Archive for September 12th, 2007
One Woman Takes Fresh Approach To Market
Times Herald-Record: Eileen Piasecki-Couch was this close to getting her soups and seasonings on supermarket shelves when she learned a hard lesson in big business. As she was trying to cut a deal with Price Chopper to carry her Pine Island Herb and Spice products, it became clear that the spice market isn’t so easy [...]
Almost Peed My Pants Advertising
From Hemmy A life size sticker for the horror movie ‘The Maid’ in Singapore placed near the toilet round the corner. The kind of advertisement that makes you pee in your pants. Photo By: Hemmy
From Intentor Spot Using transportation as an advertising medium has brought forward some of the most creative ads. Photo by Inventor Spot.
Taking The "Time-Out's" You Need Anywhere You Go
WHAS11.com: Lisa Carvajal’s oldest son was 2½ and needed to be disciplined for hitting, biting and throwing. “I began using time out,” she says. “In order to use it consistently you need to have a spot that’s consistent. All the books on discipline say be consistent with your spot — make sure you use the [...]
Woman offers advice on Casual Fridays for getting a raise while not looking like a hooker. [youtube]tUwYy4wCgb8[/youtube]
TechnaBob: Kikkerland’s USB Hub Man has flexible wire arms and legs with a port at the end of each one. His body houses all the electronics and a tiny green power indicator LED in place of a heart. The only bummer about Hub Man is that only one of his ports runs at USB 2.0 [...]
Texting for College Students’ Cash
eMarketer: When it comes to money, the perception of the starving college student applies less and less. According to findings in the “American Freshmen: Forty-Year Trends 1966–2006″ report from the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA’s Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, entering freshmen in 2005 “came from households with a parental median income [...]
From Hemmy An advertisement for a job recruiting company in Berlin, Germany. Depicting people working in the vending machines, ATMs, it delivers the message that ‘Life is too short for the wrong job’. Photo By: Hemmy
Invention Protects Boat Gauges
The Chronicle-Telegram: During a fall fishing trip with a friend in the Florida Keys, Jeff Murray noticed that the expensive LCD gauges on his friend’s boat were faded and yellowed by the sun. The expensive instruments also became so foggy when exposed to the heat from direct sunlight that they were impossible to read. While [...]
Future Web Trends: Rich Internet Apps
ReadWriteWeb: As the current trend of hybrid web/desktop apps continues, expect to see RIA (rich internet apps) continue to increase in use and functionality. Adobe’s AIR platform (Adobe Integrated Runtime) is one of the leaders, along with Microsoft with its Windows Presentation Foundation. Also in the mix is Laszlo with its open source OpenLaszlo platform [...]
Global Insight: As part of the study process, Global Insight reviewed a wide range of previous studies that indicated that the efficiencies that Wal-Mart has fostered in the retail sector have led to lower prices for the U.S. consumer. These results were supported by statistical analysis which found that the expansion of Wal-Mart over the [...]
Music School For YouTube Generation
Springwise: At Bird, music and technology come together. The San Francisco-based school of music encourages students to use the latest technology to enhance their musical creativity. Providing instrumental instruction and band supervision to children and teens, Bird goes beyond traditional lessons. “Working with the latest digital audio workstations, all experience levels have the ability to [...]
Do Stupid Names Hurt Startups?
Wired: The search for a unique corporate name and identity may be backfiring in the Silicon Valley. Wakoopa, Frengo, Squidoo or Meebo all might be acceptable if they were exceptions to the rule. But when every startup in the Valley begins opting for whimsy (and a non-stop barrage of vowels) for their handles instead of, [...]
