New Toy’s Top Ten… Top Ten’s of 2009

We thought we’d make this list business a bit easier for everyone – so here is our definitive list of the year…

Tech Crunch’s The Top 10 MobileCrunch Posts of 2009
http://bit.ly/6eZyLx

Mashable’s Top 10 Mobile Social Apps
http://bit.ly/7C2AEA

Campaign’s Top 10 Digital Ads of 2009
http://bit.ly/82b3x0/

Creative Applications.Net’s 15 (We know) Best and Must Have iPhone Apps of 2009
http://bit.ly/6SdNEk

Rough Trade’s Top Ten Albums of 2009
http://bit.ly/7L18of

Mashable’s 10 Amazing Augmented Reality iPhone Apps
http://bit.ly/6XvAKa

Gizomodo’s Top 10 most popular articles of 2009
http://bit.ly/50DpHt

Digg’s Top 10 most popular stories of 2009
http://bit.ly/5oBdGk

Quentin Tarantino’s Top 8(!) Films of 2009
http://bit.ly/7ksuLG

Lifehacker’s Top 10 Mind Hacks for Making Your Resolutions Stick
http://bit.ly/698ZuI

Decode @ The V & A

We took a holiday visit to Decode at the Victoria and Albert Museum http://www.vam.ac.uk/microsites/decode/. The exhibition covered a range of digital and interactive design, from new and established names. The exhibition was broken down into the categories of Code, Interactivity and Network. As interactive art often demonstrates, the tech is less important than the idea behind it, and the most compelling installations are those borne of one simple, innovative concept.

Most of the generative work showed it’s age and failed to keep the attention, however special mentions go to…

Ross Philips, Videogrid – simple, emotional, engaging

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New Toy – kicking off with a bang…

New Toy launched on 13th August!  To mark the event, we celebrated at the MIG Summer Party at Kensington Roof Gardens, showcasing a host of interactivity including…

* NFC wristbands – every wristband was programmed with a different prize
* VJs – mixing up guest MMS and exclusive videos
* Headphone disco -  playing guest requests from the 80s
* DJ Vote – guests voted for the track they wanted to hear by SMS
* Guilty Pleasures – Sean Rowley DJing plus the Glitter Banditz dancers

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