Trying to figure out what to do with my Flickr account. post photos. why not just facebook? I don't know. trying something new.
let's see where this gets us.
bam.
Monday, July 28
0:14am On Trampolines
I want my babies to be born on a trampoline.
That's all there is to it.
If everyone could be tossed into the air once in their lifetime, there'd be less domestic abuse.
The rate of incidence for violent crimes in Philly would half by the year 2013. And that'd the beginning of a new era in crime deterrence.
trampolines in schools. the gym wouldn't be the same again. ESPN2 would broadcast game from the PTL—the professional trampolines league.
there'd be a minor leagues, too.
it's an intense sport. like a cage match. in the air.
so it was ridiculous fun jumping on that thing. that's what she said.
and tiring. she said that, too.
today shall be that day I first got on a trampoline. forget pools. those are lame. trampolines are it. gimme.
1:06am
That's all there is to it.
If everyone could be tossed into the air once in their lifetime, there'd be less domestic abuse.
The rate of incidence for violent crimes in Philly would half by the year 2013. And that'd the beginning of a new era in crime deterrence.
trampolines in schools. the gym wouldn't be the same again. ESPN2 would broadcast game from the PTL—the professional trampolines league.
there'd be a minor leagues, too.
it's an intense sport. like a cage match. in the air.
so it was ridiculous fun jumping on that thing. that's what she said.
and tiring. she said that, too.
today shall be that day I first got on a trampoline. forget pools. those are lame. trampolines are it. gimme.
1:06am
Thursday, July 24
1:38am Delaying the inevitable.
Feels like that's all I do now.
I keep holding off until the last possible minute. The minute arrives and I have to give in. no more holding on. no more excuses. it's head on. and all this time. agony has set in. hasn't made itself comfortable, because all it knows is a state of being without comfort.
I have to do things I've been putting off for reasons that are beyond my reasoning. I don't know why. I have inklings as to why. but I'd rather not dig 'em out.
a house of cards. and the fans are blowing. the A/C's not on. it rained outside tonight. as opposed to raining inside.
what I'm trying to say is that at this moment, I'm miserable. agonizing over things that I should do and get over with. because they're not that big of a deal. and I'm dramatizing things and making a big deal out of free samples. spare change? are those the most insignificant things in our lives? lint? that's pretty innocuous, isn't it?
One down. two more to go.
'night
1:48am
I keep holding off until the last possible minute. The minute arrives and I have to give in. no more holding on. no more excuses. it's head on. and all this time. agony has set in. hasn't made itself comfortable, because all it knows is a state of being without comfort.
I have to do things I've been putting off for reasons that are beyond my reasoning. I don't know why. I have inklings as to why. but I'd rather not dig 'em out.
a house of cards. and the fans are blowing. the A/C's not on. it rained outside tonight. as opposed to raining inside.
what I'm trying to say is that at this moment, I'm miserable. agonizing over things that I should do and get over with. because they're not that big of a deal. and I'm dramatizing things and making a big deal out of free samples. spare change? are those the most insignificant things in our lives? lint? that's pretty innocuous, isn't it?
One down. two more to go.
'night
1:48am
Thursday, July 17
On HBO and TruBlood
Seems like the show could be interesting. I trust HBO, though I really haven't seen most of the shows.
While watching some of the promo videos, I thought about X-Men. Same set up. mutants living among you. the parallel here is people you think are different. minorities.
I'm not a big fan of all this branded entertainment, though it sometimes seems kind of cool. at times.
remember seeing the ads for TruBlood. double take on the posters and see the fine print HBO logo. didn't really like it, until I realized it's a bigger campaign. but still not a big fan of it. maybe 'cause I'm too lazy to go searching through the internet for the bits and pieces of clues. the TruBlood delivery truck does seem cool.
no final decision yet. I'll sit on this and edit it as thoughts come up.
NY Times Article on TruBlood
via Agency Spy on TruBlood
Campfire
While watching some of the promo videos, I thought about X-Men. Same set up. mutants living among you. the parallel here is people you think are different. minorities.
I'm not a big fan of all this branded entertainment, though it sometimes seems kind of cool. at times.
remember seeing the ads for TruBlood. double take on the posters and see the fine print HBO logo. didn't really like it, until I realized it's a bigger campaign. but still not a big fan of it. maybe 'cause I'm too lazy to go searching through the internet for the bits and pieces of clues. the TruBlood delivery truck does seem cool.
no final decision yet. I'll sit on this and edit it as thoughts come up.
NY Times Article on TruBlood
via Agency Spy on TruBlood
Campfire
Life lessons from Google
The gist: keep on learning.
very simple idea, but the hard parts are discipline and prioritizing what to learn first. you can learn anything. anything. but what?
I want to learn everything. but something needs to come first. giving another shot to chinese. let's see what happens.
P.S. I love PSFK. I mean. like a lot. enjoy reading. yes. love.
Read it > Google Blog
via PSFK
very simple idea, but the hard parts are discipline and prioritizing what to learn first. you can learn anything. anything. but what?
I want to learn everything. but something needs to come first. giving another shot to chinese. let's see what happens.
P.S. I love PSFK. I mean. like a lot. enjoy reading. yes. love.
Read it > Google Blog
via PSFK
Wednesday, July 9
The Onion on Branded Content
Home Depot Honors Fallen Soldiers With Great Prices On Tools
It's done pretty well, with the sidebars coming out, the picture in picture, how they try to work in the products during the interview. but then it gets too over the top to be funny. they should've pulled back on the jokes a bit more and it would've been classic.
love the mom's acting, though.
But about branded content. This is what brands probably shouldn't do. stick their face where it doesn't belong and force themselves into the dialogue.
Via: PSFK
Monday, July 7
The Economist on the Social Networking
Everywhere and Nowhere
This article came out in March 2008. Which means it was probably written/contemplated about before then, and I'm only reading it now. Tisk tisk.
Interesting points, that social networks like Facebook and MySpace, while popular, aren't really business models. Their ad revenue doesn't generate much. It's annoying, and maybe they're better off creating branded applications to keep us engaged rather than have sidebar ads.
Then the analogy of old internet service providers into web portals. Closed to open. Same now for these communities. They're closed to each other, it's annoying to have to log in separately into each site. The solution? Email. It already has all of our contacts, calendar events, and keeps track of how often we talk to who.
Makes total sense to me what the article is saying. So the question then is who's going to be first? When is it going to happen? And how are people going to sustain it as a business model? What happens after the original founder sell out?
Nothing will happen if it's open source, right? What if the whole open source project becomes funded by some tech company?
Interesting times we live in.
This article came out in March 2008. Which means it was probably written/contemplated about before then, and I'm only reading it now. Tisk tisk.
Interesting points, that social networks like Facebook and MySpace, while popular, aren't really business models. Their ad revenue doesn't generate much. It's annoying, and maybe they're better off creating branded applications to keep us engaged rather than have sidebar ads.
Then the analogy of old internet service providers into web portals. Closed to open. Same now for these communities. They're closed to each other, it's annoying to have to log in separately into each site. The solution? Email. It already has all of our contacts, calendar events, and keeps track of how often we talk to who.
Makes total sense to me what the article is saying. So the question then is who's going to be first? When is it going to happen? And how are people going to sustain it as a business model? What happens after the original founder sell out?
Nothing will happen if it's open source, right? What if the whole open source project becomes funded by some tech company?
Interesting times we live in.
On Video Game Advertising
Instead of placing ads inside the video game worlds where it might be out of context, roll the 30 sec. spots while the game is loading.
This is sweet if you keep the option to choose if you want to see the spot or not.
Once you take away the option of choosing between seeing the spot or paying for the game yourself, then it goes back to shoving ads down your throat model. Which isn't fun for the gamer, and that means resentment to the game, the brand, and everyone involved holding him down while the game loads.
This is sweet if you keep the option to choose if you want to see the spot or not.
Once you take away the option of choosing between seeing the spot or paying for the game yourself, then it goes back to shoving ads down your throat model. Which isn't fun for the gamer, and that means resentment to the game, the brand, and everyone involved holding him down while the game loads.
Sunday, July 6
4:28am WTF. I'm up for no apparent reason.
And why would i need any reason to be up?
it's nice to be up and awake. it's quite during this time of the night.
tomorrow's another day.
I don't want today to end.
the day is over when I lay down and shut my eyes. erase today. archive it into my subconscious.
and it won't surface until it's needed. not when I want it to be here.
just 'cause I'm not writing doesn't mean things aren't happening.
it's usually too busy for that.
but there's work tomorrow. eeek.
monday off. sweet.
no more. I have ideas for a new website. but not sure how to work it out yet. how to make it pretty and functional to the way I need it to be. I have a feeling as to what it should be.
just a feeling. no rational thoughts.
and now I'm sleepy. running out of memory space. anything that happens after this doesn't get recorded.
birds are singing.
I was going to write about how birds don't "sing" per say. we say that they sing. but they're just talking. they sing to our ears. but they're not really trying to "sing" is just sounds like they're singing.
a label. that's what it does. or it's the inverse. where the feeling of the bird's talk feels soothing, so we call it muzak.
maybe I've written about this. but reiteration never fails to un-impress. the undoing of an impression. a depression, if you will.
sleep time is here. baseball batting the back of my neck. and cracking bones with splinters.
ka-plunk is my head on the stove. out cold.
4:37am
it's nice to be up and awake. it's quite during this time of the night.
tomorrow's another day.
I don't want today to end.
the day is over when I lay down and shut my eyes. erase today. archive it into my subconscious.
and it won't surface until it's needed. not when I want it to be here.
just 'cause I'm not writing doesn't mean things aren't happening.
it's usually too busy for that.
but there's work tomorrow. eeek.
monday off. sweet.
no more. I have ideas for a new website. but not sure how to work it out yet. how to make it pretty and functional to the way I need it to be. I have a feeling as to what it should be.
just a feeling. no rational thoughts.
and now I'm sleepy. running out of memory space. anything that happens after this doesn't get recorded.
birds are singing.
I was going to write about how birds don't "sing" per say. we say that they sing. but they're just talking. they sing to our ears. but they're not really trying to "sing" is just sounds like they're singing.
a label. that's what it does. or it's the inverse. where the feeling of the bird's talk feels soothing, so we call it muzak.
maybe I've written about this. but reiteration never fails to un-impress. the undoing of an impression. a depression, if you will.
sleep time is here. baseball batting the back of my neck. and cracking bones with splinters.
ka-plunk is my head on the stove. out cold.
4:37am
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