Facebook has essentially guaranteed that I will never, ever engage with any of their advertising partners. How did they do this? Easily. They did it by completely ignoring me. For the past week, there has been a recurring ad being displayed on my profile sidebar advertising Sexy Singles in My Area™. It features a half-naked […]
This isn’t the Des Moines logo you’re looking for
Down below, on the left is the new City of Des Moines logo. Right next to that is the old logo. The old logo definitely looks dated, and was desperately overdue for a makeover, having been designed by cavemen in the late paleolithic era (oftentimes referred to colloquially as “the 70’s”). The new logo looks […]
I can call them ‘Legos’ if I want to (and you can’t stop me)
Since the concept of playing with Legos is so near and dear to my heart, I found this FriendFeed thread by Iowa native Chris Pirillo (FriendFeed | blog) to be terribly interesting. Upon reading this, it is your formal duty to bust anybody who violates this rule in FF threads. It’s not Legos, it’s LEGO. […]
A good example of marketing demonstrating its irrelevance
There are times when marketing people shouldn’t be allowed to speak. This is one of those times. Here’s a small portion of an interview with Insomniac Games’ marketing director, Ryan Schneider. Insomniac is the developer of the Ratchet & Clank games. Kikizo: You’ve said that some inspiration is taken from games and movies, but have […]
Camp Hyrule campers to contend for a Wii
I didn’t realize this when I signed up for Camp Hyrule, but evidently Nintendo is giving away a Wii to one lucky camper next week: This year, each and every registered camper will automatically be entered in a sweepstakes to win a Wii console! We’ll randomly select one camper during the Camp Hyrule 2006 Closing […]