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Conan O’Brien’s farewell speech, displayed in kinetic typography

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When Conan left NBC, he gave a farewell speech that was one of my favorite I’ve ever read. It also included a quote that I could only wish I had said first:

But, being the design geeks that we are around here at TNW, a single quote on a page wasn’t enough. Apparently, it wasn’t enough for the Digital Design class at Oklahoma State University either. They have done a project of kinetic typography that truly adds a beautiful element that goes even beyond the speech itself.

Well done, class. A+.

ShopWithYourFriends brings you real-time, social shopping

Group buying may be all the rage via companies like Groupon but ShopWithYourFriends, which launches today, adds a new twist to social shopping by enabling group shopping sessions online.

The Dutch startup uses co-browsing technology to share the screen between multiple shoppers who can put together different pieces and discuss their choices. The idea is to simulate online the real-world experience of a group of women shopping together.

The consumer web site offers items from 50 online shops in the US, UK, Germany and France, including French Connection, My Wardrobe, Karen Millen, Mango and other well-known European high-street brands. Users can invite friends to a shopping session via Facebook or a URL.

The target market is women aged 15-45. Personally, I can’t see many 30 something women finding the time or inclination to organize a live shopping session, but it could be a hit with teenage girls.

ShopWithYourFriends screenshotCo-shopping might work best as a feature in existing online shopping portals, rather than as the focus of a new one. Accordingly, ShopWithYourFriends offers a B2B, white-label version for online clothing retailers. Retailers can integrate ShopWithYourFriends into their website by embedding a small piece of code.

The parent company of ShopWithYourFriends is ChatVenture, which is based in Utrecht in the Netherlands, has eight employees and is privately funded. The company was founded in 2008.

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