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• advertising, web

  buying a thrill

  06.12.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  For those bored by the traditional process of buying something (select a product, find the best price, make the purchase) there are many options for added excitement these days.

  American Express is currently running its Going Once promotion, where you can watch the price of a “dream vacation” drop into your price range before pulling the trigger. The […]

• advertising, design, mobile technology

  QR code creativity

  03.29.08 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  The QR Code is a way to use the camera of a mobile device to capture a bit of data, be it text or a URL. The user snaps a photo of the square bar code and an application on the device makes the translation.
  At the moment, the QR Code is a bit of a […]

• advertising, web

  Modernista web site

  03.19.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  I just read a bit on Ad Rants about the new web site from the Boston-based agency Modernista!.  Try it yourself:  Run a search for “Modernista” on Google.  When you click on the top result, you’ll link back to the Google home page with a small red console in the left corner of the screen.  The console […]

• advertising, video

  Hulu is great-ish

  03.13.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  The new web video service Hulu just launched publicly. My early impressions: 

  The content is stellar — in a quick scan you’ll find TV like The Simpsons, and SNL as well as movies like The Big Lebowski and Requiem for a Dream.
  The “collections” concept is great. It’s basically themed vignettes like SNL Election Coverage.  “Bite size” is […]

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