February 8, 2010

Google’s $5 million Super Bowl ad fails to impress: no domain-registering girls in tight white T-shirts, no Megan Fox/thumb model in the bath, no beer-drinking men “living like there’s no tomorrow”. Luckily the other ads had all of this and more.

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February 7, 2010
“ When a mugger robs your wallet, he risks jail. When an adviser takes 7% of your savings, he’s called a professional.
Len Penzo links to Monevator’s article about financial advisors. (1 day ago)
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Can’t wait to have an iPad? Pocket Gamer’s build-your-own-iPad kit is almost as good… UPDATE: printing the images on A3 at 90% seems to get them to be about the correct size.

Can’t wait to have an iPad? Pocket Gamer’s build-your-own-iPad kit is almost as good…

UPDATE: printing the images on A3 at 90% seems to get them to be about the correct size.

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“ I know someone who works at Fox News. He says he knows they broadcast bullshit. Everyone there knows they broadcast bullshit. But Murdoch & Ailes have created a business model that makes money from validating the ignorance of people who refuse to accept reality. Everyone who works there knows it.
One of the comments from this article (which contains plenty of video clips) analysing the recent chat between Jon Stewart (of Comedy Central) vs Bill O’Reilly (of Fox News). (1 day ago)
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February 6, 2010

The iPad in adjectives.

(2 days ago)
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February 5, 2010
Fraser Speirs is documenting the iPad’s user interface on Flickr.

Fraser Speirs is documenting the iPad’s user interface on Flickr.

(3 days ago)
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“ Financial crisis
Stalled too many customers
CEO no more
Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz announces his resignation in a haiku on Twitter. (3 days ago)
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February 4, 2010
Urban outfitters fail. (Via amblog.) More on this here.

Urban outfitters fail. (Via amblog.) More on this here.

(4 days ago)
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Nice facade projection.

(4 days ago)
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Helvetica cookie cutters. (Via Picocool.)

Helvetica cookie cutters. (Via Picocool.)

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February 3, 2010
Steve Jobs’ presentation skills are second to none. The presentation that introduced the iPhone in January 2007 is undoubtedly one of the best product introductions ever (apart from the bit with that guy from AT&T reading from index cards) - if you’ve not seen it it’s available free on iTunes. Here’s a basic analysis of some of the key aspects of last weeks’ iPad presentation. And if you ever find yourself using a bullet point list in a presentation just stop, get up, go outside into the fresh air, take a few deep breaths, go back to your computer and delete that slide.

Steve Jobs’ presentation skills are second to none. The presentation that introduced the iPhone in January 2007 is undoubtedly one of the best product introductions ever (apart from the bit with that guy from AT&T reading from index cards) - if you’ve not seen it it’s available free on iTunes.

Here’s a basic analysis of some of the key aspects of last weeks’ iPad presentation. And if you ever find yourself using a bullet point list in a presentation just stop, get up, go outside into the fresh air, take a few deep breaths, go back to your computer and delete that slide.

(5 days ago)
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Now what? (Via @siracusa.) Many more of these here.

Now what? (Via @siracusa.) Many more of these here.

(5 days ago)
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February 2, 2010
“ Bloomin heck. In The Loop nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar. Bonk me purple.
Via http://twitter.com/AIannucci/status/8543719864 (6 days ago)
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2001 TV ad for the first generation iPod. Notice how they felt they needed to illustrate that you sync songs from your computer (which had to be a Mac) to your iPod. This was crazy new stuff for many people. (Via lonelysandwich.)

(6 days ago)
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Macquarie banker caught looking at naughty pics on live TV. (Story in Daily WARNING Mail.) Read on for Monevator’s take on the banker video.

(6 days ago)
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