Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Andrew Sullivan is, as undoubtedly you’ve heard, leaving his eponymous blog: I am saturated in digital life and I want to return to the actual world again. I’m a human being before I am a writer; and a writer before I am a blogger, and although it’s been a joy and a privilege to have…
After a decade of grossly offensive advertisements objectifying scantily-clad women, website domain provider GoDaddy is trying to convince the world that its tasteless days are over. In late 2013, chief marketing officer Barb Rechterman announced that the company has “matured” and “evolved” and promised to put an end to its infamous racy ads. This decision…
via 8 Reasons Advertising Doesn’t Work Anymore – YouTube.
Do you love your dog? Do you love the concept of dogs in general? Have you ever met a dog? Then strap in, my friend, for the emotional journey of this or any lifetime, because you are about to experience a mind-blowing example of the emotions that one cute dog can evoke in humanity in…
What’s a pizza company to do if they want to get in on that sweet50 Shades of Greycash cow action, but have absolutely no promo connection to the infamous amalgam of Freaky Friend Fiction word snippets masquerading as dialogue? How about an ad referencing BDSM? OK, great, but even better: how about an ad that…
Well, this is just brilliant. Racist adverts promoting hatred against Muslims are currently being run on buses in San Francisco – but someone has started covering them up with anti-hatred messages from Marvel’s première Muslim superhero, Ms. Marvel. The adverts were purchased by the American branch of the Freedom Defence Initiative – who, here in…
We did it. We made this … item. Way to go, us. So … I need an adult RT @andytoddcook: Wut? pic.twitter.com/sUxRupmKZS — Zach Harper (@talkhoops) January 26, 2015 Thoughts about this new menu item: 1. Presenting it with only yellow mustard on it should please the hot dog purists 2. This is a sandwich…
Begin: WordPress Article Content Editor’s note: Levi King is the CEO and founder of Creditera.First we went online to learn. Then we naturally started buying stuff. Smart retailers learned to target us based on our behavior. We searched and they reacted through pay-per-click and display. Then folks like Amazon used purchase history data to get smart about predicting what else…
The Associated Press reports that healthcare.gov–the flagship site of the Affordable Care Act, where millions of Americans have signed up to receive health care–is quietly sending personal health information to a number of third party websites. The information being sent includes one’s zip code, income level, smoking status, pregnancy status and more. An example of…
Millions of people are more than willing to pay for steady access to streaming content. Netflix counts 50 million subscribers to its online video library, and Spotify has 12.5 million listeners ponying up a monthly fee for a massive buffet of music. For magazines, however, the idea of paying a flat fee for unlimited access hasn’t caught on. The idea of banding together into…