On Wednesday evening I joined a bunch from Bristol’s creative community for Kittencamp, a networking evening centering around a talk on the latest and greatest memes. Specifically; cat based memes. To be honest I’m not huge on the “I HAZ” cat obsession that interest so many on the internet. But I put these immediate feelings aside and made my way to the library room at Goldbrick House to find out what Kittencamp is all about. Upon arrival I was greeted with a glass of bubbly wine before being taken through to the library. I was given a pin badge to act as my pass to an open bar sponsored by Viral Ad Network. Things were already looking exciting. Dave Ashby of the Versus and Liquid Lizard projects was already there and talked me through what would be taking place. An hour of networking time, then this event would see a special one-off Cats Vs Dog “meme off”. Chris of Team Rubber (in a cat costume) would compete with Rex Martin from Aardman (in a self-made dog costume) to play out the funniest meme with the assembled crowd voting. This would be followed by a talk by Team Rubber Creative Director Matt Golding before more drinking and chat with interesting folks.
The networking time was a lot of fun, and I got to know some of the Nudge Digital team, talking PPC with Bella and enjoyed chatting with various members of Team Rubber. Everybody was incredibly nice and interesting. Not often you get a better mix than that at a social event.
Then came the meme’s.
Chris and Rex took their turns playing out clips including the Nyan Cat
and some Nyan cat responses
Rex found excuse to play out some his own awesome clips too
]Rex won the battle and it was time for Matt Golding to speak.
Matt gave an incredibly honest and informative talk about the recent successes with their Thor viral and the trials of the production. A clip that has seen over 2,000,000 views.
But what did I learn?
I was reminded once again that Bristol is a creative hub that attracts some wonderfully friendly and talented folks.
Plus, single women have cats and blokes with too much time on their hands make viral clips about cats doing amusing things. There should be a whole lot of dating going on and that’s why I want to launch LOLZ DATING. Matching single women and their cats with guys who have too much spare time!
