2008

Oct

This is a recent video released by Microsoft aimed at developers. Can anyone seriously watch this...

Sep

There's Nothing There

Here’s another reason I’m not so fond of ads: sometimes they just make my head hurt....

Some food for thought

In 2000, Google launched AdWords, changing the entire landscape of internet advertising. AdWords is...

Aug

The home telephone is dead. OK, that might be a little...

Jul

Ads like this which use a popular song and change the lyrics should be banned. If I were to run for...

This is a letter I received recently from my membership in...

Simplicity. It’s a very valuable thing.

Jun

Bad apple

Apple is a company I have a great deal of respect for and their marketing of late has been pretty...

Web 2.0 terminology

Wiki A website, or the software used to create such a website, in which users can easily create,...

Google speaks on favicon

Google has finally released a blog post discussing their recent change to their favicon, which I...

What people dislike most about TV? Commercials. No surprises...

Some remarkable business card designs

From dailypoetics’ Business Cards set on Flickr

May

Google's new favicon

They’re the most recognisable, known and trusted brand on the internet, and they’ve just...

Television 2.0

Currently, TV is a very imprecise medium. Take American Idol for example. 48% of viewers are aged...

Finally, some honesty in Connex’s marketing! [The...

(via Brand DNA)

ANZ withdraws ads from The Footy Show

ANZ have reportedly pulled advertising from The Footy Show following a controversy surrounding...

Marketing Today Episode #61

A really creative ad for bird food! Bird food was placed...

Solving the need to create lots of...

Julian Cole describes one way of solving the problem of having to set up new accounts for lots of...

This diagram by Nielsen BuzzMetrics shows the results of a...

An interesting development on the anti-billboards...

If you’ve got 20 minutes to spare, this video is well worth watching. The idea that we think...

“Don’t worry about what anybody else is going to do....”
— Alan Kay, American computer...

Apr

The big success of the Australia 2020 Summit was not in...

“Advertising is the price you pay for being unoriginal.”
— Yves Behar, leading figure in...

Harvey Norman on the wrong track?

An ad for Harvey Norman urged viewers to call 1800 GO HARVEY to find their nearest store location....

Don't go away!

An interesting tactic Rove is trialling to get people to stay tuned and not leave the room during ad...

Exit

Today my dad tried to leave AGL for a better deal we received from another power supplier. They want...

A world with no advertising. This is what the world’s...

OK, so I don’t hate all ads. In fact I found this one quite stunning. It goes for a minute and...

Confession

I have a confession to make. I hate the advertising industry. What other industry (other than...