After reading Danah's study regarding the role of gender in web site design, Halley wonders why Dooce chooses not to link to her readers who maintain blogs of their own. My guess in Dooce's case is it may have been a design decision, since her blog is one of the cleanest on the web. Other A-listers who do not maintain blog rolls include Ben Hammersely, Seth Godin and Lawrence Lessig. There's nothing wrong with this …
Valuable Munitions Material
You know what? Awards are important. They're good at attracting top talent, getting us some well deserved press and, if smelted down, providing the government with valuable munitions material. We have San Francisco agency, Venables Bell, to thank for the above wisdom. …
INNW
Doritos wants you to stop procrastinating. Because "Doritos is all about making a statement and living life in the now." That's why the snack food maker is taking part in the oh so Converse-like Fresh Films contest with Sony, and why they stand behind INNW.com, short for "If Not Now When?" …
Pagden Goes From Beer To Tequila
TEQUILA\ was launched in Paris in 1986 by Jean-Marie Dru, President & CEO, TBWA\ Worldwide, and has since become one of the world's fastest growing marketing networks with 48 agencies in 34 countries. An Omnicom Group company and partnered with TBWA\ Worldwide, today TEQUILA\'s major clients include adidas, HP, Nissan, and Sony PlayStation. According to Adweek, Jeremy Pagden is Tequila's new President and CEO. …
Highbrow Audience Becomes Target
New York Times: For the first time in the 80-year history of The New Yorker magazine, a single advertiser will sponsor an entire issue. The Aug. 22 issue of The New Yorker, due out Monday, will carry 17 or 18 advertising pages, all brought to you by the Target discount store chain owned by the Target Corporation. The Target ads will even supplant the mini-ads from mail-order marketers that typically fill small spaces …
Bloggers Bitch
ClickZ: Hostilities flared this week between the two best-known blog networks after comScore released a blog readership study that was co-sponsored by Six Apart and blog network Gawker Media. Media buyers have been clambering for just the sort of demographic profiling it offers, and blog publishers should benefit overall from its discovery that the blog audience is both richer and younger than the overall Internet …
Not Your Grandfather’s Financial Rag
Forbes Magazine and its competitors can't simply sell to old white men in suits. Not if they want to grow revenue, that is. Yet, I question whether an ad that would be at home in Skateboarding is the way to go. The ad from Merkley and Partners reads: No salary earning, old underpants wearing, billionaire on paper CEO. It's a new game. Forbes.com …
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The D.I.Y. Coffeetable Book
Derek Powazek is stoked about Flickr's new printed photo books, a product still in incubatory stages. My first thought was, "Man, everyone's gonna want one of these." (Of their photos, I mean. Not mine. Besides you, mom. You might want one of mine.) …