Here’s a new Q&A I did for iMedia Connection that addresses some of the issues surrounding consumer-generated advertising. Interview by Neil Perry of Xlntads.com (and former executive from McDonalds).
We love our YouTube, but it’s not the greatest listener in the world. Like its rich dad, Google, it kinda knows what you need better than you do. In a way, Google and YouTube are like God that way. Seriously- did you know you needed a photo search tool that lets you identify pictures by…
So PC Magazine’s like “here’s the new AOL redesign.” And Kara Swisher, now with Cnet, is like “oh no you dint. here’s the real new AOL redesign.” Then WVFF is like, zup y’all… I’ve got the REAL AOL redesign as an ass-clue-sive. Hot, snap, sizzle.
Take a bold YouTube homepage-takeover advertisement like today’s “Flu Has Cooties” campaign then toss in this ridiculous disclaimer: “MedImmune has no control over the video content on the YouTube homepage.” What do you get? Shit. Without that insulting disclaimer, I might have sailed right onto the Flumist page, learned about a flu vaccine that comes…
Poor Google and YouTube. PC Magazine, which we closet-nerds hide better than teenagers with Playboy, is now saying the two sites have lost their cool. They’ve “sold out.” Says this article about YouTube: “It was much more fun watching stupid videos online when A) it was counterculture and possibly even illegal (see “Lazy Sunday”); B)…
On July 24 individuals from across the globe will be videotaping moments from their day, and submitting for potential inclusion in a film produced by Ridley Scott (see his explanation video). “Life in a Day” may be the first crowd-sourced film, and will be directed by Kevin Macdonald (see the film’s YouTube channel, “LifeInADay” for…
There’s only one thing funnier than the news that Skype, Kazaa and Joost founder (Janus Friis) was caught trying to enter the mile high club on a recent flight from London to LA (source: Valleywag). We are downgrading Joost from “strong buy” to “hold” as a result of this news, and the fact that I…
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mmm, I could go for a delicious beverage.
and a new job, but not at McDonalds.
Gnomes? Where’s their attribution?
Hmmm. The GEICO ads make fun of amatuer videographers. Their “you could spend 15 minutes online better (by NOT going to YouTube–implied and illustrated–) might catch on.
Here’s a tip for getting those chalky tablets to go down easier:
Don’t chew them.