August 19, 2007

Observed: zombies, communist chic, and $100,000 ponytails

1. “Zombies are the new Pirates”

From flash mobs to Facebook app…
Hilarious mash-up video of White-house journalist interviewing Dubya about zombies:

2. Red Invasion in SF – Hammer and Sickle red hot marketing gimmick
It has moved way beyond the annoying hippy kids with the dirty Che Guevara t-shirt… communist-era propaganda has never been [...]

August 19, 2007

From the mouth of (valley) babes

Due to the topic of my thesis – “Constant Connectivity in a Wireless Age: The Discursive Promotional Strategies of the BlackBerry” – I was asked several times during my interview process if I thought the iphone would wipe out the BlackBerry.
Like most other people, I was completely enamoured with the iPhone when I first used [...]