Garage TV – LogoRama. “In a world made up entirely of trademarks and brand names, Michelin Man cops pursue a criminal Ronald McDonald.” This is nominated for the best short animated oscar and is quite amazing.

Augmented (hyper)Reality: Domestic Robocop on Vimeo. a thought provoking little video about augmented reality and advertising.

Google Search Stories. ads for google search. some good ones in there.

McCann Responds to ‘Mad Men’ – Media Decoder Blog. i guess this would be a spoiler if you haven’t watched Mad Men this season. A real agency that still exists today buys the fake agency on Mad Men. They put a video up on their website pointing this out.

Business Guys on Business Trips. it’s kinda like “get your war on” for the creative world.

The Answer Factory: Demand Media and the Fast, Disposable, and Profitable as Hell Media Model | Magazine. this article blew my mind.

Charlie Rose – A conversation with Martin Sorrell. Head of WPP, the second largest communication (read: advertising) company in the world. sharp insight. via jody.

KFC No Longer Permitted To Use Word ‘Eat’ In Advertisements | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source. “Any implication that a consumer could or should ‘enjoy’ a KFC Crispy Strip fails to meet these standards, and presents an unlawful deception to consumers”

Brand New: A Pyramid Grows in the Northwest. i’m a big fan of pyramid beer and not a big fan of this rebrand. “Too much X-Games, not enough blue ribbon award winning” describes it perfectly.

Toying With His Emotions: Bogusky Loves Small Shops – Advertising Age. named partner at a large ad firm talking about kick ass small firms.

Pinch Media » mobile analytics / iPhone analytics / smartphone application analytics. basically google analytics (plus an ad network) for iphone apps.

Brand New: In Brief: The Wrong Kind of Breathtaking. pepsi redesigned their logo recently. the people who came up with it seem to take themselves way too seriously.

Too Many Online Friends? Time to Delete – NYTimes.com. burger king ran a campaign where you a free whopper if you delete 10 facebook friends.


YouTube – Superfad Directs Durex Commercial. that made me laugh out loud.

msft news

Microsoft announced today that quarterly net earnings were down 11% to a mere $4 billion. The big headline for the story though is that the company is laying off 5000 people. The Seattle Times has a ton of reporting on the story and breaks out the employment numbers a bit better here and here. The scoop is that 1400 people got canned today and the majority in Redmond. Around 5000 full-times will be let go in the next 18 months but they still plan on hiring 2000 to 3000 new people in the same time. I’m sure the number would be much larger if you count the contractors who aren’t going to get renewed contracts (”The layoffs, along with salary freezes, the elimination of contract workers, lower marketing spending, and other measures are expected to reduce operating expenditures by $1.5 billion this fiscal year.”)

The bad news for the Seattle economy is the fact that Microsoft is now delaying all construction on the expansion of their campus.

And one interesting remark from Techcrunch on the news: “Microsoft’s Web business nearly doubled its operating loss to $471 million. That loss was on flat revenues of $866 million. Not a good sign for the health of Web advertising.”

Lastly, Microsoft stock is off 9% today, down to $17. Amazon releases quarterly numbers a week today. I’m very interested to see how the holidays went for Seattle’s other big tech employer.

Man vs Woman, Decision-making for Goldstar Beer | FlowingData. I like the last one best. “Thank God your a Man”

ZunaVision. Stanford project to let you easily embed content in video. via kyle.

The Economist Branded Pizza Boxes. that’s cool.

Finding a Gold Mine in Digital Ditties – NYTimes.com. hilarious. this guy has won a dozen online contests for self-produced ads.


YouTube – Wassup 2008. Change.