Saving The Earth One Ink Cart at a Time

Here at Poulters we would like to think that we use our web design for good rather than evil and so we were overjoyed when the people at Bag It Up – a recycling business who take old clothes, mobiles and ink cartridges and make them into cash for charity – came to us asking for their website working over.

Last week we launched the new Bag It Up website with a fresh look and new functionality. The functional improvements allow Joe Public to register for Doorstep Collections and search for their nearest recycling Bring Bank - the Bring Bank search results are presented using a nice bit of Google Maps integration.

The site shows the recycling schemes and campaigns Bag It Up have with the likes of the Yorkshire Air Ambulance, Springhill Hospice and the Hampshire Air Ambulance.

So we make a good site, they raise money for specific charities and we all save the planet.

http://www.bag-it-up.org.uk/

Bag It Up was designed by Chris Ball, Michael Wood and Liz Worsley, and built by Michael Wood. The technical work on the project was conducted by Joe McGrath and the project was managed by Pam Manku.

MUPC '07 Website Goes Live

The site for this year's Manchester United Premier Cup is now live.

http://www.manchesterunitedpremiercup.com/

The site currently shows the latest tournament news and information, an interactive map of the qualifying teams (as shown in the screenshot), and a gallery of the best images from last year's competition.

Watch out for the next phase of development, which will include the 'Players' Lounge' interactive elements such as message board and a 'Dream Team' competition. The site will also include up to the minute game results during the tournament itself, which runs from the 1st to the 4th of August in Manchester.


MUPC was designed by Chris Ball. The technical build on the project was conducted by Joe McGrath and the project was managed by Pam Manku.

Surface

Microsoft have launched their new 'Surface' system, bringing the 'Minority Report'-style interface that little bit closer.

http://www.microsoft.com/surface/ (warning - the first video contains that annoying American pronunciation of leisure)

In terms of in-store, this blog article talks about using it in T-mobile stores. I think this system will work well in ‘technology boutique’ type stores like a mobile phone shop, but also in any other situation where the store staff are in a 1-on-1 situation with the customer and want to present information on a screen. For example a travel agent could bring up pictures and videos of holiday resorts, or an estate agent could show walk-through videos of a house for sale. Lots of possibilities...