So I was one of the 441,000 people that yesterday, took part in Groupon’s first national offer-o’-the-day. Spend $50 at Gap, and we’ll give you $25 off.
I need new pants and socks, how can a boy say no.
So the 440,999 other people invested their $25 and accrued over $11 million, in one day. I think that sounds pretty good. They are getting huge social buzz and a guaranteed 440,000 extra store visitors (before the end of November) and yes, store visitors, the coupon is not valid on line or at …

I’ve had a lot of issues with touch screen developments, in the same way that websites in the early 2000’s and 90’s tried to replicate physical things without rethinking their content for the digital space, I’ve found that a lot of touch experiences simply try and imitate web or physical predecessors.

So with the world of online shopping continuously on the rise, those store owners thought they could freak people out a little bit more by watching their customers, monitoring their actions, the stores they’ve already visited and how they navigate and explore the store.

But you don’t have to worry about security camera or men in dark suits with ear pieces, it’s the mannequins you need to look out for.

“We live in a bubble of fake bullshit and we have this hunger to get to anything that’s real, even if that’s a Starbucks Mocha with REAL Swiss Chocolate” – Jesse Schell

With the constant barrage of iBullshit about phone antennas and ‘oh em gee it looks like they might put a gyroscope in the next iPad’, I keep feeling that I’m being disconnected from design, idea, creativity driven lifestyle I loved so much back at Uni. I don’t care about 3D TV when the content of the shows is just moving wallpaper to sell the gimmick. I feel like all this shit needs to be given some meaning.

Trying out a new model for blog posts here on Hyprink, Steph and Dan take a conversational approach to the new Write The Future campaign from Nike.

So this video may not be deemed suitable for work – it can indeed be deemed sexy, addictive and highly highly viral.

Brought to you by the folks at Esquire alongside the young man that created this shiny piece of wonder, Greg Williams.

In the midst of all the seemingly relentless negativity, positive moments seem worthy of collecting.

For music lovers everywhere, keep up with the life of our resident electronica guru.

In a shocking turn of events, Google has taken inspiration from Microsoft and has implemented a “personal background” tool on their renowned simple homepage.
Since their insemination, Googles modus operandi has been plain and simple when it comes to their corporate visage. Over the years, with their implementation of iGoogle and custom skins for Gmail, they have slowly bent under the will of their customising clientele, every one wants it their own way these days.
So following in the tracks of Microsoft and Bing, you can now add your own background, I …

So I got annoyed with the fact that twitter wouldn’t let me choose between public and private for individual tweets, I mean COME ON – it’s a fricking checkbox! look…

Check this to make this nonsense public?

DONE! – I CAN EVEN DO IT INSIDE WORDPRESS
So I made myself a personal extension, where @psparkle became @publicsparkle! Now I can do things like enter competitions, promote things I find interesting…tell Mediatemple they suck! It’s the little things!
Now, I have two profiles in Tweetie (which crashes most the time anyway, requiring me to …