January 2008
16 posts
WatchRussian President Vladimir Putin weighs in on new web show Mob Logic.
“MySpace seems to be solidly established as the low brow social net of...”
– Fred Wilson, “Murdoch Makes His First Digital Mistake”
That's what she twittered. →
WatchJulie meets the Wallstrip team.
Microsoft Word is not a design tool →
And remember, Comic Sans is not okay either.
What the heck is Twitter?
Ever try explaining what Twitter does in three sentences or less? Imagine wrapping someone else’s head around e-mail, circa 1981. That said, history repeats itself. We all know some of today’s most modern and sleek items are an update on technological wonders of yore (think Braun radio receiver > MacBook Pro). The ad above is strikingly similar to the Sprint campaign rolled out...
Jackson Pollock goes web →
Sorry Leo Burnett, but big ideas come out of big paint buckets.
WatchOn and on and on… moblogic is just beginning. Today Wallstrip host Lindsay Campbell leaves our finance show to begin work on moblogic. We’re excited to have Julie Alexandria on board as our new host at Wallstrip.
Facebook is the next Google? Zuckerberg a...
Let’s make one thing clear: Zuckerberg and his team have an amazing product and have deployed a lot of great ideas, but the real ticket is their loyal audience. Lesley Stahl of 60 Minutes suggests that Silicon Valley is now turning to Zuckerberg more so than Larry and Sergey, but what we really want are his users, not his ideas. That said, Facebook is a far cry from being the next Google....
Because real news would take real work. →
Check out a sneak peek of our brand new project, moblogic!
“I actually think [our ads] make it less commercial. What would you rather see? A...”
– Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook. Check out an interview with the founder this Sunday on 60 Minutes.
The Daring Exploits of Facebook and ABC News
Saturday’s Republican and Democratic presidential debates were curious to say the least, the former dominated by Giuliani’s incessant talking points on September 11 and Ronald Reagan, the latter intensified by a brief pissing fight between Hillary and Barack. In the end, the most intriguing participant of all was Facebook (Kucinich would be a close second except for his absence). Quite...
ASCII finally makes a comeback →
The future of text-based ads?