A nicer animated greeting…

This filled me with kind of "awww."
Continental’s Holiday Card, 2007.



RIP “IS” 12-13-2007

Facebook Killed the "IS!"
I can now "questions" or "wonders" or "works out" or "sleeps" or "has just!"
RIP, "IS." 12/13/07



I WANT MY F$CKING WHOPPER!!

Bravo, Bravo, Bravo to Burger King for having some BALLS!
Can you imagine proposing this to your client, if your client was Burger King?
"Yeah, we want to make a commercial where we tell your customers in a specific store that we no longer make our flagship product."
"Then, we want to replace that flagship product with A […]



Twitter: A One-Minute Primer

Twitter is more than a time-waster. It allows you to actually talk about relevant stuff to relevant people. Assuming you can find them. To find them, add your Twitter stream to your signature file. My Twitter stream is here.

Twitter assumes you’re good both with text messaging and with keeping thoughts under 140 characters. This is […]



Mercs 2 Continues “make publicist look like idiot” campaign

Brilliant viral campaign running on most of the major "boys" sites (break.com and the like) for Mercs 2 - Just brilliant. Of course, they make the PR guy look like an idiot, but it’s still very, very funny.
Start here and watch "Introduction," then work your way up.
This one is even better - He reminds me […]



PETA sets Olsen Twins in Crosshairs…

Takeaways: PETA has a "youth marketing division." Huh.
"Trollson Twins", "Hairy Kate and Trashley", and "Full House of Horrors". Hee.
One thing I’m not sure I like - "Visitors are encouraged to contact the twins’ publicist about their cruel decision to flaunt fur in public."
Why drag the publicist into this? I seriously doubt s/he has any control […]



Winners of my Zibra “OpenIt” Christmas PR Lyric Competition

Congratulations to Dick Weltz and Becky Yeamans, both of whom sent me KILLER Christmas PR lyrics. Send me your addresses, I’ll send you your Zibra "OpenIt!"
Honorable Mention to Andrew at Tremor Media who sent me the following lyrics: "I want a Zibra Openit. Send me one. Tra la la."
PR Pays (To the Tune of Jingle […]



2007: The year of the video greeting?

Looks like everyone seems to be sending out Video Greetings this year - they would appear to be replacing the "this is what we did this year" letter.
Below is the one I just got from the Humane Society of the United States. It’s sweet.



Adieu, Privacy. But for reals this time. Seriously.

Google Maps are now integrated with the mobile tower for wherever you happen to be. I.e., out of the subway on 57th and 7th? Google will ping the closest cell tower, and your maps program on your Berry will have a blue dot. Keep in mind - This is withOUT GPS.
We’re all just blue dots, […]



This year’s CES Experiment: Can I not spend one dollar on food for four full days?

So Josh Friedlander over at American Madness has a great post today about how it’s possible, in NYC, to wear a nice suit, and basically crash 99% of the corporate functions being held in the city.
I agree. I’ve done it.
But for fun, I’m going to take it a step further.
I’m going to the Consumer Electronics […]