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Cryptic tech billboards in San Francisco have a cultural impact : NPR

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:56:05 +0000

"The billboards here are actually something that makes me feel really pessimistic about the city," said Allie, a San Francisco resident who was among the dozen or so people to comment on current billboard trends on NPR member station KQED's Forum talk show last summer. (Forum typically doesn't give the full names of callers.) "They kind of give this feeling that like the rumors are true and tech has overrun the city, and that's the whole culture here now."

Tags: #advertising #ai #sanfrancisco #tech

What Twitter could have been

Tue, 23 Sep 2014 21:39:40 +0000

As I understand, a hugely divisive internal debate occurred among Twitter employees around this time. One camp wanted to build the entire business around their realtime API. In this scenario, Twitter would have turned into something like a realtime cloud API company. The other camp looked at Google’s advertising model for inspiration, and decided that building their own version of AdWords would be the right way to go.

Tags: #advertising #api #business #design #imported:pinboard #twitter

Did You Know that Mozilla is Hijacking the Internet? - Open Enterprise

Fri, 16 Aug 2013 13:22:53 +0000

the IAB is back with a new assault in the form of a full-page ad placed in Advertising Age (and also available online for your delectation [.pdf]) that is bigger, better - and barmier.

Tags: #advertising #cookies #iab #imported:pinboard #mozilla #to:fb

Mad Men recap: Solving the mystery of Bob Benson. - Slate Magazine

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:18:15 +0000

My bet is that the joke is on us, that there is no great reveal. Bob Benson is a way for the writers to show us how, in the world of Mad Men, the very qualities that define a real go-getting American businessman, here, in this office, with these people, look like vile perversion. To propose that Bob Benson is a spy is, frankly, to dance on Dutch Reagan’s grave. If you suspect Bob, you suspect the backbone of American commerce. If you suspect Bob, you suspect opportunity itself.

Tags: #advertising #bob #imported:pinboard #madmen #to:fb

When Ads Feel Wrong

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 19:12:00 +0000

Tags: #advertising #publishing

Retro Thing: What Really Happened to Mayor McCheese?

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 04:21:35 +0000

Tags: #80s #advertising #mcdonalds

Microsoft Borrows Palm's Advertising for Windows Phone 7 Series

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:30:09 +0000

"Did you see those great ads pushed out the other day from Palm? It looks like Microsoft, who forgot to borrow copy & paste or multi-tasking, has the same ad team or at least the same great idea. Now it’s time for Palm to creatively borrow a few elements from the Microsoft ad. How about adding a few different demographics and have the people in the ads carrying webOS phones."

Tags: #advertising #microsoft #mobile #palm

GEICO | GEICO Ringtones - Download free ringtones to your phone

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:52:10 +0000

"Envious of the Gecko's boss? You've seen the commercial, now you can have his "worst" ringtone, a snappy sounding ringity-ding-ding-dingy-dong, on your phone. Download the ringtone below. "

Tags: #advertising #commercials #funny #geico #ringtones

This is why it's worth learning about advertising, by Rory Marinich

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:14:48 +0000

"The product is, simply put, a magical screen that can do anything you ever want it to, no matter what that is. Here you go. It’s five hundred dollars. If you pay me that, I will give you this magical thing that can do anything. You don’t have to read a manual. It will do anything, and it will do it right now, out of the box. Other companies are selling computers. Apple’s selling magic. Which one would you rather have?"

Tags: #advertising #analysis #apple #ipad #marketing #psychology

BBDO Detroit to close in January | detnews.com | The Detroit News

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:46:48 +0000

Wow. I totally missed this. "About 485 employees of BBDO Detroit have been given notice the office will close Jan. 26 because Chrysler Group LLC has not negotiated continued contracts with the longtime advertising agency."

Tags: #advertising #bbdo #chrysler #detroit

The quirky genius of the Dos Equis ad campaign. - By Seth Stevenson - Slate Magazine

Sat, 30 May 2009 04:22:55 +0000

"This Dos Equis campaign features wonderful visual details. The production team clearly took glee in meshing vintage film stocks with unexpected locations and absurd endeavors. My favorite moment is the sight of our tuxedoed hero leading a moonlight expedition through a rocky canyon—flanked by elegant women in evening gowns, a military officer in full dress regalia, and a slightly befuddled fellow wearing a fez. We're left to guess at the precise combination of events that led to this scenario. I like to imagine it's an impromptu escape from a hijacked ocean liner."

Tags: #advertising #awesome #beer #dosequis #marketing #via:missadroit

Get The Good Stuff

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:53:03 +0000

Tags: #advertising #funny #getthegoodstuff #napa

Burger King Has Dropped Their Wallet | So Good

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:56:29 +0000

"It appears that in the last few days, there are a handful of bloggers who, by finding wallets on the ground, have unwittingly stumbled across the latest under-the-radar Burger King promotion. The fast food chain has dispensed agents across major U.S. cities (indications are it’s just been Chicago and Orlando so far ) to “lose” wallets. However, when unsuspecting passersby find these wallets and open them, they discover an interesting message"

Tags: #advertising #burgerking #funny #lost #marketing #viral #wallets

10 Incredible Old Computer Ads

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:41:42 +0000

"What the heck is electronic mail?!"

Tags: #advertising #computing #for:missadroit #oldschool #retro

Hear Voices? It May Be an Ad - Advertising Age - News

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:07:18 +0000

"How soon will it be until in addition to the do-not-call list, we'll have a 'do not beam commercial messages into my head' list?"

Tags: #advertising #audio #marketing #noisepollution #sound