Every time a new medium catches our attention we have to endure this awkward period where people who have decision-making and spending authority but no understanding of the medium at all treat […]
winterSmith
You can't shine a light if you don't have a light.
Campaign mobile update: from bad to worse to what the heck?
A couple days ago I had some comments on Obama, Clinton and Edwards and their respective mobile marketing activities. Turns out I was wrong about a couple facts, but finding that out […]
Day of Silence for Net radio
Your favorite Internet radio station is probably dark today in observance of a nationwide day of silence. Day of silence protest hits Net radio – Stations battle royalty hike By Cade Metz […]
Obama campaign [third] to launch mobile, [third] to screw it up
[UPDATE: turns out he’s not the first after all – see comments below for details.] I’ve been yarping for months that no political campaign had yet launched mobile. There’s this massive youth […]
O’Reilly loses on “Are You Smarter Than a 16 Year-Old?”
Bill O’Reilly needs to be careful about inviting people smarter than him onto his show. In this clip, he just gets PWNED by a 16 year-old Boulder High School student. [YouTube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6cT-JSfdzM]
And now, a moment of levity…
First there was this, which I thought was one of the stone cold funniest things I’d ever seen: But then I got to thinking – hey, wait a second:
Hillary picks her campaign song (insert snark here)
As noted a couple weeks ago, the Clinton campaign was soliciting our input on what her theme song should be. As a social media marketer I liked the concept and frankly some […]
Nifong disbarred: justice is served, if only in small doses…
Mike Nifong made America a worse place. He stirred up a racial firestorm in a town where blacks had longstanding reason to mistrust the white power structure. He cynically played on the […]
Viva Vivoleum! Yes Men punk Calgary Gas and Oil Exposition
How long should it take an educated audience to figure out they’re being played? Protesters spring hoax on oil expo audience Yes Men ejected from conference Sean Myers, with files from Ashok […]
Tax Justice Network article on Bono: legit indictment or cynical hit job?
An organization calling itself “Tax Justice Network USA” has launched a rather nasty shot at U2 front man Bono (Paul Hewson), calling him a “draft dodger.” I’m all for tax fairness – […]
