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November 6, 2009

Cyberbullying.

via youtube.com

From the Ad Council, "Delete Cyberbullying" is a pretty jarring PSA. Cyberbullying is when someone repeatedly makes fun of another person online or repeatedly picks on another person through email or text message or when someone posts something online about another person that they don’t like.

In a 2008 Survey of 2,000 middle-school students from a large school district in the U.S., findings show that approximately 17.6% of middle-schoolers have experienced cyberbulling of some type.

http://www.cyberbullying.us/research.php

Filed under  //   culture  
Posted by conrad lisco 

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November 5, 2009

Turducken Marketing.

via yeedesign.com

Turducken consists of a partially de-boned turkey stuffed with a de-boned duck, which itself is stuffed with a small de-boned chicken. Crazy.

The Turducken reminds me of some digital marketing I've seen lately, where different and unlikely combinations of technologies and tactics merge to create one experience. Some have been interesting and usable, others not at all.

Filed under  //   digital   marketing  
Posted by conrad lisco 

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November 5, 2009

"If you want a conversation, say something interesting."

via bbh-labs.com

There's a great blog post by Patricia McDonald on BBHLabs' blog discussing the role of campaigns in today's conversation and platform-led digital world. Here are three important/salient points:

Campaigns start conversations: Campaigns are the jokes, the chat-up lines, the anecdotes that get conversations started...Campaigns bring people to platforms.

Campaigns refresh and expand conversations: ...1. to give those people something new to talk about and 2. to draw more people into that deeper relationship.

Campaigns amplify conversations: Campaigns can give [passionate] users and their content a much broader stage to play on.

Filed under  //   advertising   marketing   platform   social  
Posted by conrad lisco 

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November 4, 2009

Facespace

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November 4, 2009

My life summed up in one photo and five words.

Sent from my iPhone

Posted by conrad lisco 

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November 3, 2009

The First Mobile Device Dedicated Exclusively To Twitter

via blogs.wsj.com

Posted by conrad lisco 

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November 3, 2009

Visual is better.

   
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We live in a world where numbers and data help us lead better lives and squeeze every ounce of inefficiency out of our day. And these days, the numbers are easier to understand and easier to use because of data visualization and infographics. 

I really like this simple execution from The Weather Channel. In addition to displaying the weather conditions, it also illustrates the kind of clothing you can expect to have on. This is useful and easy to get. The Obama part just makes it viral. 

Filed under  //   data   infographics  
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November 3, 2009

Map of the Future.
via flickr.com

Simply. Beautiful.

Filed under  //   art   awesome   design   future  
Posted by conrad lisco 

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November 2, 2009

Monday morning funny. Or not.

Sent from my iPhone

Filed under  //   funny   the economy  
Posted by conrad lisco 

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November 1, 2009

Magazines dedicated to the iPhone?

$6 and $8 respectively for a magazine with content easier found on the Web. All of the ads are for iPhone cases...which are basically commodities and need little differentiation via advertising. Seems like a waste of paper.

Maybe what this does show is how the iPhone has infiltrated nearly every part of life, culture, segment, demographic, etc.

Sent from my iPhone

Filed under  //   iPhone   photo  
Posted by conrad lisco 

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