I really like this illustration which I happened upon. 20 blogging tips from MSN Keep track of all your lists with Flexlists Yahoo’s innovation recipe which created Pipes A new kind of web publishing platform via Verdino Interesting post about college students attitude to advertising And this just made me laugh. Found it here.
Category Archives: advertising
stuff and things 03.11.07
We all know that word of mouth is hugely important in today’s world. But here’s some great facts and charts that back this up to add credibility to any persuasion you may need to do. Good advertising doesn’t necessarily require a great product or a USP. Message + location = impact. I learned something newContinueContinue reading “stuff and things 03.11.07”
stuff and things 02.11.07
Informative post on Twitter & super users with lots of off-shoots to other conversations. Some great sound bites on Twitter and synergies between it and mobile for teen audience. Any question answered text service. It costs £1 a pop. Although having your URL as the SMS short code is a nice idea, it’s hardly memorableContinueContinue reading “stuff and things 02.11.07”
4.0
Die Hard 4.0 came out on DVD yesterday so I finally got to watch it after missing out on it in the cinema. And here’s Spam with a tremendous vest courtesy of Total Film (it’s actually a beer bottle sleeve but don’t tell him). And an interview with Bruce Willis in Second Life foundContinueContinue reading “4.0”
stuff and things 30.10.07
The iPod accessory to end all accessories? Just be careful which tunes you play on the ohmibod. Be your own fashion editor and comment on other peoples look. Or upload your own and wait for the bitch slap. There are some scary ones – like this: GrandOpening is a store. GrandOpening isn’t afraid to changeContinueContinue reading “stuff and things 30.10.07”
stuff and things 28.10.07
Toyota meets World of Warcraft. 7 million play that every day FYI. Thanks to Matt Dickman. Check out his new project too. Over at his blog, Vincent Thome has written a paper on experimentation. I think he has some great ideas here. I even felt compelled to write a serious comment rather than the usualContinueContinue reading “stuff and things 28.10.07”
dove follow up – lock up your daughters
I think everyone must have used Dove as THE example of how a brand can truly influence culture, perception and attitude . Here’s the development of the campaign targeting parents of young girls who have massive exposure to the altered and warped images of beauty. Powerful.
stuff and things 15.10.07
Some environmental stuff: do the green thing. I have, I walked to the pool and did 50 laps. And walked home again. Some amusing ad agency stuff: a few good creative men (found on meme huffer) Some weird hand/eye/mouth image stuff
stuff and things 27.09.07
Here’s a map of he DNS root servers globally. I didn’t realise that in 2002, an attack disabled 9 of the then 13 root name servers. And then in February 2007, 30,000 zombie PCs, traced to South Korea, battered the servers: affecting six, two badly. If all the servers were to be taken out,ContinueContinue reading “stuff and things 27.09.07”
oh no ocado
Just when we thought that social media was on the rise and using detachable and user generated content was getting traction (witness this week’s NMA with HP & Burger King sloshing vast revenues into digital because it works better for them), I get this email from Ocado (upmarket grocery home delivery service in partnership withContinueContinue reading “oh no ocado”
