Media/Marketing Chaos in action

The New York Times. TV Guide. Clear Channel. NBC, Boxee, Yahoo.

They tell the story. There is no longer a need to warn of a gathering Chaos Scenario, in which the yin of media and yang of marketing fly apart, symbiotic no more. There is no need to seed doubt about the internet's prospects as an advertising medium, nor otherwise be a prophet of doom. By Bob Garfield | Published: March 23, 2009

In free fall, it amazes me that so many people are prepared to accept mediocrity news. Free papers and news groups that publish visual shit and people just eat it. Is this the end of objective in-depth reporting.

Poo App

BATAVIA, Ohio (AdAge.com) -- After nearly a decade of providing free, clean public restrooms everywhere from state fairs to Times Square, Procter & Gamble Co.'s Charmin wants consumers to find their own -- via a free mobile social-networking utility, SitOrSquat.

More and more marketers are realising that service is the new advertising. When you've gotta go just think of Charmin.

seasons design

For All Seasons (iPhone) from Andreas Muller on Vimeo.

Andreas Muller

connectivity

Everything's amazing video link here

Geoffrey Holder link VO



Internet traffic link

tesco v denmark

jimmy johns freaky fast

Xylem Digital and Oddcast bring you freaky fast

Generation AD (Attention Deficit)

Facebook and Bebo risk
infantilising' the human mind

Greenfield warns social networking sites are changing children's brains, resulting in selfish and attention deficient young people

Patrick Wintour, political editor
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 24 February 2009 10.52 GMT

This rings true, interestingly so for social networks. Most people's aim is to boast about the quantity of friends like its a race to the end. I feel there was a difference on IM back a few years where you were honored to be on the buddy list and those IM chats could last for hours.

Facebook feels like your at one big long boring dinner party that never ends and everyone's bragging about going Skiing, City breaking or eating shit. They can't even be bothered to talk directly to you so you just get a status update, but it's pretty much rattling the stick in the swill bucket as Wells called it.

I'm sure we will see the rise of social network detox counsillors coming to save the day. Maybe they can just add it as an app.

playboy uk over haul

cooking trainer

eat drink man woman

RIP John Martyn

LARPs

Interesting post on TMTYL
on Live Action Role Players (LARPs) Just a block away I managed to find a giant chicken and a person dressed as a pepper pot or it could be a drum stick, I'm not sure on that one.

unchained stores

A great way to find those indy shop keepers
Dave Birss started this with Lea and Pedro.
Very good idea which will be great to see it grow over time.

at last some good floor media

ffffound

last fm video campaign

Really smooth video delivery and simply roll over or off to start and stop the video playing. This is a great campaign, some dodgy interviews but that's musicians for you.
last.fm

blu

Guess Who and Wall animation videos

Guess Who from Kirsten Lepore on Vimeo.


MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

one piece of technology

After 16 days of no email/work/web/desktops/files/crashes I feel detoxed from the world of technology I've even been using a old dial face phone which has a better audio quality than those annoying mobile digital home phones. OK so I have been using my blackberry storm but not much. Convergence of technology is a core thing for users and mobile offers the chance for people to do this. I'll see how long my 'only use one piece of technology' lasts when I get back to work on Monday.

The wonder of the world

Thanks Alistair, CK sums it up in this video, Everything is amazing, nobody is happy.