Kayak, a travel site, has been running a “trip ideas” campaign with simple quirky 15-second ads, such as a “visit Alaska before the big oil companies do.” Or “discover a coffee before it’s available at Starbucks.” The latter I find myself playing over and over for the cappuccino echo.
Here’s the lot of them. Make your own and win a trip to NYC.
We count down the best and worst of 2009 Superbowl ads even before the Superbowl is finished airing…
It didn’t take the Microsoft long to counter the iPhone. Now DogRodeo has a spoof ad for the ZunePhone. Check out this video, and be sure to watch the last few seconds. I’m not usually one for parody commercials but this was extremely well done. Funnier than most Saturday Night Live commercial parodies and produced quickly…
I was happy to hear Threadless founder and former CEO Jake Nickell on public radio’s “Markeplace” tonight, and how he was “crowdsourcing” in Threadless’ decade of business… even before there was a name for it. “Last year we paid over $1.5 million out to artists,” he told interviewer Kai Ryssdal. Designers upload their creations, and…
… when maybe one person will read it for every 10,000 people that watch my videos? Oh- I remember now. It’s the profit from the ads I sell around these words.
I was excited to be in last week’s BarelyPolitical “Man Bat & Catwoman video” with Obama Girl, and post Mark’s obscenely-funny faux “behind the scenes.” It was great to be in Gay Leprechaun by Mediocrefilms. Fantastic to play the knife on Annoying Orange too. But as far as my own videos go, this “Shnibl” remix…