Archive for September, 2007

Why I moved to calgary

September 16, 2007

Why I moved to calgary Calgary may not be the centre of the social media or marketing universe, but this is an hour away from my house.

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RPS Doc Nearly sold out

September 11, 2007

I try not to be too focused on my own life – (as if blogging isn’t egotistical enough), but I can’t hold this one in. I am just so excited about the response that the Rock Paper Scissors documentary has been getting with the Calgary International Film Festival. At the time of writing this there [...]

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Internet People – A Brief History of Internet Memes

September 7, 2007

An outstanding, remarkably complete and highly entertaining history of viral from Dan Meth. I was particularly pleased to see some of the early ones and not just the really well known ones. So grab a pen, be honest and count how many you recognize? Scoring 0 -9 Out of the Loop – Consider getting a [...]

Posted in Culture, Funny, Online, Viral 4 Comments »

Cadbury’s Gorilla Drummer

September 5, 2007

This one has me scratching my head, like a monkey at grooming time. As a piece of bite-size media entertainment, I enjoyed it. As a piece of advertising, I don’t get it at all. Is simply liking a piece of randomly branded entertainment enough to tip brand preference and stimulate purchase? I honestly don’t know [...]

Posted in Advertising, Attention, Funny, Media, Trends, Viral, agencies 6 Comments »