Olympic Fever

Late nights. Photo finishes. Strange scoring. Trying to understand the words of Bela Karolyi. Ah, the Beijing Olympics is something special. In honor of all that it is, here's a great commercial from Nike. I don't wear their shoes, but I do appreciate their advertising. Good stuff.

You like what???

Do you to like to discover new tunes? Do you like to see what your favorite artists have going on? Do you like simplicity? Then, you should check out ilike.com.

This online application pours through your itunes library, catalogs your music of choice and then based on that information provides you with music recommendations on other artists, concerts coming to your area and more. It lets you share your music tastes with friends and syncs nicely with facebook.

Of course, it may also reveal
your entire collection of and closeted love for Debbie Gibson.

Visit ilike.com

The Almighty Oreo Dunk

The Oreo dunk can fall into many categories. You've got the half-dunk, slow-dunk, fast-dank, double-stuff dunk, all the way to the bottom of the glass-dunk, splash dunk, graceful dunk and on and on. Well, here's the first ever "elevator dunk." I have to say it's a very clever use of space and it makes me want to run out grab an oreo and get dunking.


Oreo Elevator from CL on Vimeo.
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Power to the Penny

If you haven't seen OfficeMax's latest viral campaign featuring a man and his massive penny collection, definitely check it out. Great idea. Great performance. And it all comes back to the saving money at OfficeMax.

Here's the link.

PENNIES

Klondike asks "What would you do?"

For years, Klondike advertising has proposed the question, "What would you do for a Klondike Bar?" Well, now they're truly finding out with a $100,000 contest that challenges the public to submit their own :15 to :90 video on how far they'd go for that tasty ice cream treat. This is user-generator content at its finest. People went crazy with it. One guy tattooed klondike on his leg (if it's permanent, I'm not sure). Another created a Jack Black-esque song all about what he'd do. And there was even a trailer for Klondike The Movie. Good production value or not, these commercials do wonders for the Klondike brand.

The popular Andy Samberg adds to the fun. Currently, you can now vote among the finalists.

See more at:

Klondike Contest

Purpose of this Blog

How many times have you seen a product, watched an ad, read a book, etc. and said "shit, now that's a cool idea." Well, the purpose of this blog is to catalog and share the many, many things I find that make me utter that phrase. It will include, but won't be limited, to these categories:

Advertising
Design
New Products
Technology
Social Media
Publishing

It's a place to discover new trends, innovations and just some smart thinking. Enjoy and feel free to send me ideas I may have missed.