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NYTimes ’07 Forecast: Offline Media Down, Online Media Up

We can try to understand the New York Times’ effect on man. — The Bee Gees, Stayin’ Alive.

One of the reasons I love the New York Times is its confidence to honestly report the decline of offline media, because it knows what it’s doing with online media. After announcing the decline of newspapers, here they are predicting a bad advertising year for offline media — and a great year for online media. Click here to continue reading “NYTimes ’07 Forecast: Offline Media Down, Online Media Up”…

First Vista Ad: Boring

The first Vista ad. I don’t know about you guys, but an ad that vaguely promises to “connect with other partners to offer complete solutions” and “give consumers a spectrum of exciting capabilities” while a bunch of actors prance about with mindless smiles just doesn’t turn me on. It asks me to “see the difference” when all I see is corporatespeak. It certainly doesn’t show me any compelling reason to upgrade to Vista.

Hey, this reminds me of another silly video that shows Microsoft’s confusing marketing style.

What if Microsoft designed the iPod package?

(Via Gizmodo.)