Tattoo Projects Born to Blog

October 26, 2007

AYBABTU

It hasn’t always been about YouTube, you know. Who remembers the internet phenomenon in 2001/02, “All your base are belong to us”? It was the poorly-translated line from the video game, “Zero Wing“, that reached fever pitch as a catch phrase. Why? Hmm. If we knew the answer to that, we could bottle it and make millions.

October 23, 2007

Anybody got a Honus Wagner?

Social networking fascinates me. Used to be, the world was divided into two kinds of people: those who went to the trouble of keeping up with friends and acquaintances– and those who did not. It used to be a craft, an artform that required skill, perseverance, and notecards. In order to stay connected, you had to write. Call. Send pictures in cardboard envelopes. In business, you had to — of all things — keep a rolodex. But now, it’s all different. You can ignore someone for years, or even forget about them completely, and then “reconnect” with the click of a friend request. I’ve even heard of people competing to collect the most connections on LinkedIn (I’m sure you don’t know anybody like that, do you?). It’s today’s grown-up baseball card trading. As my mailboxes on FaceBook and LinkedIn fill up, my snail mailbox produces less and less. I adore technology, but I must admit– I’m a sucker for a handwritten note with a stamp.

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October 21, 2007

Jumping the Shark.

You’ve probably seen the previews — Gary Sinise battling an avatar in Second Life.  Yes,  CSI: New York will take us into Second Life. Next up for SL: Wal-Mart.

October 18, 2007

Would you drink beautiful?

You’re an affluent woman with an education. You enjoy your Starbucks, your job, and the random trip to your gourmet grocery store. Your makeup probably doesn’t come from Rite-Aid, and your hair-color and skin-care regimes rank right up there in importance alongside your house payment. You open up Elle and here’s what you see. Okay, so what do you think? Would you buy this product? Reply to me directly at buf...@tattooprojects.com.

October 17, 2007

Current Gets All Grown Up

Current TV hit a major milestone last month when it became the youngest cable network to win an Emmy — for outstanding achievement in interactive TV. As of today, the user-generated-news website launched by Al Gore and Co. just two years ago has a new look, a new focus and a new domain: Current.com. What started out as an online community for aspiring and up-and-coming filmmakers to gain exposure and network with each other by creating videos on topical issues has evolved into a broader, user-generated approach to current events for tech savvy 18- to 34-year-olds. Most of us know current thanks to their VCAMS (viewer-created ad messages); it’ll be cool to see what’s next.

October 10, 2007

It’s Like, Pepperoni Rules!

Hungry Howie’s has enlisted yours truly to create branding TV for the 20-state pizza franchise. Hungry Howie’s is a major competitor in the pizza marketplace. Their claim to fame is a special trademarked flavored pizza crust. First up, pepperoni speaks out, “Flavored crust has nothing on me!”

Direct Link: Hungry Howie’s Pepperoni

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October 2, 2007

Worth a Thousand Words

Always looking for talented artists in all facets of the creative arts industry. Here’s a shooter our brilliant friend Leigh Samuels (Autumn Harp) passed along. Gorgeous stuff, we think.

October 1, 2007

Advertising Weak — I mean, Week

Have you been to Advertising Week in NY yet? If not, you’re not missing much. Over the past few years, we’ve participated, in a show of good faith for the industry. Hit the panels, hit the parties, gone to the conferences, even wore the name-tags. Didn’t go this year, but hear that it continues to pay poor lip service to innovation in the ad industry. It’s a bummer — we’re in the communications biz, and we can’t even talk about ourselves intelligently at our own event. See what Ad Age says here.