Posted on 13 September, 2008 by Darren Tan
Well the first ad may have been a low random start, but the next ad has come out to be bigger, uncut and is still about… nothing. In this one, Bill and Seinfeld have now gone to a “new family” and are living with them before they eventually get kicked out. Besides the implication that [...]
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Posted on 9 September, 2008 by Darren Tan
I don’t know if this is worth “big top points” but Microsoft have launched their new $300 million advertising campaign with this ad about something (its just not easy to work out without sitting around thinking about it). Hopefully this is just leading up to a bigger advertising campaign about something that actually might make [...]
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Posted on 18 August, 2008 by Darren Tan
While most of us perceived the Beijing Olympics going off without a hitch, with perfectly syncronious dancers, extravagent performances and an impressive list of technology. However, according Gizmodo and a large number of independent observers, one of the screens in the bird’s nest blue screened during what was otherwise a nearly flawless the Opening Ceremony. [...]
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Posted on 16 August, 2008 by Darren Tan
Funnily enough, networking problems stalled my effort of initially posting this yesterday, but at least Tuesday’s edition of The Seeker Daily is now up. Today’s edition talks about the bad general perception of what Vista looks like in the computer marketplace, the success of Apple in targetting them, and the type of response which Microsoft [...]
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