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I Know Steve Hall (AdRants) Better Than You
I got into a recent debate with someone famous (online). Who knows Steve Hall from AdRants better? Who he’s mentioned more often? Who hears from him via e-mail more quickly? Well I’ve got a photo of us together, so kiss my ass.
How to Protect Yourself from the Top 10 Internet Cons & Scams of 2009
I love con movies almost as much as time-travel flicks. Diggstown? House of Games? Classics. But the top-10 internet scams (sourced from Netforbeginners/About.com) are rampid, and prey on our basic psychological vulnerabilities, and our lack of knowledge about technology and bank laws. I received a recent thank-you from someone whose wife was almost hooked by…
How Good Are YOUR Eyes?
How good are your eyes? See if you can spot the little smiley face on this blog’s template. No peeking at other comments.
Does That YouTube Video Help or Hurt Your Brand? The Peeps Decide.
You can decide whether a random YouTube video helps or hurts a brand, simply by voting on YouTube Brandwatch (see link). Vote on videos about laptop wedgies, Bic lighter tricks, or sexy Sprite. (Source: YouTube Biz Blog). Read YouTube’s interview with Matthew Yeomans and Bernhard Warner, directors of Custom Communication. The blog is an outgrowth…
Prank Vote: Decide Ernie’s Next Humiliation
Poor Ernie. His friendly roommates play pranks on him non-stop, and document them on PrankVote.com. We’re not sure they’re all real, but we don’t care. In Library pervert, the guys replace Ernie’s Windows startup sound with porn sounds, and thenĀ putĀ “art” books in his bag so the alarm goes off as he leaves the library. In…

