December 2007
69 posts
“It’s no wonder Will Smith feels so lonely. Everyone else on Earth is in the...”
– PR “Franken-quote” #2: Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker Media By Numbers
“Forty-five million acorns. Chipmunks are diurnal animals and they do hibernate,...”
– Brilliant PR “Franken-quote” #1. Chris Aronson, senior vice president for distribution at 20th Century Fox “talking” about Alvin movie.
“Advertising is a tax you pay for unremarkable thinking.”
– Robert Stephens, Geek Squad (from JV’s article)
The Year in Advertising →
Anomaly partner Johnny Vulkan writes up the year that was for BusinessWeek.
“For most brands, “loyalty” is about as intense as a tepid bath.”
– Umair on Apple, the Edgeconomy, and the Future of Consumption
“But so far, economists don’t understand much about what motivates people to make...”
– Globe & Mail article from Nov 29 on the Radiohead economy (via Online Fandom)
perfectly dirty words
personal, community, empower, share, care, connect… all these are perfectly legitimate and communicative words until you try to use them in your marketing message. then they suddenly sound tainted, overused and disingenuous. it’s not fair. — soxiam
“Somehow or other, I don’t think Saxon maids fighting off horny Vikings is...”
– George Parker on the newish CP+B Nike running spot and its potential appeal to hardcore runners
Fimoculous.com: 2007 Lists →
An epic aggregation of all the 2007 year end lists
Chat by Reblog Experiment
joelaz: Tumblrs, let's chat. Reply by reblog, adding your response to the bottom of this running dialogue. I'll start with a question, but feel free to change topics if you like. What's your latest obsession (aside from Tumblr of course)?
rach: Luc Sante's book "Low Life" and Planet Earth on the Discovery Channel...
chet: the potential of PlanningForGood.org and other things like it
Overheard in Wburg this morning:
I LOL’d at this… Girl, pissed off, sitting on steps outside her apartment. On phone. “So what was with your txt last night…’my balls want u.’ !?!??!?!??!” — jendunlap
Lessig vs. Corruption →
The Economist profile of Lawrence Lessig and his move onto corruption: “I felt I was spending too much time on the substance of copyright, as if that was the issue. I’m really getting tired of telling this story. It’s not rocket science. But governments always get it wrong. What links these issues is that there is so much money involved in protecting them.”
When I was an oh so innocent 13 year old, I played...
“Really, an album that someone worked on for two years — is that worth only $9,...”
– Doug Morris, CEO, Universal Music Group
Advertising's Young Minds →
Cool to be on this list of blogs, although I feel a little like the existance of this list in the first place is a bit much. Regardless, I like a lot of the folks on here, and some new ones to explore. Props to Daniel for creating it, lots of work.
“Ninety-nine percent of Web users do not click on ads on a monthly basis. Of the...”
– Dave Morgan, AOL Global Advertising Strategy
Language of the Tweet
Just to see what it would look like, I pulled my Twitter friend feed out of context, mixed it up and grouped like entries into paragraphs as if a story coming from one person. Pretty funny: “I want to learn the piano. Every shoe I wanted in elementary school is at Foot Locker, and I haven’t heard this Soundgarden song since I was watching the video on MTV in high school, while manic...
Anomaly is doing some tumbling... →
today is friday
Fashion girl #1: Today should be Friday.
Fashion girl #2: Seriously. It feels like Friday.
Fashion girl #1: It would be fabulous if today was Friday.
Fashion girl #2: Fuck tomorrow.
