5 things you shouldn’t miss: web designers let loose in a supermarket, social media compliance, emailing cats and more

5 January 2012 + 0

Welcome to the latest in our monthly collection of five links that you shouldn’t miss.

What would happen if you let a website designer loose in a supermarket? http://bit.ly/v1HbPr

A very funny film from Google on what buying a loaf of bread would be like if supermarkets were designed in the same way as some online stores.

Make your fridge text, your door tweet and your cat send emails http://bit.ly/v6kmT4

Twine is a very simple way of getting objects in your life interacting with you, each other and the world via the internet. All rather clever.

Unilever’s corporate app for investors http://bit.ly/th43Lp

Does what it says on the tin, with a veneer of pathbreaking, novel, innovative and better than sliced bread, of course. A sign of where corporate financial comms is heading.

How StumbleUpon found a new lease of life http://rww.to/tafsMv

Not many social networks go from being hip to passe and then make a successful comeback. StumbleUpon is one of the rare exceptions. Here is how it is doing it.

Social media compliance made easy http://bit.ly/vDQux4

Sticking to compliance and transparency rules in the limited wordcount world of social media can be tough. Here’s a new and clever solution – if it takes off.

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