Bite-Size Friday

It's Friday, and thus the perfect day for a couple of quick and stimulating links.

Have you visited Scion's Want2BSquare.com? It's... uh... it's somethin'. In a world where every company wants their own engaging site, this one stands out-- Scion has created its own unique style out of their car's awkward boxiness. Therefore their site is actually tied to their brand, which is more than I can say for plenty of today's game- or virtual world- sites.

I'm really intrigued by the idea of "Bite-Size Entertainment." In this article by Wired they say: "If we're truly living in a snack culture, how come so many forms of entertainment - TV shows, games, movies - are getting longer?" Read more about this brilliant metaphor and see some examples of "one-minute media" here.

In-school lockers for cell phones and iPods-- talk amongst yourselves.

Artificial beauty in media gets a lot of attention these days-- but have you considered taking unrealistic images into your own hands with printable cold sores? Expect to see more efforts like this as we continue to ask our culture to create their own media. We're seeing "real people" (un-retouched, YouTube quality) during the SuperBowl and the Oscars, we're seeing 50+ year old women on Dove billboards-- it's no wonder people are defacing model-icious ads in the subway.