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FWM Advent Calendar: 9th December 2009

December 9th, 2009

Merry Christmas from all at Fast Web Media! We’ve come up with this advent calendar blog to show you some of the most innovative, funniest and downright coolest things on the internet! Each day a member of FWM will be adding their own bit of Christmas cheer for you to have fun with, so sit back and enjoy!

Aisha:
Check out this top YouTube channel that gives you tips on everything Christmas related – from how to get a designer Christmas tree on a budget, to the rules on the office Christmas party snogfest!

FWM Advent Calendar: 8th December 2009

December 8th, 2009

Merry Christmas from all at Fast Web Media! We’ve come up with this advent calendar blog to show you some of the most innovative, funniest and downright coolest things on the internet! Each day a member of FWM will be adding their own bit of Christmas cheer for you to have fun with, so sit back and enjoy!

Helen:
This is a great Christmas video to promote www.bbc.co.uk/breathingplaces - highlighting places for nature near you. Plus, anything with a singing badger is alright by me! Merry Christmas!

FWM Advent Calendar: 7th December 2009

December 7th, 2009

Merry Christmas from all at Fast Web Media! We’ve come up with this advent calendar blog to show you some of the most innovative, funniest and downright coolest things on the internet! Each day a member of FWM will be adding their own bit of Christmas cheer for you to have fun with, so sit back and enjoy!

Dave:
You can’t beat a bit of Futurama at Christmas! If you haven’t heard this before, it’s a belter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AizNTA3q7Fk

FWM Advent Calendar: 6th December 2009

December 6th, 2009

Merry Christmas from all at Fast Web Media! We’ve come up with this advent calendar blog to show you some of the most innovative, funniest and downright coolest things on the internet! Each day a member of FWM will be adding their own bit of Christmas cheer for you to have fun with, so sit back and enjoy!

Phoebe:
Not sure what to buy for your nearest and dearest this festive season? Well check out this one-stop shop (ha! get it?!?) for all your Christmas shopping needs! X

www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/interactive/2009/nov/27/christmas-gift-guide-2009

FWM Advent Calendar: 5th December 2009

December 5th, 2009

Merry Christmas from all at Fast Web Media! We’ve come up with this advent calendar blog to show you some of the most innovative, funniest and downright coolest things on the internet! Each day a member of FWM will be adding their own bit of Christmas cheer for you to have fun with, so sit back and enjoy!

Stephen O’Malley

If you’ve got two hours to spare over the Christmas period, have a look at the bumper edition Radio Times and find out when ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ is on. It’ll be featuring on a few schedules, trust me. This 1946 masterpiece from Frank Capra is the ultimate feel good film, but it’s much more than sentimentality and crying and stuff. You can even watch it on the interweb, courtesy of Google: click here

FWM Advent Calendar: 4th December 2009

December 4th, 2009

Merry Christmas from all at Fast Web Media! We’ve come up with this advent calendar blog to show you some of the most innovative, funniest and downright coolest things on the internet! Each day a member of FWM will be adding their own bit of Christmas cheer for you to have fun with, so sit back and enjoy!

Sophie: Stay warm and get that Christmas look by shopping with Jack Wills this Winter - www.jackwills.com It’s my favourite online clothes store!

FWM Advent Calendar: 3rd December 2009

December 3rd, 2009

Merry Christmas from all at Fast Web Media! We’ve come up with this advent calendar blog to show you some of the most innovative, funniest and downright coolest things on the internet! Each day a member of FWM will be adding their own bit of Christmas cheer for you to have fun with, so sit back and enjoy!

Jay:My calendar choice is www.noradsanta.org/en/index.html which shows NORAD(North American Aerospace Defense Command) and its annual Santa tracking website. It is good to see that everyone gets into the Christmas spirit even serious people like them!

FWM Advent Calendar: 2nd December 2009

December 2nd, 2009

Merry Christmas from all at Fast Web Media! We’ve come up with this advent calendar blog to show you some of the most innovative, funniest and downright coolest things on the internet! Each day a member of FWM will be adding their own bit of Christmas cheer for you to have fun with, so sit back and enjoy!

Tom S:My advent calendar choice is the World’s BIGGEST Secret Santa, which is being run by Firebox.com. Seems like a really cool idea. http://www.globalsecretsanta.com/
They’re going for the official Guinness World Record, so the buzz around it online should be quite interesting.

FWM Advent Calendar: 1st December 2009

December 1st, 2009

Merry Christmas from all at Fast Web Media! We’ve come up with this advent calendar blog to show you some of the most innovative, funniest and downright coolest things on the internet! Each day a member of FWM will be adding their own bit of Christmas cheer for you to have fun with, so sit back and enjoy!

James G: I’ve chosen an online drum set: www.ronwinter.tv/drums.html.
It’s good to beat out your frustrations near the end of a long day, especially if you’re that sick of the same songs on the radio you want to create your own tunes in an alternative style.

The Digital Q&A: Richard Bennett

May 14th, 2009

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Every digital agency needs design talent - the girls and boys who, in their distressed denim and obscure japanese t-shirt clad way, turn a client’s vision into something beautiful. So this week we quiz FastWebMedia’s graphic designer/crayon jockey on what it is he does and why he gets to do it on such an expensive computer…

Q: What does being a graphic designer entail?

A: Taking lots of words and turning them into pictures.

Q: What do you enjoy about it?

A: Besides getting paid to do what I enjoy, I’d say the best part is that every day I learn a new little trick or shortcut to help me improve my skills.

Q: What are the main challenges?

A: I’d say the main challenge is the same as any designer and that’s the initial stage where you have a brief and a blank canvas and think “Right, where do I start?!”

Q: What’s the most important thing you’ve learned in your time at Fast Web Media?

A: That everything can change at the drop of a hat and planning is the key to keeping everything ticking along nicely.

Q: What are your favourite sites or online applications?

A: Colourlovers, Bleep, LastFM, Boomkat, Archive.

Q: Ever googled yourself?

A: No, I dread to think what might turn up.

Q: What one buzzphrase would you like to see outlawed from meetings?

A: I haven’t been to enough meetings to get annoyed by any buzzphrases. Yet.

Q: What was the last thing you bought online?

A: Plane tickets and the new Tim Exile album.

Q: Does offline media still matter to you?

A: Absolutely. Regardless of advances in digital and online media, they’re never going to replace the pleasure of having a physical product. I can read a magazine in the bath but I’m not tempted to do the same with my laptop.

Q: What’s exciting you about digital right now?

A: I’m glad to see that digital design trends currently seems to be moving back to a more minimal, almost D.I.Y aesthetic.

Q: Finally, how come designers get nicer computers then the rest of us?!

A: Umm, because we’re prettier than everyone else and need computers to match