The Swedish tourism board has taken an interesting risk in handing their official Twitter account @Sweden over to the tax paying public. It seems that the Swedish Institute figured the very best champions of all things Swede are the people themselves. Following this logic, the rational conclusion was that having regular Joes (the swedish equivalent of Joe? Sven?) tweet about their daily lives would raise awareness about how cool Sweden is as a tourist destination. Continue reading
At Gorilla, we’re all about innovation and creativity. Here’s an awesome video with a few of the most innovative minds right now, one being the co-founder of Twitter. It takes a look at their aims and where they get their ideas from. And there’s a mini pool table. Yes, you read that right. There is no innovation without action.
The Innovators from SPARKHOUSE on Vimeo.
We’ve had a couple of interns from Vega in the office for a month and they’ve been kept very busy. We tried to get them involved with as many aspects of the day to day as possible, and also tried to throw them in the deep end whenever we could. Continue reading
Every once and a while, there’s an advert that really stands out … and this advert is one of those! Not only is it something cool to watch, but also shows us how we perceive people… it was fascinating to see the infamous Zombie Boy, aka Rick Genest, ink free. Watch it and weep.
The Halloween Jam, presented by DC Shoes Africa, took place this weekend at the legendary Gumtrails in Cape Town. DC held a photo comp on Twitter using the #Halloweenjam hashtag and the best photo won some DC product. And the winner was…. Nicolas George, aka the Mighty Pickle, who sent in a ton of great shots, including this one.
