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Online Search(ing): Your Mom

July 10th, 2008 No Comments

I’ve been doing some work with these guys, www.onnetworks.com, and by far this is my favorite episode. Classic. Check out searchinusa, a funny show. Think “best day ever” for search.

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Enter The Matrix: Bionic Monkeys

June 11th, 2008 No Comments

amazing , stunning, frightening, disgusting. welcome to our sci-fi reality folks. as hunter used to say:

“When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. “

more here, here, and here.  and proof that the bionic trend is upon us check out a cover story from The Week here:

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Tech Camp: The Kids Learn An Apple a Day.

June 6th, 2008 1 Comment

..just when you thought Evil Stevie and friends might lose their marketing mojo, they create Apple Camp. I joke about the evil part (a reference to an earlier post), in fact I’d send my daughter if she was old enough. Sure beats sending her here or here.

a great experiential branding case study, even [...]

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New Excitement For Mac Fanboys: Multitouch OS

June 3rd, 2008 No Comments

<drools>

multi-touch os for mac? well..sort of. it ain’t evil stevie, or the master of interactive pixels jeff han. but it shows that mainstream multi-touch is comin soon.
more from Gizmodo.

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Brilliant or Bogus? iGoogle Designs:

May 22nd, 2008 No Comments

…an interesting move by Google, but feels a tad bit Targete mmmkay?

Jeff Koons….

Michael Graves….

Anne Geddes?!

NIGO?!!!!! (wtf)

and from what facebook tells me, there’s a beastie boys theme in the works
..so the new “death star” of marketing get’s its brand on. but is this really a good move? not only does it feel a [...]

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The Facebook Dillemma

May 21st, 2008 No Comments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrlSkU0TFLs

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Indiana Jones and the Lego’s of Doom: Fanboy Film.

May 21st, 2008 1 Comment

.. another random tangent in anticipation of tomorrow’s Indiana Jones release: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Fanboy’s get their geek on:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFGVzt7c5bY

courtesy of Geekologie.
Note: The initial reviews are pretty brutal, but this movie could be a straight-to-video disaster and I’d still be grinning in anticipation.
Disclaimer: Don’t let the fact that [...]

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But wait, theres more: Celebrity Twitter III

May 20th, 2008 No Comments

as Hunter S. once said, when the going gets weird, the weird go pro.  This is a little weird.. Hammer, Diablo, and now…
Hi, Andy
Zappos.com CEO -Tony (zappos) is now following your updates on Twitter.
Check out Zappos.com CEO -Tony’s profile here:
http://twitter.com/zappos
Best,
Twitter
Don’t get me wrong, it’s cool to follow Tony.  What’s weird is that its cause he’s [...]

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Now For Something Completely Different:

May 20th, 2008 No Comments

STOP. Hammer time:
Hi, Andy.
Hammer (MCHammer) is now following your updates on Twitter.
Check out Hammer’s profile here:
http://twitter.com/MCHammer
Best,
Twitter
..as entertaining as this?: I doubt it. But hell if it ain’t worth a shot.

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Is your brand’s head in the clouds? brandtags.net

May 9th, 2008 1 Comment

damn you Noah!… I’m insanely jealous for not thinking of this first ;) welcome friends to brandtags.net
The main idea:

the end result:

contribute to the clouds, through a multitude of brands yourself and watch the tagclouds grow. will be interesting… will it organically and naturally populate? will brands freak out and get their pr agencies [...]

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