Today’s St Pete Times reported that St. Petersburg officials quietly stopped providing dog waste bags at all locations except for dog parks this month. Parks director Cliff Footlick said the bags had become an amenity he could no longer afford to provide. […]
The Googling
I regularly get ribbed for going to Google whether on my laptop or while out and on my phone. I found the following series of videos funny and thought I would share.
Apple responds to Microsoft
Apple came out with an ad that answers the “I’m a PC” campaign launched by Microsoft and does so very effectively in my opinion. Will CP+B retaliate and start a brand war or try something else? Maybe the next ads […]
Another battle won in the war on Spam
The Federal Trade Commission claims to have shut down a huge spam operation that may be have been responible for up to a third of the world’s spam. The FTC said it has shuttered an operation that sent billions of […]
Final Destination Style PSA’s
For anyone who was a fan or just happened to see any of the soon to be four Final Destination movies you know the visual effects. I discovered the following European PSA that uses a very visual and emotional message to combat […]
Dorothy wore silver slippers
After my post last week about the American cheese burger and our bailout I continued reading up on our money supply and discovered a story, written over 100 years ago, that seems all to relevant to our situation today. The parallels […]
American cheeseburger illustrates hastiness of bailout
While I watched our US Senate sell itself out to the banking industry last night I was becoming more and more frustrated with how this crisis seems to be playing out. Libor or Lemming? I am newly familiar with an […]
Ad 2 Tampa Bay’s AdCast – Ad Insight: I’m A PC
Vinny Tafuro discusses the Crispin Porter + Bogusky advertising campaign, Life Without Walls, for Microsoft with AdCast cohosts Carl Vervisch and Cris Vatalaro.
Outsourcing is our choice
Two pieces in the Times this week; Sunday’s How Oldsmar got global influence and today’s editorial Questions for Obama, McCain have prompted me to comment on what I think of outsourcing. Having an IT background and designing websites for the past decade […]
Hijacked Billboards
Last week Arby’s hijacked billboards around Atlanta during rush hour to remind drivers they should be ‘thinking Arby’s.’ I am not fan of Arby’s at all but the ballons are pretty cool.