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Re: Media

miconian — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:51:57 -0000

Of course the user prefers interactive ads. But ads like this one...and you know I think it's really good...are part of a new breed that will take some getting used to for users who are used to being interrupted more directly. Then again, tech-savvy environmentally conscious appreciators of the artistic process are going to be more observant than the average consumer...early adopters, not just of products in this case, but of a way of becoming aware of the products.

Re: Media

James Gross — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:29:51 -0000

Oh i get it. So the user generally wants to see the same standard flash ads that they can't interact with. Who would want to see the actual creation of art from multiple participants through banners; just give me the message already!

Re: Media

miconian — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:13:42 -0000

As cool as this is, I'm not sure that it's going to catch the eye of a user who isn't expecting it. This is the kind of ad that needs to either be called out, connected to something else on the page, or placed next to a video or in some other position where the user is likely to spend more than half a second looking at it.

Re: NAMS

graffiti artist — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:56:43 -0000

i'm commenting a few months too late perhaps, but that's just silliness. i've arrived via google, and have been reading several things like this re: the contests and the million votes etc. and the people people talking do not seem to have grasped how these events actually transpired! i participated first hand.

now first of all... it was around 7300 entries, not ENTRANTS. the average person would enter more than just one entry. i'd wager that the number of "fans" was far closer to the number of actual entrants and i'd estimate that a good 10-20% (at least!) of all the entries were just repetitive spam.

the "million votes" is grossly misleading! each individual voter casts a vote on hundreds or thousands of entries, so a million is going to add up a lot faster than one would think. i honestly think it's likely attributable to less than 2000 individuals.

additionally, since prizes were on the line, i'd wager a significant protion of those "individuals" are dual facebook accounts so the same users could vote again.

lastly, the people in my friends list were generally not exposed to these contests. the application did not put notifications of my entries into the news feed as is described above, only if/that i became a fan. i am assuming that this is the case for everyone, because there were others in my friends list who also entered, and i saw no notifications or links in the news feed regarding any of their entries either.

just for the record.

Re: Quotes

Jared G. — Fri, 23 May 2008 10:26:11 -0000

Many of histories pioneers of technology are young guys. Intelligence and creativity are more prominent in young people. Why? Perhaps It's because of their inexperience! The ability not to overanalyze or let their ego or "experience" cloud their judgment (you know the type I'm talking about, the Senior level managment wasting time braging about their assortment aged wines.) The young haven't lived all through life and posses that infamous "experience"- now we are not saying it's overrated but if your time with "experience" consist of doing the same thing over and over for years on in-while watching people who are younger than you define the ways of business and technology, we'd hardly consider that relevant experience.

"Electrical changes are charging up the young" Neil Peart says.

Re: Quotes

Michael Cohn — Tue, 20 May 2008 22:55:17 -0000

...and anyone who can assemble a list of all the execs in the audience who decided to actually take Mr. Clow's advice would become the most successful recruiter in history.

Re: Quotes

MJJ — Tue, 20 May 2008 03:33:28 -0000

Advice from Ogilvy: "Hire people who are better than you are, then leave them to get on with it. Look for people who will aim for the remarkable, who will not settle for the routine."

Re: Use the Cloud

blaker — Mon, 19 May 2008 00:20:32 -0000

While it's not necessarily new, it's definitely an uncharted frontier. In my experience though, it seems apparent that the faster we can consolidate user info, the faster the Internet will become an even more invaluable tool for consumers' lives.

There is, of course, an Orwellian dilemma that arises when generating sets of data such as this, but, for the time being at least, I want to believe that there are ways to protect user privacy while still providing benefits for both brands and consumer. We'll see though.