Enter http://www.conceptfeedback.com/ useful especially for freelance designers, marketers and developers who may sometimes feel isolated. Concept feedback allows you to upload you designs, logos and ads and get feedback from a professional community. Read more about this simple but effective idea over at Fuel your Creativity.

Yesterday’s race between Winston the homing pigeon and an ADSL line to deliver the same amount of data is being profiled on all the major international news and tech sites. The campaign was created by Durban based IT company The Unlimited Group to see if a data card strapped to a bird’s leg could be delivered quicker than  an adsl line…..the bird won

It’s been a creative, fun campaign and a great experiment in social media spread, so much so that Winston has 3000+ Facebook fans and #CarrierPigeon is now a trending topic. My concern in the beginning was that the link to Unlimited from a branding point of view was not as strong as it could have been but now that the news has gone global I think it’s safe to assume that the Durban company is experiencing high traffic and getting max exposure.

Check out http://pigeonrace2009.co.za/ and you can follow Mark Smith from Unlimited on Twitter for the latest updates.

You either love it or hate it but you can’t deny that Monopoly is one of the most successful board games ever produced. Now Google has teamed up with board game maker Hasbro to launch a Google Maps version of Monopoly. Mashable reports that Monopoly City Streets launches Wednesday and will allow players to compete in a live, worldwide version of the popular game, creating the biggest Monopoly tournament ever played.

From the preview site:

On the 9th SEPTEMBER, a world of property empire building on an unimaginable scale will be launched! A live worldwide game of MONOPOLY using Google Maps as the game board. The goal is simple. Play to beat your friends and the world to become the richest property magnate in existence.

Own any street in the world. Build humble houses, crazy castles and stupendous skyscrapers to collect rent. Use MONOPOLY Chance Cards to sabotage your mates by building Hazards on their streets.

I reckon it could be pretty addictive, but then again, I’m a Monopoly fan.
Read more here.

That being said, it is a very popular social network in SA, the most popular at the moment in fact. Mainly because users view it as a space where they can house everything – pics, updates, notes etc.

At the moment I’m going through a bit of a Facebook ‘friend’ clean-up….I’m irritated by some people who feel the need to air their dirty laundry in public.  Which is why this funny article by CNN made me laugh: ‘The 12 most annoying types of Facebookers.’ Check it out, you’ll recognise many of the personalities and perhaps, if you’re honest, you’ll even identify yourself

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Evan Ratliff from Wired.com is doing an interesting experiment which they have turned into an online sleuthing competition of sorts to win $5000. Evan is going missing for 30 days….he’s truly trying to disappear.

“I’m going missing. I’m leaving behind friends, family, and everything familiar, and I’m challenging you to find me. If you do, you’ll win $5,000 and get your picture in Wired.”
Wired are posting clues to his whereabouts and you can follow Evan on twitter….he’s using IP blockers and various other tactics in an attempt to stay hidden. It’s a really interesting social experiment supported by a highly complex detective challenge for those who are smart (bored? i.e have the time) enough to hack it.

Check out all the details here. I’ll be watching closely to see if, and how, he is discovered.

He’s listed a few simple tips that may help the creative process for you – whatever you’re creating. Things like:

- Don’t try for perfect. Just get it out there, asap, and get feedback.

- Write all ideas down immediately.

- Drink ridiculous amounts of coffee.

He makes some very good points that we could all benefit from – check out the full text here “The little but really useful guide to creativity.”

The car movements were tracked using a custom software, designed by interactive artist Zachary Lieberman. (openframeworks.cc )

Check out the video of the making of the font here. It’s VERY cool

Spotted locally by @ideabounty

People start to visit your blog for example on an almost daily basis, then they comment, you respond, they give advice or request specific articles and you respond and soon a strong community starts to determine in what direction a blog expands and therefore is established as a true community tool.

There are only a few sites that have been around for long enough, and have been focused on the concept of community building for long enough. Rob from Fuel Your Creativity has written a very cool post on 5 Design specific websites that he feels are building communities in the right way. Cool post and some very useful links to some design collectives you may not have heard of.

Vimeo is full of amazing work from the realms of animation, film making, artistic commentary, and captures of beautiful moments from everyday life. Mashable have created an awesome feature of 12 amazing videos for design inspiration that are a must see for creatives and non-creatives alike.

Originally spotted by Chris where you can read more about the production and background.