Finally a new kind of calendar available

Ajasto (a Finnish publishing house) and www.sooda.com, a web service for the young brought to you by Nicefactory Ltd, have now published a calendar that will certainly force us rethink the idea of a school year calendar. The calendar and www.sooda.com merge the printed product and the service on the Web in an entertaining and innovative way.

The Sooda-calendar - a mobile device for www.sooda.com

There are numerous imaginative ways to expand the Sooda-calendar by printing little extras from Kalenteriklubi, the Club for the calendar owners. Just pick the ones you need: a picture of your virtual pet or a picture of your idol, dating guide, pages for your 'My friends' -book, extra timetables, addressbook pages. The Calendar Club provides you monthly with timely extras that you can fill the transparent, removable plastic pockets that come with the calendar.

There is a monthly question in the calendar that you can reply to at www-sooda.com and get a chance to win one of the prizes while also giving your five cent's worth to the site. The questions concern human relationships, attitudes, matters that bring one joy or sorrow. The users are encouraged to look at the issue on a deeper level.

One of the new features for the Sooda-calendar are the colourful covers. Four different printable covers will be offered during the school year. The site audience is welcome to participate in their creation. This way the calendar is quaranteed to follow the latest trends.

There is room in the calendar for making your own notes concerning, for example, the best of the toilet wall graffiti, cases of busting a friend, or questions you´d like to ask Wonderboy. The users can then publish their notes at www.sooda.com.

SOODA-CALENDAR: LIKE LIFE ITSELF

Let's not forget that the Sooda-calendar is also a traditional calendar with namedays, , week numbers, room for making notes about one's personal celebrations and a map of Finland. Not forgetting the address pages, mobile phone diary or the timetable page that are all essential parts of the calendar.

There is also a lot of edited material i.e. facts and compact guides on interesting issues such as computer games, smileys, applying for a job, studying as well as information about festivals, recipes and a number of links to a variety of subject matters.

The already familiar characters and sections of www.sooda.com follow you to the printed calendar. Also, some user-produced material like questions presented to Wonderboy on the site can now be seen on the calendar pages as well as the best picks from the Toilet Wall Graffiti and Poetry Corner.

The Sooda-calendar is a trendy commodity!

The calendar looks fresh and,well,bubbly. Its looks have their roots in the graphic design of the web site and the ever so funny characters continue their lives in the calendar. What makes this calendar stand out from the crowd among other more traditional youth calendars is its new structure and a unique style.