Rob Manuel, one of the blokes who set up b3ta.com

came in to wieden + kennedy today to give a talk about the history of his site. We thought it might be interesting to hear about web design from someone who isn’t really a web designer.

It was a funny talk and fascinating to hear how daft jokes thought up in the pub have turned into a site that generates all sorts of extremely popular viral content. It’s a great demonstration of the power of the Net to turn odd little ideas into things that can influence mainstream culture.http://www.b3ta.com/features/phalliclogoawards/

The stuff on the site is self confessedly stupid and non-pc – see the phallic logo awards

– but it’s often very funny, gets passed round  quickly and often gets ripped off by the newspapers. You might have seen some of his quizzes too – http://www2.b3ta.com/gruesometwosomes/.

In this ususally ephemeral business it’s great to see that, more than two years after the event, people are still arguing about our Cog film for Honda. Read an exchange of views about how it compares to Fallon’s new Sony spot here.