Logo Confusion - Close, But No…

May 12, 2008 | 2 Comments

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Source: Comunicadores
Nod: Notcot.org

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The 50 Greatest Commercial Parodies of All Time

May 5, 2008 | 1 Comment

Nerve.com ranks the 50 greatest commercial parodies of all time. My favorite is the Robot Insurance spot from SNL (1995). “Old Glory Insurance. For when the metal ones decide to come for you… and they will.”

Insuring the Aging American Population is priority ONE!

“Robots are everywhere and they eat old people’s medicine for fuel.”

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Leadership Gone Wrong

May 5, 2008 | 1 Comment

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The Empire Strikes Barack

May 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Easily one of the best political YouTube videos I’ve ever seen.

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Power Profile: CrapHammer

April 17, 2008 | 6 Comments

seanhoward.jpg“When all you have is a craphammer…” Those are the famous first words of Sean Howard when you visit his blog, CrapHammer, which currently sits at No. 113 on the Power 150. Sean is director of strategy and innovation at Lift Communications, a brand experience studio in Toronto, Canada. Sean is clearly special. And complex. For instance, his profile uses words like teletype, womb, hacker, military, unicycle, juggler, fad, vegan, cats and hippy… all in the same paragraph. A short Google search away is even more evidence of Sean’s special purpose - I’ll let you discover these for yourself. In the meantime, sit back and enjoy the CrapHammer profile:

What two blogs do you read most often?
This is an insanely difficult question. Adliterate and Servants of Chaos, but there are like 10 I read at the same frequency: Hee Haw Marketing, Get Shouty, Communities Dominate Brands, Mind Hacks, Punk Planning, Pan-dan, Johnnie Moore, Own Your Brand, Leigh’s Blitherings, The Digital Perm

Which blogger would you most like to meet in person?
Richard Huntington (Adliterate)

Which blogger would you least like to run into in a dark alley?
Katie Chatfield (Get Shouty)

Continue to the juicy parts: Read more

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RSS, Printers, Comedy and Twitter

April 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Seven Tips for Making the Most of Your RSS Reader (ReadWriteWeb)
“RSS is a big deal, as anyone who’s subscribed to even a few feeds probably knows. Once you get past just a few feeds, though, it can quickly get overwhelming. RSS can leave you feeling inadequate, brain-dead and uninspired.”

Newspaper Vendors Worry About Downturn (AP)
“As newspaper publishers build up their online operations and struggle through an advertising slump, one group is worried about being left behind — the folks who make printing presses and other equipment used to make newspapers.”

The 50 Greatest Comedy Sketches of All Time (Nerve.com)
“But of the sketch comedy that remains viewable, this is some of the best. Is the list definitive? That’s for you, the audience to tell us. And we’re sure you will, loudly and angrily. Before you do you, though, remember: it’s comedy. Best not to overthink it.”

How to Get Customer Service via Twitter (ReadWriteWeb)
“But what we wanted to find out is which companies are using Twitter for customer service? And how can you get a company’s attention via Twitter?”

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This is an Awareness Test

March 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment

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Subliminal Iconography: Is Yahoo Calling FeedBurner Junk?

March 10, 2008 | 7 Comments

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Is it just me, or does Yahoo Mail’s spam icon look strikingly similar to the FeedBurner logo? Is Yahoo trying to send a subliminal message that FeedBurner (ergo Google) is just junk? Don’t ask me how I made this connection, but it just hit me while I was checking my spam folder. I can’t imagine I’m the first to notice this, but I don’t see any results for the logical search terms. Scoop!

Which came first, the logo or the icon? Is this just a strange coincidence? The flame logo makes sense for FeedBurner, but the icon is a bit strange for spam. Does that suggest Yahoo did indeed create the icon to mock FeedBurner? Or, did the Yahoo icon exist before FeedBurner? Who really cares?

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The Last Lecture - A Dying Professor’s Final Words

March 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment

This was Dr. Randy Pausch’s last lecture. It deserves 10 minutes of your time. This is exactly what I’d want my kids to know if I were dying.

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The Axe Effect: Hillary for Obama

February 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment

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Source: Neatorama

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