Not enough honey in the hive to make this BzzAgent lie about cool (or crappy) products. >>UPDATE<< NPR’s The Connection aired a discussion with the author of the NY Times article and Dave Balter, founder of BzzAgent.com. Audio is archived and free. The current debate over Word-of-Mouth (WoM) advertising seems to keep coming down to […]

Moore Fun at John’s Blog GoDaddy’s Big Daddy Responds Excellent discussion going on at the Brand Autopsy blog here, here, here, and here discussing the big daddy of domain registrations — GoDaddy.com‘s — intentions to spend big bucks on a tiny SuperBowl ad. These guys and gals contributing to the discussion are passionate about GoDaddy’s […]

Fast Friends Tattoos and Cartoons A couple online buddies have made it into the finals for Fast Company magazine’s Fast 50 of 2005. Hugh MacLeod (the ‘cartoons on the back of business cards’ guy from GapingVoid.com) was nominated by yours truly and made it into the second round of selections on the strength of his […]

Kevin Roberts Has A Big Red Rubber Nose “Lovemarks are the Clown Suit of the advertising industry.” I’d like to think I arrived early at the “Don’t Drink The Lovemarks Kool-Aid” party, but I’m just happy I stayed until the clowns showed-up. The big throw-down is happening at GapingVoid.com — don’t miss a minute of […]

Hold The Anchovies… and Your Hard Drive. Extra-Cheesy Camouflage For Your Computer I saw this awhile back and it finally made it to the top of my blog-content-coverage-stack. Of course, today’s post could just be a subconscious way to avoid the Turkey Day leftovers. Power Pizza is a clever way to disguise the fact you […]

USBX-mas Tree Ho-Ho-Holy Cow — these are COOL! We all know you spend more time in front of your computer than in the living room enjoying your holiday lights — why not decorate your most used and viewed device in your home? The new USB-powered Christmas Tree light from ThinkGeek adds a festive flair to […]