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Interactive marketing is a branch of advertising that aims to involve people directly in marketing materials, providing an avenue for engagement that’s just not possible with print, radio, or television advertisements. …
Some of you might have already seen the Audi commercial. Pretty neat. Even neater, when it comes right down to it, is the guy who thought of this in the first place. (I’m not certain, but I think he’s also in the Audi …
There are just some downright strange things that you can come across in the news sometimes. Like this, for example: Prince Harry visits Calgary cowboy bar I nearly fell off my chair when I read that. I mean, come on, …
Last night seemed to be one filled with sequels to previous dreams I’d had. Very odd. In one of them though, I was in an English class being taught by John Houseman. (Don’t ask, most of my dreams make no sense at all.) …
Not every renovation goes exactly as planned. Sometimes, you have the little curveballs that make an otherwise simple fix into a veritable nightmare. I hit one of those last night. I spent most of the weekend cleaning up …
I know I’m posting a lot of these acquisition notices lately, but it’s not for want of traffic. This is for honest curiousity. Actually, it leans much more towards the “WTF” end of the pendulum swing. …
Google has bought Panoramio. I have to admit that this doesn’t come as a huge surprise — this is something that Google really needed in their world. For those of you unfamiliar with Panoramio, I strongly recommend you …
A little morning humour for you all. This had me chuckling heartily for a couple of minutes. Google in 20 years. (Warning: Some objectionable language, but when you’ve lost your keys, I’m sure you’ve said the same …
Andre’s got good stuff again. I’d love to know where he finds this. First up, something called The Vader Project, a reimagining of Vader’s helmet. I love the rusty riveted-iron version. Then there’s Pacman’s skeleton. …
It’s not every year that you see two great trilogies come to live. Heck, it’s three so far! Today, thanks to my friend Robyn, we saw the Shrek trilogy come to life. I have to say, while it might not be as good as the …