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May31
The Matrix meets the Matrix meets the "Ubik!"

 If, like me, you re a humongous,' I cant' get enough of every, single thing, Ridley Scott has ever shot, freak. " You will be delighted to hear that what could possibly be the ulitimate Blade Runner might be about to go into production. 'Cos, apparently, Celluloid Dreams has acquired the rights to Philip K. Dick's science fiction masterpiece 'Ubik'. First published in 1969, Ubik's central character is Joe Chip, a technician for a telepathic organization that employs people with the ability to block certain psychic powers so they can secure other people's privacy. In the novel, the dead are kept in 'half-life,' a form of cryogenic suspension, with limited consciousness and communication ability. A mystical substance called Ubik, available in spray-can form, is the only thing stopping reality from disintegrating before Joe's eyes. It'll be hard to film, but fantastic if they get it right!" Hey... Remember the "Matrix?"

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Whatever you imagined... He imagined it first!!!

 

May30
Why Big Dumb Agencies stay dumb!
The news today in AdWeek that Toys R Us has dumped IPG's Hill, Holiday, Connors, Cosmopulos after just one year, is further proof of the insanity taking place in the ad agency biz these days. Just one year ago a... Continue Reading
May29
Dell defies expectations!
Because I used to work on the Dell account for many years at both Chiat Day and later at GMO, I was intrigued today to read that Dell says its profit and sales grew in its fiscal first quarter, beating Wall... Continue Reading
May28
Sex and the City... Losing its sex appeal?
It would seem from reading the advance press on this week's big-screen debut of "Sex and the City," it's clear that it's not exactly expected to send what was a spectacularly successful TV franchise off into the sunset in a blaze... Continue Reading
May27
Mobile advertising... Boom or bust?
I know I'm a cranky old sod, when it comes to some of the "New Media" out there. Don't get me wrong, I am on board with about 75% of it, some of the over-hyped social networking stuff will never... Continue Reading
May26
Apple Freaks... Bite the bullet... The "Jesus Phone" is only two weeks away!
It's official... Well, almost. The Jesus phone... The 3g version of Apple's iPhone will be announced on June 9th. Well, that's what gadget blog Gizmodo, says. According to "someone very, very close to the 3G iPhone launch." Which could be God Job's pool... Continue Reading
May25
Alex Bugusky... God?
A recent article in FastCompany about Crispin Porter + Bogusky, starts out by describing Alex Bogusky, who appears on the cover, as Jesus. It then goes on to describe the knicker wetting expectations of the crowd at the Denver Ad Club as... Continue Reading
May23
Drink this, it's good for you!
Perhaps the greatest marketing scam of all time has been the selling of bottled water. Not just because most of the high priced offerings are no purer than tap water... Many of them are tap water. Great piece in the... Continue Reading
May22
Big dumb TV networks just can't get it right.
Just like the music and publishing biz, the TV people don't seem to get it... The news today is that, ABC announced its first significant revision to its Web TV plans since 2006. In an effort to distribute programs across... Continue Reading
May21
Microsoft promotes "kick-backs." But, hey... That's capitalism!
Interesting to read that Microsoft's new strategy for beating Google is all about paying for results. Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates announced the company's "Live Search Cashback" service this morning at an annual conference for online advertisers at MS headquarters. The... Continue Reading
May20
Steve Jobs... Reincarnation of Leonardo DaVinci... Or, Evil Genius
Much as I appreciate the comments to my last post about Steve Jobs, and I do… A couple of clarifying points. It wasn’t me that said Jobs was blind sided by his first glimpse of the possibilities of the GUI.... Continue Reading
Apple's Steve Jobs... Visionary... Or, short sighted?
Interesting piece in The Guardian talking about the well known story of Steve Jobs visiting PARC (Xerox's research center in Palo Alto) and being blown over by his first look at a GUI. So much so, that he immediately got... Continue Reading
May19
Bare breasts and Starbuck's offend "The Resistance!"
You have to laugh at all the hoopla surrounding the launch of Starbuck's new logo... which in actuality, isn't all that new. The logo -- which offers a more revealing look at the coffee chain's mermaid symbol and goes with... Continue Reading
May17
The "Black Hole" theory of advertising!
Working in the ad biz, and having had just about 80% of my work never seeing the light of day, I was encouraged to read that new theories suggest black holes are not a one-way street. Anything that falls into... Continue Reading
May16
Making millions of dollars is easy!
You don't have to be a genius to make a ton of money... All it takes is a simple, but original idea. That was demonstrated by the news today that Online address book Plaxo has been bought for an undisclosed... Continue Reading
Googles social networking plans hit the rocks!
Google's ambitions to become a leading player in social networking suffered a blow today, as Facebook blocked its users from using Google Friend Connect. Web sites signing up to Google's Friend Connect can offer users access to social network features... Continue Reading
May15
Prescription drug advertising... Can it get any worse?
As an entire chapter in my next book is devoted to drug and health care advertising, I was interested to read that finally something might be done about the insidious prescription drug product placement that goes on in many TV... Continue Reading
May14
iPod, iTunes, iBored... So why is Steve Jobs even advertising?
Apple Freaks will no doubt be wetting their knickers at the news that the "Uber-Apple-Company" has just launched an online ad similar to its "Silhouettes" TV spot which launched just two weeks ago. As usual, the infantile sound track will... Continue Reading
May13
The Apple iPhone SDK comes down from the mount... Via Steve Jobs!!!
So, at next month's Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, God Jobs will finally, finally unveil the software development kit (SDK) for the iPhone he's been promising since last October. No doubt the faithful will scream and shout, falling around on the... Continue Reading
Smoking kills... But not in Congress!
Interesting to read the new legislation out of congress that supposedly will discourage smoking amongst the young. As the New York Times reports today, public health experts are questioning why menthol, the most widely used cigarette flavoring and the most popular... Continue Reading
May12
Is Apple's iPhone about to be creamed by the Blackberry Bold?
Are the legions of Apple freaks ready to cross the northern border and storm the Research In Motion battlements... Will God Jobs once more come down from the mountain bearing the iPhone tablets with the sacred code that leads to... Continue Reading
Facebook encouraging usury?
Over in the UK Credit companies are using Facebook, which now has 8.5 million British users, to target young people, a debt charity has warned. Credit Action says adverts promising cheap loans for people with poor credit ratings are appearing... Continue Reading
May11
Super Bowl - Super Prices!
So the big media news of the week is that if you're crazy enough to think that buying a TV spot on the Super Bowl is a good idea, it'll cost you $3 million for one thirty second spot in... Continue Reading
May 9
Apple iPhone owners... Free Wi-Fi from AT&T... Maybe!!!
There's been several reports over the last week or so that lucky iPhone users would be offered free Wi-Fi service at hotspots run by AT&T inside Starbucks and Barnes & Noble. A few days later, the free access was cut off.... Continue Reading
May 8
When will Apple's Steve Jobs show Eric Schmidt the door?
There's a really interesting story in Business Week questioning whether or not Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google can remain on the board of Apple. The major reason being that while Google has been a great supporter of Apple and... Continue Reading
May 7
Sex sells, and violence helps as well!
Software publisher Take-Two Interactive Software Inc on Wednesday said it sold some 6 million units of its criminal action game "Grand Theft Auto 4" in its first week, with estimated retail sales exceeding $500 million. Reviews have labeled GTA (as... Continue Reading
Victoria's Secret too sexy?
When it comes to having a well known brand image, you can't deny that Victoria's Secret is definitely not lacking awareness in being known as "Sexy." Yet CEO Sharen Jester Turney seems to think that it now has become too... Continue Reading
May 6
Tom Hamks goes Obama!
When it comes to advertising, I've always' had a great suspicion about the value of celebrity endorsements... After all, you know that the company receiving the endorsement shelled out big bucks to get it. On the other hand, when stars... Continue Reading
May 5
Miley Cyrus look-alike breaches Great Wall of China!
Did anyone see the follow up hoo-ha to that whole Miley Cyrus Vanity Fair photo shoot? I'm talking about the disclosure that a Disney licensee ad in China, (don't forget, Miley's dad sold her soul to Disney when she was... Continue Reading
Yahoo is now officially toast. Who said so? I did. So pay attention!
As analysts had expected, Wall Street pummeled Yahoo today after Microsoft's decision Saturday to throw in the towel in its bid to acquire the Sunnyvale Internet company. Yahoo's  stock price ended today down 15 percent at $24.37 a share, but still... Continue Reading
May 4
Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan & Miley Cyrus... Listen up!!!
As a blogger, I know something about what drives people to do it, and how few actually make any money at it. That's why I was interested to read about the success of Vera Sweeney, a stay-at-home mom with two babies,who... Continue Reading
May 3
Iron Man... For real!
The much-hyped movie, "Iron Man," opens in theaters worldwide today this week, but the real "iron man" is already under construction at the Raytheon Company in Salt Lake City, Utah. Raytheon's Exoskeleton project is the brainchild of project leader Stephen... Continue Reading
May 2
Microsoft - Yahoo... Do we have a deal?
Breaking news tonight that Microsoft reportedly dangled a higher takeover bid in front of Yahoo today (Friday,) hoping to reach a friendly deal after weeks of saber rattling. MS apparently upped its offer "by several dollars" per share, according to a New... Continue Reading
Will Steve Jobs stick it to the Apple Freaks... Again?
With less than two months to go before Steve Jobs does his Moses coming down from the mountain act at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference, all the buzz is about him unveiling a new iPhone with high-speed Internet access and tools for... Continue Reading
May 1
Sex sells... So what else is new?
Further proof that pseudo-sexual scandal sells with the news yesterday that all the hoo-ha over Vanity Fair's not-exactly-naked Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana photos generated record traffic for the Conde Nast magazine's Web site. This convinced  the magazine to push up the Web... Continue Reading

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