http://toddand.com Blogging at the very serious but often comical crossroads of marketing and media. Mon, 12 May 2008 18:19:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Source: Comunicadores Nod: Notcot.org http://toddand.com/2008/05/12/logo-confusion-close-but-no/ Great ending... http://toddand.com/2008/05/12/video-games-and-child-obesity/ Here is an awesome Stephen Colbert interview with Huffington Report co-founder and editor-in-chief Arianna Huffington. http://toddand.com/2008/05/09/arianna-huffington-the-iraq-war-is-mccains-viagra/ The Webby Awards, the leading international award for internet greatness, has a sweet Winner's Gallery. The gallery was designed as a fun and interactive way to see all of the Nominees and Winners from the 12th Annual Webby Awards and includes links to the work and the ability to ... http://toddand.com/2008/05/07/webby-awards-winners-gallery/ 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 ... http://toddand.com/2008/05/05/the-50-greatest-commercial-parodies-of-all-time/ http://toddand.com/2008/05/05/leadership-gone-wrong/ Easily one of the best political YouTube videos I've ever seen. http://toddand.com/2008/05/03/the-empire-strikes-barack/ I wish we had camcorders, the internet and YouTube back in the 1700s... it would be great to watch funny videos of the Founding Fathers like George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, etc... http://toddand.com/2008/04/20/video-of-george-bushs-funnies/ As a marketing professional, I quickly understood the potential of social networking platforms like Twitter, YouTube, Digg, Facebook, Flickr, and blogs. However, many friends, family and professionals still find it difficult to fully grasp their power, capabilities or uses. For those who don’t “get it,” I have two ... http://toddand.com/2008/04/20/two-case-studies-demonstrating-the-power-and-speed-of-social-networks/ "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, ... http://toddand.com/2008/04/17/power-profile-craphammer/