Twitter-Powered Popcorn Machine

This is pretty darn clever. Dave Britt and Justin Goeres came up with a way to make popcorn one Tweet at a time. The video below explains it.
It was their entry for the Fireworks Popcorn’s “Creative Pop 2010!” contest, which they won.
They used a custom LabVIEW program which polls Twitter for any [...]

GSP Does Chicken Right…

Goodby Silverstein & Partners (GSP) scored big time during the 2010 Super Bowl with its “Screamin’ Chicken” ads for Denny’s.   A story appearing on Monday in The Wall Street Journal said, “A Denny’s commercial, in which chickens scream in terror at the thought of the eggs needed to support the restaurant chain’s breakfast special, [...]

Super Bowl Ad Watch: Go Daddy Does it Again

The CEO and Founder of GoDaddy.com, Bob Parsons, has to be having a chuckle over this one. Traction gained from banned ad is priceless.

Jedemi Presents: Kitty Proximity

This cartoon is pretty funny…

There’s a map for that (updated)… Verizon’s swipe at Apple

I was aware of the ad campaign where Verizon was touting how its coverage was better than AT&T’s. To me, it was a total “duh!” because my friends who have iPhones have been complaining big time about AT&T. 

From Target to 7-Eleven, Domo Delights in State-side Appearances

Meet Domo. The brown lumpy character, mascot of Japan’s giant public television and radio broadcasting organization NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation in English), is now appearing at 7-Eleven stores near you.
As strange as it may seem, it isn’t too far of a stretch to get to how Domo ended up at convenience stores in the [...]

Eye-catching ad & an inside joke

I was watching the Sunday Night Football match-up between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the San Diego Chargers when a commercial caught my eye. Mind you, I tend not to pay too much attention to commercials during regular season games, so for me to stop and rewind my TiVo was a big deal.
It showed a [...]

Is it Monday yet? — ESPN and W+K Create Engaging Ad for Monday NIght Football

If you see someone standing in front of a storefront window, jumping around and maybe yelling “oh yeah!” to no one in particular, there’s no need to cross the street or completely avoid eye contact. Especially if it is a Monday…

You can count on ESPN’s series of “Is it Monday yet?” ads that promote [...]

Whole ‘Lotta Drinkin’ Goin’ On… with App & Gear Assist

Heading into the weekend, there were two party-related stories that caught my eye. TechCrunch’s MG Siegler had an interesting post a new app for the iPhone, called Power Music Hour. Sounds innocuous enough.
“Power Music Hour is a fun new way to listen to music from your iTunes library! Just select a playlist and [...]

Dominoes Makes Delivery Point without Social Networking…

UPDATED:  These days, it seems like every marketing campaign is heavy on social networking aspect (i.e. Twitter, Facebook tie-ins) since that’s what’s perceived to be “in.” I guess that’s why I found this approach by Domino’s Pizza in the Netherlands especially refreshing. It’s very visual and very much in line with where its [...]

When Smoking & Ads Ruled…

I recently came upon a Packaging Digest story that referenced a Flintstones commercial for Winston cigarettes.  I guess that shouldn’t be too surprising now that we’ve been exposed to
AMC’s Mad Men where smoking was pretty much ubiquitous at the offices of Sterling Cooper (circa 1960).   The Flintstones (1960-1966), much like The Simpsons today, ran [...]

MetsSloppily: Board Game that’s Spot on…

As if being a New York Mets fan this year isn’t sad enough, while perusing the Weekend section of The Wall Street Journal this morning, I almost spewed my coffee when I came upon this: MetsSloppily.

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