That's showbiz...

Oscar here, the tictoc office dog.

A penpal from my holiday kennels forwarded me on this fantastic ad for Pedigree dogs biscuits.  He had auditioned but was pipped to the post by the smiling bulldog, that's showbiz!
Click here - Pedigree: Catch

Enjoy...Oscar out

By Oscar the Dog
Published: 4 March 2010
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Scary seagull flocks to the Buz Dev window!

So here we are, myself, Kate and Sarah, on a Monday morning getting stuck into the new business week when a huge (and they do seem very large when flying straight at your window!) seagull decided to drop in to say hello!!

Quite a surreal moment up here in the 3rd floor office with a pretty teeny ledge!

By Melanie Russell
Published: 1 February 2010
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Heralding in a new era

tictoc is the subject of today's SME Focus in The Herald (that's p23 for those of you with the paper version), as our very own Mel Russell sat down with the boys from the press to answer their questions and give them an insight into the joys and growing pains of running a digital agency.

Their questions were tough and cut straight to the heart of the matter, and we think she did a great job of answering them. Plus, her dad said he thought she was very refreshing and didn't give the stock answers you see most weeks. So there.

If you want to know more about Mel's days as a florist, or exactly what she thought when she opened the front door to a wall of floodwater, you only have to ask: now's your chance!

By Kate Wooding
Published: 3 August 2009
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Grow Your Own

So, for the first time ever, I've been trying my hand at growing my own veg. I've already had a crop of spinach, the chard is coming along nicely, but last night was my piece de resistance - I picked and cooked my first home-grown courgettes! As you can see, they're not weedy in any way, and they tasted delicious - and there are loads more to come! I also have lots of courgette flowers, which I'm planning to either stuff with ricotta and cook, or deep fry in a light batter. Italian delicacy I believe! So, in a few weeks when I am sick of courgette soup, courgette casserole, and courgette for breakfast, and you want to try some, let me know!

By Kate Wooding
Published: 24 July 2009
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Frabulous fractals

tictoc's Technical Director Tom Beddard will be demonstrating how to create mathematical and generative art on a Mac. The pic above is one of Tom's creations. As an ex-physicist, fractals are one of Tom's specialist subjects. Actually, he has many specialist subjects, and I don't understand what fractals have to do with physics, but that's why I'm going to the talk - it's all about the edukashun, innit.

If you want to find out more, come along on Thursday 14th May 2009 at 6pm to Apple's Buchanan Street store in Glasgow. You'll find directions and details in the calendar of events on the store's webpage. Do come on down and find out about the wonderful world of fractals - I have a feeling that the pictures will not only be pretty, but clever!

By Kate Wooding
Published: 24 April 2009
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tictoc Happy Easter art

Here's a wee message from tictoc's Tomek I thought I'd share with the tictoc blog! Goes to show magnetic boards are good for more than just writing coding notes!

Hope you all had a lovely break and the Easter Bunny was good to you!

By Melanie Russell
Published: 14 April 2009
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Best Twessed

One of our very own tictocers, Drew, was voted Best Dressed Man at the Edinburgh Twestival yesterday! The dress code was tartan, tweed and feathers and he accessorised his outfit with a parrot. Which just goes to show that it's not only the designers who cut a dash! Sartorially-speaking.

By Kate Wooding
Published: 13 February 2009
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The family gets feline

This weekend Muffin and Cheeky joined my household, and are settling in nicely - and taking all the best seats on the sofa as this pic shows (yes, I clearly chose them to match my furnishings).

By Kate Wooding
Published: 21 August 2008
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It's all about the music, man…

One of the best things about working in the creative industry is the generally more relaxed nature of the offices; jeans & t-shirts instead of shirt & tie and getting to listen to music pretty much all day long!

A couple of days ago a link went around the 'net showing how to create a nice wee visualisation of your listening habits based on your Last.fm profile (here's our Last.fm profile page) which straight away just about all of us did!

It seems that we listen to quite a wide variety of music although the big winners are Boards of Canada, Blur and Belle & Sebastian.

By Colin Frame
Published: 21 August 2008
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