Does anyone else think the following - one an honest-to-goodness advertising campaign (from Fallon no less) and one a piss-take of the world without computers - look suprisingly similar? (And yes, that is Rolf Harris). The entire cracked photoshop contest is a lot of fun, imagining what the world would be like if the internet… Continue reading Care less Wispa
Category: social meaning
Another day, another dollar
Robin sparks some interesting rants over on Advertising 2.0, in response to a frankly bizarre set of comments published in Campaign about how twitter can be used by brands. The debate appears to be over whether brands should tweet and how - should they pretend to be real people or inanimate objects, funny characters or… Continue reading Another day, another dollar
Search as the new science
A few weeks ago, on the occassion of the company's tenth anniversary, Marissa Mayer - Google's VP, Search Products & User Experience - shared her thoughts on the future of search. The most striking feature of the analysis is a kind of quasi-religious fervour with which Mayer takes on her mission to extend the scope… Continue reading Search as the new science