Sometimes you get fired. Before you get hired. That’s the subject of a recent article on CNN.com, titled “How social media can hurt your career.” In it, gory details of how job seekers ruin their chances of gainful employment by prematurely posting unflattering status updates and sending Tweets that have led to rescinded job offers,…
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Is Nesquik King of the Interactive Advertisement?
If you have a craving for chocolate milk, it’s no coincidence. It seems Nesquik – the drink that “you can’t drink slow if it’s Quik” – is spending super major, buku bucks to ramp up its interactive and multimedia advertising. Nesquik’s adoption of interactive media isn’t new, however. The brand’s been shakin’ things up for…
Style.com Adds Juice to Apple's iPhone With Couture and More
Invitation to New York Fashion Week get lost in the mail? Ours too. But that doesn’t mean you can’t get your fishtail-train fix. Thanks to Style.com, the Spring ’09 ready-to-wear collections of Charles Nolan, Diane Von Furstenberg, Preen and 14 other designers are now available via an application made exclusively for iPhone and iPod Touch….
Gemini Division Wants You to Buy Microsoft
It seems NBC just can’t get enough of video streaming, and this past Monday, it launched a web-only TV series called Gemini Division. The sci-fi drama is to be broadcasted via the Internet over a span of 50 five-to-seven minute webisodes. Hollywood starlet Rosario Dawson stars as a cop who investigates the murder of her…
Why Website Updates Are Important, Courtesy of "The Office"
It happens every now and then. You may come across a page that is “Under Construction.” It used to be a common phenomenon, but the incidence has been dwindling steadily since its heyday back in the late 1990s. (There are more “Under Construction” search results than ever, but that is due to the much higher…
Funny Video About the Web 2.0 "Bubble"
Is there a Web 2.0 bubble? Watch this to find out! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr3qPRAAnOg]
Design: More is less?
This video has been around for a while, but it’s worth revisiting: Microsoft designs the iPod package The funny thing is, all of the MS additions make sense in one way or another. Since most companies don’t have the luxury of an iconic brand like Apple, a little more visual exposition would probably be in…
