May 2011
The spirit air experience was just compared unfavorably to air travel in Albania.
Spirit airlines is monetizing tray tables w ads. Attn @QuentinGeorge, you can get these via RTB. http://t.co/QlYQ4H5
‘I think the like button is the most valuable thing on the Internet,’ says nike’s @rje7 in a write the future case study. Agree?
an american airlines gate during the chaos of a canceled flight is something dante would enjoy. someone’s liver might get eaten.
amazing how quickly the rapture went from something interesting and funny to talk like a parrot day.
daily deals craze reaches logical conclusion: ‘personal paparazzi’ of the day. http://j.mp/kZOi6V
scary incident of the day: a five-year-old boy wearing a tail hissed at @DigiCorey to get out of the way.
local pizza place got 1st C health dept grade i’ve seen. validated my fs tip: ‘if anywhere else is open, go there. if not, go here.’
NYT’s story about the blackwater founder’s mercenary army in the desert is a die hard movie waiting to happen. http://j.mp/mqnp0P
If I was a man of unlimited means, I’d drink multiple coconut waters a day. Why is it so expensive?
1st Ragnar leg down: 5.9 hilly miles in 39:25. @indirock is now on the road.
msft must be teaching fb tricks. two years ago it had a PR firm pushing ‘experts’ on google + shady stuff. http://j.mp/l2C08O
Groupon now will have major relevance problems bc it needs so many deals. My 1st is approx 35 mins away in NYC.
we’ve crossed the rubicon when making infographics is an agency discipline — and gets 800 words in the NYT. http://j.mp/lhzTpv
check out the highlights of @lazerow vs @sawickipedia in the great fb debate. http://j.mp/lDd9bI
hmm, the @tkawaja adtechopoly game board as aol as the dog game piece. surely a coincidence.
wait, the scvngr kid doesn’t believe in weeks. he instead uses “decadays.’ i suspect this won’t end well. http://j.mp/mdst7g
used my favorite ‘long walk for a small beer’ quote in NYT story re complicated elf yourself knockoff. http://j.mp/jP26rK
compulsively checking the sidewalks for oddities. earbuds, more furniture and a playing card added. http://j.mp/jlVhDu
groundbreaking: http://ifoundyourshitonthesidewalk.tumblr.com/
February 2011
talk about a tough assignment. sapientnitro works for the TSA. built a mobile app. no virtual groping. http://bit.ly/cgThaZ
Saw ‘you’ve got aol.com’ ads on jetblue. I’d think aol would bury that bit in a time capsule. Maybe mailing discs is next.
Hearst released 55 mobile apps last year, has 75 planned for 2011.
norwest VC tim chang asks why anyone would follow/like oral b. but people do! 2k twitter followers, 23k fb likes.
Another @tkawaja complexity chart sighting at digiday conf. It’s the most viral slide in the history of digital media industry.
it’s a bad sign when on subject of ‘web creative’ the example used is lowermybills.com’s dancing woman banners. yikes.
NYC is diving into QR codes, even tho it can’t master the tech behind comprehensible subway announcements. http://tcrn.ch/eZhevw
Funny how jetblue’s we have onboard direct tv pride now seems like cover for no wifi.
James Murdoch works from a standing desk. What is he Churchill? http://nyti.ms/dG7MQh
Always in awe watching movers work. There’s usually a wiry guy who is the surprise MVP.
the 40-odd mktg books sent me over years just translated into $52 for computers in ms. c’s classroom. http://bit.ly/fpSrxv
proud the final comment on my adfreak post equates a joke re brazilians + scam ads to anti-semitism, racism. http://bit.ly/i7UtrU
cnn is now doubling up on the piers morgan emails before i leave. i might need a restraining order.
tweets as the new online promo entry? see lufthansa’s ‘seat-tweet’ contest. (via @hashembajwa) http://lha380.com/
david spark will help YOU jumpstart your career by becoming an online influencer. ACT NOW. (via @rga) http://on.mash.to/gUOdQ6
Is there an age or a height limit when it’s not ok for a kid to duck under subway turnstile?
here are results from last night’s SUXORZ for worst social media campaigns. my nominees didn’t do so well. http://bit.ly/hvNmKj
dot-com memories have faded: square puts big ads in times square. http://tcrn.ch/hzkHSV
‘I’m viewed as annoying,’ fox’s jeremy Steinberg on being digital guy in huge traditional media co.
earth mascot next? @algore’s alliance for climate protection hired @bogusky as creative director. http://bit.ly/eMNBq1
Went toe to toe w king kong bundy at social media week cage match. http://yfrog.com/h5fjstmj
karma is catching up w those detestable visa guys who put attending the SB over all else. http://bit.ly/dDZfYV
groupon’s SB ad has many critics but it seems to have created a surge in searches. (sample: 50m) http://bit.ly/glrEj6
told groupon is adding link to charity page to commercials; ceo is doing blog post to explain further.
mubarak, cole, gladwell — the old guard is on the run.
revolutionary times, weighty issues: cnn updates me that piers morgan is talking to marty peretz tonight.
big offer is already taxing groupon based on the error msg on log-in page. http://yfrog.com/h2jiep
facebook is seven years old today. can’t wait to see the trouble it causes when it’s an adolescent.
social mediatariat takes hardline @kennethcole’s apology. 1st response on FB: ‘you’re an asshole.’ http://yfrog.com/h7wcop
6:55pm: 1st ‘do you need expert comment on the kenneth cole twitter snafu’ email arrives. surprised it took this long.