Jan 18 2008
I received these two pieces of mail yesterday: a complimentary issue of MacLean’s magazine along with a pitch to subscribe; and a pitch from Maisonneuve magazine, a way cooler rag that promises it is “definitely not MacLean’s.”
I don’t know if the people at Maisonneuve were aware of the MacLean’s campaign, or if this was just […]
Jan 04 2008
This one with malicious “adware.”
One of the things about Facebook that has most concerned me is the proliferation of “apps” or “widgets,” those sometimes fun, sometimes annoying add-ons like “Scrabblicious,” “Six degrees,” and “Superlatives.”
Specifically, it bothers me that these apps ask you to hand over your entire profile and all its goodies in order for […]
Dec 06 2007
As you probably already know, Facebook recently introduced Beacon, its latest privacy invasion and marketing crapola feature designed to look like a fun “sharing” thing when in fact it is just another monster in the Mark Zuckerberg “monetize everything” world of Facebook.
Here are a few reasons why Beacon sucks and should be banished from Facebook […]
Oct 24 2007
Yesterday, Patrick at i.never.nu posted a passionate and erudite denunciation of the current trend towards the mainstreaming of blogs. He points out that until recently, many (most?) bloggers were happy to be apart from the mainstream; we revelled in our independence from the need to generate revenue streams and to follow marketing plans. It was […]
Aug 02 2007
OK, maybe not ever, but I happened upon these two ghastly sites today and they’re both terrible but for very different reasons.
First there’s the Web site for Gasser’s camera shop in San Francisco. Forget about the lack of any sort of search tool or navigation scheme. Forget the broken links all over the place. Just […]
Jul 18 2007
The folks behind the marketing of the upcoming The Simpsons Movie have angered pagans worldwide by creating a 180-foot tall image of an underwear-clad Homer Simpson on the same hill as the famous Cerne Abbas Giant in Dorset, England. The image of Homer is made of biodegradable paint which will eventually dissolve and wash away.
The […]
Mar 28 2007
…and winned! But all I won was a stupid cup of coffee.
So now I’m sitting here with this empty cup that’s worth a full cup. But that means I have to walk through the mall with it, out into the Metro station, down to the other mall, and over to the Tim Horton’s kiosk. Then […]
