Sweet Technology Must-Haves!

Hey Candy Geeks,

Back in July, I blogged about stuff that we wish existed here at Cybercandy Towers, including the infamous Diet Coke with bacon. Like many of you, I probably spend much longer than is actually healthy, staring at a computer screen, or my iPod, or my blackberry – all the things that make life worth living in this modern digital age.

I began to wish that my HP laptop wasn’t the basic colour of most of the other laptops in the universe, or that my mouse and mouse mat weren’t the oh-so-predictable-yet-perfectly-colour-matched sleek black. Dammit, I want something different!  Don’t get me wrong, I probably have the best job in the world and count myself lucky three times over before I even roll out of bed in the morning, but however awesome my  job is, I could probably make it even more awesome (awesomer?) by replacing the standard drab technology in my life with something that will colour my world every single day. Wait, there’s more!

Lick the Rainbow

Hola Candy Fans,

Let’s talk about Skittles…

Skittles (Sport): A time honoured old English lawn game mostly played on a fine spring day by moustachioed gents in bowler hats and ladies in big frilly knickers.

Oh no.

Skittles (Confectionery): A rainbow taste explosion of fruity juiciness.

Mhmm. That’s the one.

In case you haven’t noticed, we love Skittles in Cybercandy land, oh yes we do. And we also love lots of YouTube goodness.

Skittles + YouTube = a laugh-out-loud taste sensation.

Fact. Now there’s a maths equation you can take to the bank.

Recently, BBDO Toronto have made some fabulous follow up’s to last years ridiculously awesome  Skittles ‘Touch’ campaign, which won an award at the Cannes film festival. The Canadian ad campaign was so successful that they’re back again with even more weirdness. One of our absolute favourites from the new series of five, is Dr. Cyclops. I, for one, laughed so hard that I nearly fell off my bean bag. Take a look…

Other ads in the new series include a (very wrong) werewolf baby, a tennis-playing brain-eating zombie, a  Sasquatch and a princess. I promise you, each one makes you feel just a tiny bit ‘unclean’.

We love the new ads and the Skittles/YouTube combination so much that we’ve searched out some other weird and wonderful Skittles commercials to share with you.

So kick off those shoes, put your feet up on the desk, sit back and enjoy.

Spread the love, taste the rainbow. Skittletastic!

’til next week, keep being sweet.