NotesAs I understand, a hugely divisive internal debate occurred among Twitter employees around this time. One camp wanted to build the entire business around their realtime API. In this scenario, Twitter would have turned into something like a realtime cloud API company. The other camp looked at Google’s advertising model for inspiration, and decided that building their own version of AdWords would be the right way to go. FeedUnfurl
Notesthe IAB is back with a new assault in the form of a full-page ad placed in Advertising Age (and also available online for your delectation [.pdf]) that is bigger, better - and barmier.Unfurl
NotesMy bet is that the joke is on us, that there is no great reveal. Bob Benson is a way for the writers to show us how, in the world of Mad Men, the very qualities that define a real go-getting American businessman, here, in this office, with these people, look like vile perversion. To propose that Bob Benson is a spy is, frankly, to dance on Dutch Reagan’s grave. If you suspect Bob, you suspect the backbone of American commerce. If you suspect Bob, you suspect opportunity itself.Unfurl
Notes"Did you see those great ads pushed out the other day from Palm? It looks like Microsoft, who forgot to borrow copy & paste or multi-tasking, has the same ad team or at least the same great idea. Now it’s time for Palm to creatively borrow a few elements from the Microsoft ad. How about adding a few different demographics and have the people in the ads carrying webOS phones."Unfurl
Notes"Envious of the Gecko's boss? You've seen the commercial, now you can have his "worst" ringtone, a snappy sounding ringity-ding-ding-dingy-dong, on your phone. Download the ringtone below.
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Notes"The product is, simply put, a magical screen that can do anything you ever want it to, no matter what that is.
Here you go. It’s five hundred dollars. If you pay me that, I will give you this magical thing that can do anything. You don’t have to read a manual. It will do anything, and it will do it right now, out of the box.
Other companies are selling computers. Apple’s selling magic. Which one would you rather have?"Unfurl
NotesWow. I totally missed this. "About 485 employees of BBDO Detroit have been given notice the office will close Jan. 26 because Chrysler Group LLC has not negotiated continued contracts with the longtime advertising agency."Unfurl
Notes"This Dos Equis campaign features wonderful visual details. The production team clearly took glee in meshing vintage film stocks with unexpected locations and absurd endeavors. My favorite moment is the sight of our tuxedoed hero leading a moonlight expedition through a rocky canyon—flanked by elegant women in evening gowns, a military officer in full dress regalia, and a slightly befuddled fellow wearing a fez. We're left to guess at the precise combination of events that led to this scenario. I like to imagine it's an impromptu escape from a hijacked ocean liner."Unfurl
Notes"It appears that in the last few days, there are a handful of bloggers who, by finding wallets on the ground, have unwittingly stumbled across the latest under-the-radar Burger King promotion. The fast food chain has dispensed agents across major U.S. cities (indications are it’s just been Chicago and Orlando so far ) to “lose” wallets. However, when unsuspecting passersby find these wallets and open them, they discover an interesting message"FeedEmbedUnfurl
Notes"The Mozilla Foundation and its Commercial arm, the Mozilla Corporation, has allowed and endorsed Ad Block Plus, a plug-in that blocks advertisement on web sites and also prevents site owners from blocking people using it."FeedEmbedUnfurl
Notes"If you've got a site/service that is ad-supported but also has some membership, do your best users a favor and think about turning off ads (I'm looking at you Facebook and LinkedIn). It's likely to make a small dent in your bottom line but will pay off wUnfurl
Notes"'Human directionals' -- those guys spinning advertising arrows -- can cost $60 an hour. Some of their best moves are filed in the patent office."Unfurl
Notes"Digital recreation of Popcorn founder who passed away in 1995. Orville Redenbacher now once again can pitch the most perfect popping corn!"Unfurl
Notes"Printable cold sores allow us to take action! Bring these people back down to our level, and tell advertisers that you don't agree with their message."FeedUnfurl
Notes"In a risky experiment, Chevrolet asked Web users to make their own video spots for the Tahoe. A case study in customer generated advertising."Unfurl
Notes"MacGyver is back and armed with an air freshener, a tube sock, paper clips, rubber bands and a few other odds and ends." Pretty nifty, this.Unfurl
Notes"Advertisers and media and technology companies, mindful that young consumers have migrated away from the traditional carriers of their messages, have begun to find new ways to reach them."Unfurl
Notes"I am your most difficult target audience to reach. I not only proactively chose my content, I actively avoid your advertising and have the technology and mind-set to do so."Unfurl
Notes"Encourage your partners to make the ads destructable." Although, I'd really rather have the option to pay a little more to get rid of the ads. That, or play for free.Unfurl
Notes"Integrated into site navigation and/or editorial content, these programs enable vendors to showcase products, services or brands in easy-to-manage vehicles reaching a highly desirable IT-focused audience." Hurr.. bye bye, Slashdot.Unfurl
Notes"Nanotechnology, genetically-modified food, and unscrupulous marketers create a proliferation of disgusting 'poop-out' ads." I absolutely love Dr. Fun. This seems like Dr. Fun dipped into Transmetropolitan for a bit, thoughUnfurl
Notes"...all four of the suspect comments had been posted from the same [IP] address... also the source of two e-mail messages that Ms. Bechtel sent to ... bloggers." Ouch. And yeah, I bet they were all from fan-employees of Warner...Unfurl
Notes"I feel like I can never trust Fark again." On one hand, er, you trusted them in the first place? On the other hand, this seems pretty scummy even for Fark.Unfurl
What Twitter could have been
Mad Men recap: Solving the mystery of Bob Benson. - Slate Magazine
When Ads Feel Wrong
GEICO | GEICO Ringtones - Download free ringtones to your phone
BBDO Detroit to close in January | detnews.com | The Detroit News
Burger King Has Dropped Their Wallet | So Good
10 Incredible Old Computer Ads
Why FireFox is Blocked
The fine art of making a point - Los Angeles Times
Printable Cold Sores
This is your ass on drugs. By Seth Stevenson - Slate Magazine
