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Dec31	Bullshit... But nevertheless, colorful bullshit. George Parker December 31, 2007 Know More: Blogging ad agencies, advertising, bullshit, creativity, marketing, weblogs Anyone who's ever worked with an Art Director knows they talk a load of bollocks when referring to a particular Pantone color the logo/headline/tagline/fish&chip wrapper should be in. So, I was somewhat amused to read the following regarding Pantone's "Color of the year." Pantone, Inc, the global authority on color and provider of professional color standards for the design industries, selected PANTONE 18-3943 Blue Iris, a beautifully balanced blue-purple, as the color of the year for 2008. Combining the stable and calming aspects of blue with the mystical and spiritual qualities of purple, Blue Iris satisfies the need for reassurance in a complex world, while adding a hint of mystery and excitement. "From a color forecasting perspective, we have chosen PANTONE 18-3943 Blue Iris as the color of the year, as it best represents color direction in 2008 for fashion, cosmetics, and home products." Well, excuse me darling... But that's a load of old bollocks... So, to make up for that, I wish a Happy New Year to all loyal readers of this scintillating blog. . Yes... I intend to do that! Posted at 5:43 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec30	Google Balls!!! George Parker December 30, 2007 Google can count itself fortunate that a serious privacy storm it caused took place in the run up to Christmas - when most people were otherwise occupied. By altering the behavior of one of its web-services, Google ran foul of its... Continue Reading Posted at 2:52 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Google-Balls... Big Brother is watching you! George Parker December 30, 2007 Google can count itself fortunate that a serious privacy storm it caused took place in the run up to Christmas - when most people were otherwise occupied with gift giving, etc. By altering the behavior of one of its web-services, Google... Continue Reading Posted at 2:28 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec29	Wal-Mart... Bricks & mortar good... Online... Bad! George Parker December 29, 2007 Up to and through Wal-Mart's entry into the online movie download business early this year with the full support of the major studios there was a lot of talk about what the giant retailer's clout might mean for the competition,... Continue Reading Posted at 9:42 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec26	This is bloody ridiculous! George Parker December 26, 2007 That's bloody typical. The minute I post apologizing for all the multiple posts a couple of days ago... They disappear. I would like to believe it's due to my incredible technological expertise. But we all know that's bullshit. Anyway, let's... Continue Reading Posted at 9:02 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Don't blame me... I tried my best! George Parker December 26, 2007 Apologies to you all for the FIVE consecutive postings of the expensive cell phone piece... I have edited out four of them... But they won't go away! Maybe by tomorrow they will have got the hint and buggered off. Blogging... Continue Reading Posted at 8:46 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec25	To one and all!!! George Parker December 25, 2007 I doubt if many people are checking blogs on Christmas day, let alone writing them... Although there are a lot of very weird people out there, including me! But to all my loyal, regular, or even occasional readers... Many, many... Continue Reading Posted at 12:10 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec24	Last minute gift shopping? George Parker December 24, 2007 Did you know that the fastest growing segment of the cell phone market is for phones that cost more than $8,000! For the ultra rich, a high-end cell phone means something quite different from what we probably use. They're plunking... Continue Reading Posted at 8:13 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec21	What happens when Facebook decides you're too popular! George Parker December 21, 2007 I am increasingly turned off by the number of requests I get from people I do not know, who want to be my friend on Facebook. So, I was delighted to read that a UK, Liberal Democrat MP, suffered the online... Continue Reading Posted at 3:24 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Google versus Microsoft... Wanna place bets on the eventual winner? George Parker December 21, 2007 Last Sunday, there was a great article in the New York Times about the different approaches to "Cloud Computing" being taken by Google and Microsoft. Forget all the esoteric (but highly important) detail about how this is the way we... Continue Reading Posted at 3:14 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec20	Apple kills ThinkSecret! George Parker December 20, 2007 You just have to admire the sheer bloody minded ruthlessness of GodJobs. News today that Apple has forced the closure of the highly popular Apple-Rumor blog ThinkSecret, doesn't surprise me in the least. As Techdirt points out, there wasn’t any... Continue Reading Posted at 10:53 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec19	Paris bombs in Berlin... Smurf Sayzzz!!! George Parker December 19, 2007 It would seem that Paris Hilton got a bit of a mouthful from a Russian dwarf posing as a Smurf when she attempted to "adopt" a pair of the loveable characters at a Berlin Xmas market. According to reports, the... Continue Reading Posted at 9:42 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec18	Google... Unstoppable? George Parker December 18, 2007 With the news that Google is introducing some kind of encyclopedia tool by the name of "Knol," which is supposed to kill Wikipedia, it was interesting to read the opening paragraph to Rob Hof's article at BusinessWeek.com about the latest Google... Continue Reading Posted at 9:52 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec17	Honey... I lost the data! George Parker December 17, 2007 With all the news stories about peoples confidential data being lost, stolen, or seemingly vaporized, I wasn't too surprised to read about the loss of a hard drive containing personal details of three million candidates for the UK driving theory test... Continue Reading Posted at 5:39 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec16	The Nintendo Wii... Great for cockroach lovers! George Parker December 16, 2007 Did you hear the news out of Japan that the Nintendo Wii attracts cockroaches? Apparently the theory can be traced to Japanese-language gaming website Barks, which claimed that the Wii gives off a cockroach-friendly frequency that attracts the pests better... Continue Reading Posted at 10:38 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec14	McCann in deep doo-doo! George Parker December 14, 2007 McCann is certainly in major pain today. First the news that Sepracor is putting their $330 million Lunesta sleep drug up for grabs, then the news that Intel has finally had enough of the lousy work McCann has been calling... Continue Reading Posted at 2:15 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec12	Paris Hilton goes for the gold! George Parker December 12, 2007 Just when you thought you'd seen every dumb celebrity endorsement ad ever produced, you need to check out the one just breaking in Germany featuring an all gold Paris Hilton promoting Champagne in a can! But not just any old champagne, this... Continue Reading Posted at 4:55 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec 9	How to make it not so big in the movies! George Parker December 9, 2007 Further proof that no one knows what they are doing, whether it be politics, music, movies or advertising (particularly advertising, was the news that this weekends release of the expected block buster "The Golden Compass," did not live up to... Continue Reading Posted at 9:56 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec 7	On a scale of one to ten, how much real news do you actually know? George Parker December 7, 2007 I was amused today while reading the online MSNBC News site to check out their weekly "News Quiz. This Einstein like brain teaser consists of ten questions, but one was about video games, one was about the music GRAMMY awards,... Continue Reading Posted at 5:18 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec 6	Get smart... Get fat!!! George Parker December 6, 2007 Without wishing to offend too many readers, particularly as I've made a very good living over the years peddling stuff to people who were not necessarily anxious to buy the stuff... I have to say I am appalled by the... Continue Reading Posted at 12:52 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec 5	Is Facebook over faced? i.e. Over? George Parker December 5, 2007 So, finally, Mark Zuckerberg has owned up to the fact that sometimes greed can blinker what it is that made him so successful in the first place. The beauty of Facebook, compared to a great many of the other crappy social... Continue Reading Posted at 5:37 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec 4	Please don't ask me to be your friend... Unless you're prepared to pay the price! George Parker December 4, 2007 I am now starting to be overwhelmed with requests from people who want to be my "friend, associate, link, mentor, or plain and simple douchenozzle," on one or the other of the various and rapidly increasing number of social networking... Continue Reading Posted at 10:13 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec 3	Call me when you've finished texting the next chapter. George Parker December 3, 2007 Believe it or not, but news just out provides the startling revelation that half of Japan's top-10 selling works of fiction in the first six months of this year -- That's hard-bound tomes -- were written on cell phone keyboards.... Continue Reading Posted at 9:13 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec 2	I always buy my coffee at Starbucks... 'Cos there's something about that smell of being ripped off that makes me feel satisfied! George Parker December 2, 2007 Am I the only one who finds it strange that Starbuck's, the legendary, we do not do traditional advertising icon, is now up to its armpits in -Horror - Gasp - Traditional - 30 second TV spots? Remember when this... Continue Reading Posted at 4:57 PM \| Permalink \| Comments

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Dec31	Bullshit... But nevertheless, colorful bullshit. George Parker December 31, 2007 Know More: Blogging ad agencies, advertising, bullshit, creativity, marketing, weblogs Anyone who's ever worked with an Art Director knows they talk a load of bollocks when referring to a particular Pantone color the logo/headline/tagline/fish&chip wrapper should be in. So, I was somewhat amused to read the following regarding Pantone's "Color of the year." Pantone, Inc, the global authority on color and provider of professional color standards for the design industries, selected PANTONE 18-3943 Blue Iris, a beautifully balanced blue-purple, as the color of the year for 2008. Combining the stable and calming aspects of blue with the mystical and spiritual qualities of purple, Blue Iris satisfies the need for reassurance in a complex world, while adding a hint of mystery and excitement. "From a color forecasting perspective, we have chosen PANTONE 18-3943 Blue Iris as the color of the year, as it best represents color direction in 2008 for fashion, cosmetics, and home products." Well, excuse me darling... But that's a load of old bollocks... So, to make up for that, I wish a Happy New Year to all loyal readers of this scintillating blog. . Yes... I intend to do that! Posted at 5:43 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec30	Google Balls!!! George Parker December 30, 2007 Google can count itself fortunate that a serious privacy storm it caused took place in the run up to Christmas - when most people were otherwise occupied. By altering the behavior of one of its web-services, Google ran foul of its... Continue Reading Posted at 2:52 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Google-Balls... Big Brother is watching you! George Parker December 30, 2007 Google can count itself fortunate that a serious privacy storm it caused took place in the run up to Christmas - when most people were otherwise occupied with gift giving, etc. By altering the behavior of one of its web-services, Google... Continue Reading Posted at 2:28 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec29	Wal-Mart... Bricks & mortar good... Online... Bad! George Parker December 29, 2007 Up to and through Wal-Mart's entry into the online movie download business early this year with the full support of the major studios there was a lot of talk about what the giant retailer's clout might mean for the competition,... Continue Reading Posted at 9:42 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec26	This is bloody ridiculous! George Parker December 26, 2007 That's bloody typical. The minute I post apologizing for all the multiple posts a couple of days ago... They disappear. I would like to believe it's due to my incredible technological expertise. But we all know that's bullshit. Anyway, let's... Continue Reading Posted at 9:02 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Don't blame me... I tried my best! George Parker December 26, 2007 Apologies to you all for the FIVE consecutive postings of the expensive cell phone piece... I have edited out four of them... But they won't go away! Maybe by tomorrow they will have got the hint and buggered off. Blogging... Continue Reading Posted at 8:46 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec25	To one and all!!! George Parker December 25, 2007 I doubt if many people are checking blogs on Christmas day, let alone writing them... Although there are a lot of very weird people out there, including me! But to all my loyal, regular, or even occasional readers... Many, many... Continue Reading Posted at 12:10 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec24	Last minute gift shopping? George Parker December 24, 2007 Did you know that the fastest growing segment of the cell phone market is for phones that cost more than $8,000! For the ultra rich, a high-end cell phone means something quite different from what we probably use. They're plunking... Continue Reading Posted at 8:13 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec21	What happens when Facebook decides you're too popular! George Parker December 21, 2007 I am increasingly turned off by the number of requests I get from people I do not know, who want to be my friend on Facebook. So, I was delighted to read that a UK, Liberal Democrat MP, suffered the online... Continue Reading Posted at 3:24 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Google versus Microsoft... Wanna place bets on the eventual winner? George Parker December 21, 2007 Last Sunday, there was a great article in the New York Times about the different approaches to "Cloud Computing" being taken by Google and Microsoft. Forget all the esoteric (but highly important) detail about how this is the way we... Continue Reading Posted at 3:14 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec20	Apple kills ThinkSecret! George Parker December 20, 2007 You just have to admire the sheer bloody minded ruthlessness of GodJobs. News today that Apple has forced the closure of the highly popular Apple-Rumor blog ThinkSecret, doesn't surprise me in the least. As Techdirt points out, there wasn’t any... Continue Reading Posted at 10:53 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec19	Paris bombs in Berlin... Smurf Sayzzz!!! George Parker December 19, 2007 It would seem that Paris Hilton got a bit of a mouthful from a Russian dwarf posing as a Smurf when she attempted to "adopt" a pair of the loveable characters at a Berlin Xmas market. According to reports, the... Continue Reading Posted at 9:42 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec18	Google... Unstoppable? George Parker December 18, 2007 With the news that Google is introducing some kind of encyclopedia tool by the name of "Knol," which is supposed to kill Wikipedia, it was interesting to read the opening paragraph to Rob Hof's article at BusinessWeek.com about the latest Google... Continue Reading Posted at 9:52 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec17	Honey... I lost the data! George Parker December 17, 2007 With all the news stories about peoples confidential data being lost, stolen, or seemingly vaporized, I wasn't too surprised to read about the loss of a hard drive containing personal details of three million candidates for the UK driving theory test... Continue Reading Posted at 5:39 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec16	The Nintendo Wii... Great for cockroach lovers! George Parker December 16, 2007 Did you hear the news out of Japan that the Nintendo Wii attracts cockroaches? Apparently the theory can be traced to Japanese-language gaming website Barks, which claimed that the Wii gives off a cockroach-friendly frequency that attracts the pests better... Continue Reading Posted at 10:38 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec14	McCann in deep doo-doo! George Parker December 14, 2007 McCann is certainly in major pain today. First the news that Sepracor is putting their $330 million Lunesta sleep drug up for grabs, then the news that Intel has finally had enough of the lousy work McCann has been calling... Continue Reading Posted at 2:15 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec12	Paris Hilton goes for the gold! George Parker December 12, 2007 Just when you thought you'd seen every dumb celebrity endorsement ad ever produced, you need to check out the one just breaking in Germany featuring an all gold Paris Hilton promoting Champagne in a can! But not just any old champagne, this... Continue Reading Posted at 4:55 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec 9	How to make it not so big in the movies! George Parker December 9, 2007 Further proof that no one knows what they are doing, whether it be politics, music, movies or advertising (particularly advertising, was the news that this weekends release of the expected block buster "The Golden Compass," did not live up to... Continue Reading Posted at 9:56 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec 7	On a scale of one to ten, how much real news do you actually know? George Parker December 7, 2007 I was amused today while reading the online MSNBC News site to check out their weekly "News Quiz. This Einstein like brain teaser consists of ten questions, but one was about video games, one was about the music GRAMMY awards,... Continue Reading Posted at 5:18 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec 6	Get smart... Get fat!!! George Parker December 6, 2007 Without wishing to offend too many readers, particularly as I've made a very good living over the years peddling stuff to people who were not necessarily anxious to buy the stuff... I have to say I am appalled by the... Continue Reading Posted at 12:52 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec 5	Is Facebook over faced? i.e. Over? George Parker December 5, 2007 So, finally, Mark Zuckerberg has owned up to the fact that sometimes greed can blinker what it is that made him so successful in the first place. The beauty of Facebook, compared to a great many of the other crappy social... Continue Reading Posted at 5:37 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec 4	Please don't ask me to be your friend... Unless you're prepared to pay the price! George Parker December 4, 2007 I am now starting to be overwhelmed with requests from people who want to be my "friend, associate, link, mentor, or plain and simple douchenozzle," on one or the other of the various and rapidly increasing number of social networking... Continue Reading Posted at 10:13 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec 3	Call me when you've finished texting the next chapter. George Parker December 3, 2007 Believe it or not, but news just out provides the startling revelation that half of Japan's top-10 selling works of fiction in the first six months of this year -- That's hard-bound tomes -- were written on cell phone keyboards.... Continue Reading Posted at 9:13 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Dec 2	I always buy my coffee at Starbucks... 'Cos there's something about that smell of being ripped off that makes me feel satisfied! George Parker December 2, 2007 Am I the only one who finds it strange that Starbuck's, the legendary, we do not do traditional advertising icon, is now up to its armpits in -Horror - Gasp - Traditional - 30 second TV spots? Remember when this... Continue Reading Posted at 4:57 PM \| Permalink \| Comments

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