Connecting the Dots / An Agency Blog

Web Apps are fun. Especially when they’re useful. We’ve been working on a few concepts over the past year, and this one has begun to evolve. We’ll be working to jam this out in the new year and when we’re ready to launch we’ll be sure to make some noise. For now though, we’re keeping quiet as to what Chym.In will actually offer. Feel free to post your best guess in our comments below.

In the meantime, please follow Chym.In on Twitter and visit Chym.In to sign up for our launch email. Those signed up to the Chym.In email list and following Chym.In on Twitter will get first invites to the beta.

Making internet makes us hungry, and being the time of year when a lot of food comes around the studio, the Holiday Season is usually a time of good eating (and good internet too.) We’re also really into Norwegian Death Metal, as you learned in our previous holiday surprise. However, things were a little dry last week. No food baskets, cheese plates, or fruit cakes. Nuthin?! So when the lovely ladies at Sara Pereira dropped off a ginger bread house, we went a little crazy.

And, of course, made some internet out of it. Watch the video below, you’ll see!

Rock The Haus from Engine Digital on Vimeo.

What you are about to witness is the gold standard by which all agency greetings cards will be judged.

Without delay we give you the Engine Digital Big Xmas Idea.

Update:
Thanks for the links in!

• Bannerblog
• SurfTheDeepEnd – Fathom
• AgencySpy

We’ve been following Foursquare on this blog since it was introduced to Vancouver because we knew that even if Foursquare isn’t around in the future, location based digital experiences will be.

As we said earlier, this technology is in its infancy, and it’s evolving. On November 16th, Dennis Crowley from Foursquare announced in Amsterdam that Foursquare would be teaming up with the Augmented Reality app, Layar. Now you’ll be able to hold up your phone to a real world setting and have the benefits of both apps at your fingertips. Get all the details here.

Inevitably, this story will be continued.

The basketball court in the new Woodward's complex.

With rumors of possible free hotdogs and the need for more X-Box controllers, the Engine crew decided to duck out of the studio for an hour to size up our new neighbor, the Woodward’s development.

Freshly opened to the public, we finally got a chance to see what’s been going on behind that metal fence for the past few years since they blew up the whole block. The architecture of the complex fits in nicely with Gastown’s industral vibe. The main courtyard, with a glass roof and a huge open area that features a basketball court in between a London Drugs and Nestor’s, is a unique touch that’s going to see a lot of local rivalry manifesting itself next summer. There’s a huge photo installation by Stan Douglas that overlooks everything too, a nice nod to the political battle that is an undeniable part of this locations history. (More photos after the jump.)

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