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12 Types of TV Ads, and 8 Types of Web Banners

As it turns out, according to Donald Gunn, the creative director at Leo Burnett advertising agency, there are 12 types of ads. Demo. Example:… Read More

What $100 can do that many $1000’s can’t

I was struck while reading an excellent rundown of the $100 laptop how ingenious and intelligent most of its features really are. While I have… Read More

If you are in the myth-making business, you don’t need design.

” If you are in the myth-making business, you don’t need design. You need a great ad agency. But if you are in the authenticity… Read More

Food for the brave: Thailand Unique

I know that this has nothing to do with anything pertaining to technology, advertising, media, or any of the other stuff we… Read More

iPhone Gestures Are Awesome, But…

The most compelling attribute about the iPhone is the touch screen and gestures that control it. Why? Because interfacing with this device is different,… Read More

A fix for un-clickable URLs in emails

I was just flipping through “Lifehacks” and came across this: Tiny URL Anyone who is perpetually frustrated by huge URL strings that wrap in… Read More

Newton vs iPhone

In acknowledgment of the iPhone’s release to the frenzied public, and since I am waiting until I can afford one the bugs get worked… Read More

iCamping (Mario’s First in Line)

I got a call last night from my buddy Mario Armstrong advising me that he was first in line and camping out for… Read More

Societal Construction Made Possible Through the Net… with Soccer?

Many sports fans fantasize about how it would be to own their own team (especially O’s fans). What would happen though if sports management became… Read More

Google’s Street View: Is this the real endgame?

Yeah, Google Street View is cool, but what’s the business model? Perhaps Google’s endgame is going to be something like the shot above: dynamically-inserted,… Read More