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Category Archives: COMMERCE

thoughts from a great weekend of nfl

17-Nov-09

Favorite quote of the night: “Ray Lewis creates jobs for people!” -Jon Gruden, ESPN Monday Night Football commentator, Super Bowl winning coach, on Ray Lewis’ ability to single-handedly battle the recession… err, on the fact that a lot of assistant coaches he works with get NFL head coaching jobs. I didn’t like Gruden for MNF [...]

four commercials i hate and one i love

09-Nov-09

Bud Light’s “The Difference Is Drinkability” campaign – Ok…  what does this mean, really? Doesn’t it mean that all other beers are undrinkable? So… Bud Light is the beer for people who don’t like beer. And this is supposed to make me want to drink Bud Light … how? If I’m going domestic light beer, [...]

smart advertizing, austrians. kudos.

20-Oct-09

A month or so ago, I caught this clever piece of marketing while walking near Union Station (DC). Yes, those are Smart Cars dressed as airplanes. Each one had two “pilots” in it, too. They were advertising for Austrian Airlines. Good Job Austria!

bargain: super-cheap spectacles

21-Sep-09

If you don’t wear glasses, move along, there’s nothing to see here. If you do, you know that they’re expensive and a pain in the ass to acquire. Well, that’s just not true anymore, unless you insist on getting Versace or Gucci plastered on the side of it. The glasses I’m wearing right now cost [...]

shameless pepsi ads

15-Jan-09

There are a lot of people making money off Barack Obama-related merchandise and marketing. Here’s one particularly ambitious attempt. There are countless shirts, hats, and pins graced with his name or likeness. I don’t particularly like it, but insomuch as it indicates a greater participation in and awareness of politics and government, I’m ok with [...]