Whiplash July Handbag Winners: I wish these people were in the selling buisness. The frouchess bag is divine.
Zoomr: Sort of like flickr for tourists who want to focus on monuments and maps.
A woman scorned: Sweet, horrid revenge. Supposedly Viral Marketing
Clip the web with Clipmarks: Reminds me of that webpage capture Picasa’s predecessor, Hello could be used for.
Whoever came up with this ad is a horse’s ass by Linwood Barclay: My sentiments exactly. Been seeing this in theatre’s for awhile and it always makes me wonder how stoned the creative team must have been when they came up with it.
The Urban Etiquette Handbook: Interesting read and pretty darn funny too.
VJ Mahnoor: Close friend who I’m shamelessly advertising for.
SpoonFedArt [I Want I Got]: Funky… A tad expensive for me to be able to afford it but still lovely to look at.
Google Vision: Would allow user to scan image of an object and use google to find information regarding it. Funky.
Imagine no longer having to muddle your brain trying to find the english translation for all the objects in your head for whom unfortunately you only recall the urdu names. <-- That was probably the most grammatically incorrect sentence ever eh.
Orson – No Tommorow [TDH]: Havent had a chance to see it but comes reccommended.
Re: Calibre commercial. I gotta say, I was not a fan of this ad when I first saw it. But I must admit, it works. Linwood Barclay is right: the mere fact that people are talking about it separates it from other (boring) car commericals. Not that I’ve heard too many people talking about this one – let’s face it, it isn’t great entertainment. But the fact that there’s an article in the Toronto Star about it? Well…
Obvious at it was, I wonder whether or not Linwood understood the gag. Clearly, the message is : “Kiss my ass – my car is so much better than yours, you loser”. Now while this may seem a juvenile message, it still stands out (being so blatant) – and basically that’s what all car ads are conveying anyways.
But Linwood also submarines her (?) own argument: “I must say, I am baffled. I have seen car commercials that stressed quality and reliability. I have seen car commercials that stressed speed and handling. I have seen car commercials that stressed, through humour, how quirky or cool the vehicle might be.” EXACTLY. We’ve ALL seen those commericials. BORING.
And then she says: “Like when the new Mini Cooper came out, there was that spot featuring a couple in a parked Mini, coming up for air after making out, remarking on how roomy the car is, and then a second girl popped up in the back seat and said, “No kidding.” THAT’S her idea of an effective car commerical? Stressing that a Mini has room? EVERY car ad says that. Just not that way. Every car ad says “my car is cooler” – just not in the same way the Calibre did.
I checked out the angry Emily blog, too. At first I laughed at this poor guy. But then it became pretty clear that this whole thing is fake. Yeah, right: there just happened to be a guy with a video camera there to tape her throwing her cheating husband’s stuff on the sidewalk, which then conveniently got loaded onto YouTube. And she didn’t see the camera though it was practically in her face. Sure. And she started blogging at the end of June and discovers his cheating ways immediately thereafter? Strrrrreeeeetch. But it was an amusing read, nonetheless.
Thanks for the links!
I have a crush on your close friend
PS: Well dunno. I just felt they could have gotten the point across in a better way. Yeah sure it caught my attention but despite the underlying tagline and gag, I would now be less inclined to buy that car. Just because it would annoy me.
. As for Linwood, he’s a he.
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