Archive for May, 2007

Chevy Does Something Right

Tuesday, May 15th, 2007

Remember Chevy’s previous, highly-publicized foray into consumer-generated marketing? Well, this time they’ve reigned it in a bit, with what appears to be better success. Instead of allowing users to shout their distaste for planet-smothering SUVs, Chevy has asked the nation to vote on their favorite SMALL car.
vote4chevrolet.com links to a portion of the [...]

Absolut destruction

Monday, May 14th, 2007

Absolut destruction

Advertisement Breaks

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

Adrants linked to this video today. It’s an old one, from British Comedian Harry Enfield, but a good one.
If you enjoy that you might also enjoy his public information film “Women: Know Your Limits.” It’s a classic.

User-generated content campaign for Mini in the UK

Wednesday, May 9th, 2007

The “aveaword” campaign by Glue was a big hit for Mini in the UK. The live site is down so you can’t send the message on any more but you can create one and preview it here.
More recently Glue launched this site for Adidas.
I like that these are funny, short, personalized, novel, and the [...]

Bypassing banks reinvents online charity

Monday, May 7th, 2007

The latest entry in the e-philanthropy category is Kiva.org, a unique site that connects small businesses around the world with independent lenders. This means that any average joe can send a microloan to someone in a developing country using PayPal. By bypassing banks and organized charities, Kiva.org avoids administrative costs and red tape. Loans are [...]

DIY lolcats

Thursday, May 3rd, 2007

Meow! 

Photoshop Stephen Hawking in zero-G bliss

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007

It was only time before people got started….
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