Like Blake Ross, I noticed, with distaste, that Google is inserting “tips” linking to Blogger when you search for things in blogs. Much better to call them ads, which is what they are. 
Red Sweater Blog has what appears to be a private document explaining a partnership between Apple and Nintendo to the employees of both companies. (May be an elaborate joke.)
NY Times: “Apple said that its chief executive, Steven P. Jobs, did not benefit financially from any questionable stock awards.”
CNN: “Saddam Hussein could be hanged as early as Saturday.”
Joshua Marshall: “Hanging Saddam is easy. It’s a job, for once, that these folks can actually see through to completion.”
GigaOm: “Looks like the much vaunted deal between Edelman PR and Technorati is all but done.”
Marc Canter is an original thinker.
Thanks to Sanford Dickert for hosting last night’s meetup at Cooper Union. The discussion was lively, lots of people with lots of ideas; the room was ideal for a 1.5 hour discussion. I had a great time, as usual, in NY.
Valleywag is looking for the worst marketing idea of 2006. When Nick asked me, I immediately thought of Microsoft’s laptop giveaway, but I’m sure there was worse marketing. Post your ideas here or send them to Valleywag.
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December 29, 2006 at 6:53 am
Worst Marketing: Edelman
December 29, 2006 at 6:55 am
My vote would have to go to PayPerPost, as they’ve gone above and beyond simple bad marketing to create an entire ecosystem of bad marketing.
December 29, 2006 at 6:59 am
I’m going to go with Sony’s psp ad
http://www.joystiq.com/2006/07/04/ad-critic-sonys-racially-charged-psp-ad/
December 29, 2006 at 7:59 am
Or maybe from an “effectiveness” standpoint Microsoft bungling the UMPC/Origami.
December 29, 2006 at 1:36 pm
“Hanging Saddam is easy”
Saddam’s execution doesn’t represent an easy task, what it represents is that nothing has changed in Iraq. Go back over the last century of Iraq’s history and you’ll find a multitude of dictators that were executed by the regime that overthrew them. Saddam’s death will accomplish nothing, other than give a select few the temporary feeling of accomplishing revenge which is ironically the same feeling that the insurgents get everytime they kill a foreign troop.
December 29, 2006 at 1:39 pm
what about the bus stops in san francisco that smelled like fresh baked cookies? for the got milk campaign? the city of san francisco made them STOP just three days after they launched. can’t have the smell of fresh baked cookies wafting through the streets of san francisco. oh no!
so silly. and not a tech blunder, but it did require the use of the new “smell” technology.
December 29, 2006 at 1:40 pm
The Origa-what? Oh yeah, the device that would change everything. Ha Ha.
December 29, 2006 at 2:13 pm
Dave, I think you’ve been punk’d
From that Apple/Nintendo article:
Let’s see… what else happens on April 1…
December 29, 2006 at 3:37 pm
Yeah – the guy says in his comments that it’s fake. He wanted to write about apple and nintendo and that was what came out.
December 29, 2006 at 4:09 pm
Hey Dave – really sorry if this article mislead you. It was indeed a joke, and I guess I overestimated the obviouseness of that when I published it.
I suppose I might put a disclaimer up top of the article since this misconception seems more prevalent than I’d like.
Thanks all the same for linking to it.
Daniel
December 29, 2006 at 5:28 pm
I think they should put Sadam back in charge; make him a General in the American Army; let’em get thing back under control.
but…white people can’t even comprehend doing this.
my superhero character is “The Flash.” I wouldn’t have thought of that; but I like it.
December 29, 2006 at 6:48 pm
Hi,
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thanks a lot
Marcin
December 30, 2006 at 11:00 am
I’m also Iron Man. Would not have been the first thing to come to mind but I kinda like it…
http://twofones.typepad.com/twofones/2006/12/iamironman.html