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Tag Archives: FAIL
Timing Is Everything…Just Ask Channel 9
Fortune can be so painfully fickle. If you happen to be in exactly the right place at exactly the right time and do exactly the right thing, you can achieve something truly extraordinary. On the other hand, it’s a lot … Continue reading
Friday Video Awesome: Pick Your Flavor
One of Carlos Castaneda’s better known quotes reads: “The trick is what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.” So for those that emphasize the miserable, enjoy (if … Continue reading
Could Somebody Please Explain Moire Patterns to the J. Crew Art Directors
Back in the day, anyone working in video knew not to dress on-camera performers in striped shirts: when the talent moved, the resolution of the camera combined with narrow shirt stripes often created a distracting moire pattern. But times change, … Continue reading
A Little Thursday Helping of FAIL
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The Challenge of Content: Captivate Network, Exhibit A
This morning, March 25th and day nine of the 2010 NCAA Tournament, I noticed this on the Captivate screen in the office elevators. Let’s see: Villanova went down to St. Mary’s and Northern Iowa shocked Kansas five days ago. In … Continue reading
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Memo to Twitter Users re: What The Bing Announcement Really Means–Prepare To See The Whale More Often
Microsoft’s announcement that they signed both Facebook and Twitter to bring real-time updates to their Bing search engine has many posters aflutter over the possibility that their one-liners could find a huge audience far beyond their own friend lists. And the … Continue reading
On Memes: the By-Products of Our Participatory Culture
“Meme” is one of those words I’ve long viewed skeptically. It sounds egg-heady and vaguely French. And I always have a nagging sense I’m pronouncing it wrong (it rhymes with ‘dream’). Still, like Web 2.0, once I actually learned what … Continue reading











