Text // Wednesday July 01, 2009

catbird:

There’s got to be a better way to do this, that’s what I’m saying. Online advertising (in these instances) is effectively just relying on the SAME idea for “advertising on the internet” that was developed more than 10 years ago. An ad box that no one wants or looks at is a box that no one wants or looks at, whether it’s 30px x 30px or 9000px by 20000px.

I’m saying, instead of these online advertising czars thinking “how should we change these ‘ad boxes’”, perhaps everyone might be better served by thinking in terms of “let’s start from scratch and determine what, exactly, does ‘advertising’ mean in light of today’s society, technology, and market?” and working on something NEW from there.

Just because it works in print (“slap an ad next to that editorial!”) doesn’t mean it’s the best way to do it online. And just because something is measurable (“look, your ad got 5,600,987 impressions with 20 clickthrus!”) doesn’t mean it’s GOOD or EFFECTIVE. All it means is it’s “measurable.”

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Text // Monday June 29, 2009

Testing out Posterous via email with a photo

Need to get this jersey.

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Quote // Sunday June 28, 2009

“The type of fame that Elvis had, and that I think Michael Jackson has, the pressure of it, and the isolation that it seems to require, has gotta be really painful. I wasn’t gonna let that happen to me. I wasn’t gonna get to a place where I said, ‘I can’t go in here. I can’t go to this bar. I can’t go outside.’… I believe that the life of a rock ‘n’ roll band will last as long as you look down into the audience and can see yourself, and your audience looks up at you and can see themselves—and as long as those reflections are human, realistic ones. The biggest gift that your fans can give you is just treatin’ you like a human being, because anything else dehumanizes you. And that’s one of the things that has shortened the life spans, both physically and creatively, of some of the best rock ‘n’ roll musicians—that cruel isolation. If the price of fame is that you have to be isolated from the people you write for, then that’s too fuckin’ high a price to pay.” — Bruce Springsteen on Michael Jackson and dealing with the pressures of celebrity and fame. (via trappedintime)

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Link // Friday June 26, 2009

Jackson dies, almost takes Internet with him

Link // Wednesday June 24, 2009

Facebook Movie: Michael Cera and Shia LaBeouf Sought to Star?

Ha.

Ha.

Hahahahahahahaahhaahahahahaahahaha.

Photo // Tuesday June 23, 2009

Link // Tuesday June 23, 2009

Who is the more authentic victim of violence?

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Photo // Tuesday June 23, 2009

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Quote // Tuesday June 23, 2009

“

Yes, that is what it sounds like when two people who are getting divorced announce it to the public because they have a reality show and their divorce requires announcements. Obviously, this is sad news for the children, but those children were already ruined. The number of terrible decisions that have been made in regards to their well-being is a very high number. The Gosselins should have a bad decisions jar and every time they make a bad decision in regards to their children they put a quarter in the jar and at the end of the year they buy a chain of pizza restaurants.

But, so, are we done now? Because it seems to me that America’s fascination with these guys was in the unraveling of their relationship. Well, good work everyone, it’s unraveled. Let us move on to something else now. Surely there is some borderline-whore on VH1 who needs to find a fellow narcissist to pretend to want to be in a psychologically abusive relationship with. Or finding out, as a country, what happened to Alicia Silverstone. You know, stuff that matters!

” — So, Is America Done With Jon & Kate Now? Please? - Reality TV - Videogum

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Photo // Sunday June 21, 2009

Beatles cover band/brunch at Dick’s Last Resort for Dad’s Day.
Beatles cover band/brunch at Dick’s Last Resort for Dad’s Day.

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