BBC doing something like this around the UK TV licence?

    Thanks to our MD, Greig Tosh, for his cameo.

     

  • CIVIC 16:00 on 31 March 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , , presentation, slideshare, , workshop   

    Your social media action plan

    View more presentations from CIVIC Digital.

    Keep an eye on our blog for future workshops & seminars.

     

  • CIVIC 15:59 on 30 March 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: #bloggermediaguru, #jacksofalltrades, #socialmediamarketing, , , keynote, panels, spotify, , , , , workshops   

    SXSW interactive summary – Day 1 & 2 


    March 12th through 17th we attended sessions, panels, workshops, open conversations, keynotes and networking events at SXSW Interactive, Austin, Texas.

    In its largest year to date, SXSW Interactive has been going on for for 13 years now and has a strong reputation.

    Below is a brief synopsis of what we got from the sessions.

    Social Media for Your Business
    Event description: Learn to look further than Twitter and Facebook when it comes to using social media to help your business succeed on the web. Learn solid strategies, how to measure success, and all the tools you need to succeed in the fastest growing marketing medium on the web.

    Less indepth than we hoped for, however they reiterated some of the basics:

    • Social media can be used to create or improve your reputation
    • Focus on link attraction
    • Check your analytics
    • Set up Google Alerts fro your competitors as well as yourself
    • Set up competitions or call to action to attract fans
    • Leverage your embed codes for more links
    • Decide what you want to achieve then move backwards
    • Be human
    • Understand your ROI
    • Forums – are overlooked and powerful – see big-boards.com
    • Yahoo answers rank high in Google search
    • Stumble Upon groups

    Chris Winfield, one of the panel members has a blog post of The Best Niche Social Media News Sites Right Now to check out for more inspiration. (More …)

     

  • CIVIC 13:55 on 23 March 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: cars, city car club, driving, , green, , opinion   

    My other car is a beetle 

    City Car Club EdinburghOur MD, Greig Tosh, shares his experience and appreciation for the City Car Club:

    I don’t own a car. Strike that. I own a 1962 VW Beetle which needs thousands spent on it.

    What I mean is; I don’t own a roadworthy day-to-day car. I did until December last year, when my (t)rusty 20 year old BMW’s MOT/service bill would have cost more than the car itself.

    Now, this obviously presented options.

    The Government’s scrappage scheme would give me £2,000 for it; which was about £1,800 more than a passing punter on autotrader.co.uk would have.

    (Didn’t try Webuyanycar.com, mainly through fear of that jingle greeting me if I visited the site, “any any any any…”)

    But as a condition of the scrappage scheme being that I’d need to buy a brand new car. This I’ve always rejected on the immediate depreciation argument, hastily backed with the business mantra that you should never own a depreciating asset. Translation = consciously aware of budgetary factors affecting consumer durables. Plain English translation = tight.

    Coupled with this is the fact that living in the city and walking/busing to work means that Monday to Friday, the need for a car is almost zero.

    Still have the need at weekend for shopping and “stuff” but no more than 2 or 3 hours each day.

    So, continuing with the options.

    (More …)

     

  • CIVIC 10:05 on 12 March 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    Saying goodbye 

    Last week we had an even more exciting night out than our usual Friday antics.

    We were saying goodbye to three lovely ladies who have been with us for a while, and there was no other way than to do it in style.

    Sam, Emily & Perii thanks for your many years of hard work. We will miss you all.

     

  • CIVIC 11:37 on 4 March 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: atx, , , , , , , kelly jones, , technology, , trip, tx   

    CIVIC heads to SXSW Interactive 

    Two of our staff members, Kelly (@kelz71) & Darcie (@darciec), will be flying to Austin, Texas next week for the annual SXSW Interactive festival.

    SXSW Interactive is a series of seminars, workshops, web awards, gaming events, networking and showcases of the latest and up-incoming technologies, digital tools and start-ups.

    During the five day event, they’ll be keeping us updated with videos, images, tweets and tales from SXSW.

    Bring us back something good!

     

    • Ali Syme 12:29 on 12 March 2010 Permalink

      Have fun! Import some great ideas for us all to enjoy :D

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