Airline Slams 'Pathetic,' 'Idiot' Blogger

Believe it or not, this is how one British airline allowed it's staff to address a blogger who thought that he had discovered a loophole in the company website that would allow people to book a free flight. You might think that this is the work of a few rogue employees, but no, not the case. CNN confirmed the blog posts with the airline spokesperson, at which point they  took a few more jabs at the 'lunatic' blogger. WOW!

http://blog.wired.com/cars/2009/02/ryanair-slams-p.html

Online Ads: Even the Evangelists Turning Bearish

Online Ads: Even the Evangelists Turning Bearish

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Coupon Tweet Joins The Search For Deals On Twitter (Beta Invites)

With rapid adoption of (Twitter) for commercial use, I can see that (Coupon Tweet, Cheap Tweet and twtQpon) may  help drive attention to on-demand offers being marketed via twitter. 

Coupon Tweet Joins The Search For Deals On Twitter (Beta Invites)

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TinyChat - Create a Quick and Easy Chatroom

I'm not kidding it's very very easy!

TinyChat allows you to create your own chatroom on the fly. Invite as many people in and close it up when you're done. It's a quick thing with no account creation or fuss. I used TinyChat to collaborate on a couple projects, then kept receiving emails asking what's the chat tool that so-and-so was using.  So go check it out. Go to tinychat. Click on "Click to Create a Chatroom."  Invite people into your chatroom by copying the link and sending by email. This is a great tool to use across the board when many people have many different 'chat' accounts. Keep it simple with something like this.

www.tinychat.com 

Survey Of Insular Social Media Elite Says: Twitter Is Better Than Facebook For Businesses

Survey Of Insular Social Media Elite Says: Twitter Is Better Than Facebook For Businesses

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Mining The Thought Stream

What makes Google and other search engines so valuable is that they capture people's intent, what they are looking for, what they desire, what they want to learn about. But they don’t do a great job at capturing what people are doing or what they are thinking about. For thoughts and events that are happening right now, searching Twitter increasingly brings up better results than searching Google.

Mining The Thought Stream

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Dilbert Cube Escape Plan: Yes, especially RIGHT NOW

I posted a link to the home page of Perry Marshall, one of the leading authorities on Google Pay-Per Click system, AdWords.  The message in his posting is one of breaking free to pursue your true business calling. I'm excited to share the post, because the company/business owner he identifies is my friend Paul Rakovich, ClicksandClients.com, owner. 

Dilbert Cube Escape Plan: Yes, especially RIGHT NOW

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Teens Spend Up to 31 Hours a Week Online

How much time do you spend online, America? [Waits for answer.] That’s funny because the average teenager spends a cool 31 hours per week online. And what does the average teen do? The usual, I guess you can say—instant message friends, surf YouTube, get homework help, view porn, etc. Just another day in Anytown, USA.

http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/02/10/how-do-you-compare-teens-spend-31-hours-a-week-online/

Googling Your Home Electricity Usage

If people knew how much electricity they were using every time they turned on the lights, fired up the oven or lowered the thermostat on their air-conditioner, they would make smarter decisions about their energy use, and presumably, conserve more.

Google’s PowerMeter Project: For When The Web’s Data Is Not Enough

Superbowl Ads and the Rise of the Prize Economy

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/09/super-bowl-ads-and-the-rise-of-the-prize-economy/

Facebook Flashmob Shuts down train station in London

This "flashmob" organized by a facebook user was inspired from a T--Mobile advertisement originally filmed in a Liverpool train station. With the recent success of the London event, expect to see more of these impromptu gatherings. 
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/09/uk.station.flashmob/index.html

Global Social Media Community Coming Together For a Great Cause

Future Trends in Advertising - Leo Burnett's Predictions for 2009

Leo Burnett agency is famous for creating  the (Marlboro Man, Jolly Green Giant) and other 20th Century icons has come out with their annual advertising predictions. This video quickly counts them down. Have a look!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4SklqUWXa4&eurl=http://www.culture-buzz.com/blog/Future-Trends-in-Advertising-2045.html&feature=player_embedded

Jing - Use Jing to capture anything you see on your computer screen and share it instantly...as an image or short movie.

I'm frequently asked by co-workers what program do I use to capture and annotate documents (it does video too).Jing! The great thing is that Jing is always on, just kind of sitting at the edge of your desktop in this little sun icon ready for use. Its simple and best of all free. There is a Pro version, but I haven't had to upgrade my account yet. The company who makes Jing, (TechSmith) has a couple higher end applications, check them out!

www.JingProject.com

www.TechSmith.com 

Bill Gates Unleashes Mosquitoes On Rich TED Conference Crowd

Bill Gates Unleashes Mosquitoes On Rich TED Conference Crowd

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Sweetness: Jimmy Eat World Uses Twitter For Concert-Specific Chats

Sweetness: Jimmy Eat World Uses Twitter For Concert-Specific Chats

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Basecamp - Project Management Tool!!!

I wanted to pass along something that has been key to my success in the management of the innovation projects that I am responsible for...Basecamp! This solution allows you to manage the (messages, to-do's, milestones, documents, writeboards, tasks w/assignments, etc.) Basecamp is a great tool to bring about collaboration on your projects. Check it out!

www.basecamphq.com 

Top Social Brands 2008

The top social brands list is a result of Vitrue’s daily analysis of over 2,000 popular brands. Each day, the team analyzes online conversations on a variety of social networking, blogging, microblogging, photo and video sharing sites. Virtue then applies a series of algorithms to measure the frequency of keyword usage, the size of the social media environment, and the magnitude of the conversation. The result is a single numeric score for each brand: the Social Media Index (SMI).

http://www.briansolis.com/2009/02/top-social-brands-of-2008-whats-your.html

Hipster: The Dead End of Civilization

Investigate, debunk or at least adopt an opinion on the "hipster movement." The article definitely has a slant to it, but more interesting are the reader comments at the end. 

http://www.adbusters.org/magazine/79/hipster.html