It has been a long running joke to see people on myspace in emotional and “teen angst” mirror shots looking forlorn, merely seeking attention through high contrast and weirdly angled poses. Woe is the life of a young teenage middle classed suburbanite spending their days in the basement writing poetry about how their parents don’t [...]

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In an earlier post, I had mentioned the wonders and growing popularity of the viral video. Ad firms could spend far less to reach an audience that compares to some of the biggest ratings on tv today. In an email later on in the week, a colleague had said that the viral video was dead, [...]

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This has to be social media marketing at its finest. You, me, and everyone else gets to decide (thumbs up or down) if the ad that you have placed on a website is worth keeping. We the people hold the power to decide if your product or investment will succeed or fail. Think of that [...]

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I don’t know what the internet has come to when you have complete strangers compiling data on a photo of yourself within hours of posting it online. “FaceStat” is literally google type analytics for a more web 2.0 platform of the “hot or not” website. Have people become so vain that you can actually perform [...]

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Regardless of what critics are saying about the movie, “Sex and the City” has blown out opening box office numbers as expected. As I type, I’m certain that girls nights are still being organized everywhere as women head in droves to laugh and cry about the woe that is man, yet one site has [...]

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I have a personal belief that the internet will become highly commoditized as technology gets more advanced. Some of you may say that this is obvious, others will always find a niche. Google continus to launch website services that not only continue to revolutionize the internet as we know it, but make it [...]

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Today, in my search to continuously better my design and development skills I came across the boagworld site. This site was created by Paul Boag and it is an invaluable tool for web designers, and developers. An added perk to the site is that there podcasts with with a range of web related discussions.

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Folks, lookie here Google Friend Connect has just launched free, simple install Social widgets for Member Management, Message Board, Reviews, and Picture Sharing. These widgets are easily added to any website, any code.
This almost completely removes the cost associated with becoming more involved with social media. Many companies can take advantage of this [...]

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Banksy the known (unknown) guerilla street’s artist calls for exhibition and brought together many artists like Faile, Blek among others…
Flickr set
Info at Herald Tribune
More on pinewooddesign blog

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Here are three amazing viral videos from the last few years. There are many great attempts out there, these really broke through. These are my picks for the top three.
Mark Echo - Tagging Airforce One

Dove Evolution

Will it Blend?

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I won’t answer this question at this point in time, however, a few of the greats have spoken up over time. I found this great page randomly through Stumble Upon.
http://advertising.utexas.edu/research/quotes/Q100.html
here are a few from the page:
“Advertising is the greatest art form of the twentieth century.”

- Marshall McLuhan (1976), Canadian social scientist (quoted in [...]

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A selection of Al Jaffee’s awesome fold-ins for Mad magazine, from the 1960s to the present - in interactive form, just click start.

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I can just see the brainstorm session at Fallon.
“Alright people, we did bouncy balls, we did exploding paint, we did plasticine rabbits, now what else can we fill a City with?”
“Well funny you should ask, my washing machine broke this morning… “

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well, we all have read about this in science fiction novels and seen it in the movies; well, now it is a reality.
Google and Virgin are Virgle. A new project aimed at creating human settlements on Mars; within 20 years.

more information on this link - http://www.google.com/virgle/index.html
April Fools

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here is a really successful viral campaign. Amazing response, perfect content. Most marketers can only dream of these results.

haha,

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when you have money to waste, you can do great things like this

For more information
http://www.steelcitysfinest.com/HondaAccordAd.htm
the ad is amazing - intricate, suspenceful - but 6 million? 3 months? 60 seconds?
I don’t know who is in charge over there, but I would love to submit for an RFP, we could do amazing things with that much money!

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there are many things coming out that signify a big change in computing as a whole - the internet will see new levels only dreamed about in movies like Minority Report and the Matrix. wow.
A hologram computer
http://www.slightlywarped.com/crapfactory/curiosities/laptop.htm

new surface computing

your thoughts on what will win?

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not all my entries will be so ‘apocalyptic’ and this one is not that bad - but it does shine the light on a few things

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I think the best 2.0 site I have found to date is called Stumble Upon. I really dont like traveling google for random stuff - and random stuff is the heart of the web! Stumble has really opened my eyes to a lot of websites that are interesting and relevant. When these [...]

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