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Must Read After Death
I can’t offer much commentary yet, but I thought this was an interesting story of old technology meets new. After the death of his grandparents, filmmaker Morgan Dews found audiotapes and dictaphone recordings they made chronicling their unusual lives and marriage. … Continue reading
Social Networking meets Social Drinkers
Has anybody ever seen the television show Three Sheets on the MOJO HD channel? It’s an informational show about drinking customs all over the world, with host comedian Zane Lamprey, and his trusted sidekick, Pleepleus (a stuffed monkey.) If you haven’t … Continue reading
Ad Men, Take Two
I’ve had another chance to watch Advertising the American Dream, the featurette on the Mad Men DVD. I think it’s interesting the way advertising has evolved and continues to evolve, with the new technology. So I’ve included here a partial … Continue reading
The Netflix Challenge
The Advertising Age article that was required reading for this week’s COM 529 class talked about the Cinematch application in Netflix. Netflix tracks your rental history and allows you to rate movies, then Cinematch analyzes your data and the data of … Continue reading
Ad Men
I wanted to address Adrianna’s comment from the COM 592 Wednesday night class that advertising is a necessary cost of business that must be included in any budget. The absolute best show on television right now is Mad Men, and it just … Continue reading
Good Old Human Interaction
I love the comic strip Zits, which is really in tune with the parent-teenager relationship. I don’t have a teenager but I was one, and I often see echoes of myself and my parents within the strip. Recently though, the strip … Continue reading
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