May 2011
24 posts
Going out on a limb here, but does using body parts in strange ads sell product? http://bit.ly/maUPaN < u decide!
April 2011
26 posts
Do Weird Body Parts in Quirky Commercials Really...
There are weird commercials, and then there are weird commercials that use body parts to attempt to sell product. Like these three strange ones below… makes you wonder what the ad pitch sessions were like when they came up with the idea. And to think some suit green lit them too.
You be the judge…
I guess this is what’s called “Ass”vertising… Diesel shoes were...
RIMM Shot: Blackberry maker halts trading, then tanks on disappointing quarter http://bit.ly/m1VT9P
Further proof that car companies should stick to...
BMW demonstrates Apps, which supports iPhone features like Twitter and Facebook into their iDrive interface. Assuming that people want to integrate their social application features into their car dashboard, BMW demonstrates in this video that they have absolutely no business in creating this kind of software…
For years I’ve complained (I’m not the only one) about the clunky and...
RT @Lounibos: SOASTA Recognized as a Top Private and #Cloud Computing Company in 2011 http://bit.ly/eGueVh
Lines forming at the SMBs door at 10am every day are now the daily deal salesguys instead of newspaper/YP/radio spot guys
RT @OrenMichels: congrats to entire #mashery team on top ten finish in “125 best places to work in SF” http://bit.ly/h51EwR -I can’t thi …
Your secret decoder ring: Facebook of China- RenRen, Amazon-DangDang, YouTube-Youku, Twitter-Weibo http://yhoo.it/gurXDt
Male golfers: When u gotta go, whip out the UroClub! http://bit.ly/gT0AjP
Fascinating insight behind the scenes at Twitter: Fortune digs in deep at the team’s dynamics http://bit.ly/h0ebxy
Confused by APIs? This video might clear things up
Best Buy produced this video to describe the difference between closed and open systems in a way that hopefully makes it very easy to understand APIs (Application Programming Interfaces), the method by which people interact with apps. Their analogy of kids’ board games versus playing cards is very insightful.
Check it out!
< Click here if you cannot see the video
Congrats Larry & team! RT @peHUB: Capella Intelligent Subsystems Adds $20M http://dlvr.it/NMzLZ
Amazing that people can text while driving. Makes me wonder what else they can do while doing email at their desk.
Crashing & burning on a screen near you: Seattle’s Best to upstage Old Spice with custom video ads? http://bit.ly/hHD1yS
The future of learning? School district buys iPad2s for every kindergartner to promote learning http://bit.ly/eOFqOa RT @cisco_mobile
Cal baseball is back! Go Bears! http://es.pn/dSDCAk
The Future of Learning?
A school district in Maine buys iPad2s for every kindergarten kid to promote learning… this video says it all about the future of tablets and apps (not a fad, Mr. Mundie). Apparently, teachers in kindergarten noticed a significant difference in kids’ learning when they were in front of an iPad with educational software, especially with kids that were previously struggling. I hope...
The Ultimate Political Joke
A rookie politician from Oregon decides to lighten the mood amongst his fellow House Members and comes up with an awesome political prank. He weaves together the ultimate RickRoll by splicing together the lyrics of “Never Gonna Give You Up” as spoken by these politicians.
Back story here:
If you can’t see the video, click here.
Malls becoming ghost towns as there are fewer & fewer reasons for people to shop there http://bit.ly/dI4rkD
How times & values change: Echostar buys Blockbuster for $320M, $60M less than they paid for Sling Media http://reut.rs/hvBV3D
Wow, everything’s now a little bigger in Texas: TI buys National Semiconductor for $6.5B http://nyti.ms/dNBLSr
If they’re done well, do people really know if they’re on a website, app or a landing page? <-my Dad or kids don’t
Dog is rescued after lost at sea for 3 wks in the ocean amidst earthquake wreckage in Japan http://bit.ly/fG4CKw
What’s wrong w/ Cisco? If u follow the stock, u probably have the same questions as this analyst http://bit.ly/hAXa45
Wow! A dog is found on a crumbled house floating in the ocean off the coast of Japan, nearly 3 weeks after the earthquake…
Acer CEO resigns due to disagreement w/ board on direction http://cnet.co/g8RfAz <- does 1 of them think pads are fads?
Giants Opening Day Lineup: Torres CF, Sanchez 2B, Huff RF, Posey C, Burrell LF, Tejada SS, Belt 1B, Panda 3B, Lincecum P