Stephen Palgon’s “Fantasyland,” a documentary about fantasy sports players based on the book by Sam Walker, premiered in March on SnagFilms.com. “Fantasyland” follows Jed Latkin, an amateur fantasy baseball fan who earns the chance to compete in an expert league called Tout Wars during the 2008 baseball season. Financed and… more »
Shirts Off for Southwest’s Bags Fly Free Ad
March 21, 2010 by Leave a Comment
If you watched any of the March Madness NCAA basketball games, you mostly had a chance to view a very delightful ad that Southwest was running to promote their “Bags Fly Free” policy. It is rare for me to call something delightful, but this one was clever and brilliant and… more »
Just Say No to Embargoes…
March 6, 2010 by Leave a Comment
In the PR Industry there is the concept of embargo, which basically means that you can pre-brief a journalist or blogger on a topic with the intent of getting them to write a story that coincides with the press release hitting the wire… but NOT before. Embargoes are painfully annoying…. more »
Quacking up on Wall Street…
February 26, 2010 by Leave a Comment
On Thursday, Wall Street ducked… er… not exactly. Rather, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) had its closing bell quacked by the AFLAC duck. Why? Because, believe it or not, it is the spokeduck’s 10th birthday and the supplemental insurance company’s 55th year in business. Timed for this occasion, AFLAC’s… more »
Twitter-Powered Popcorn Machine
February 25, 2010 by Leave a Comment
This is pretty darn clever. Dave Britt and Justin Goeres came up with a way to make popcorn one Tweet at a time. The video below explains it. It was their entry for the Fireworks Popcorn’s “Creative Pop 2010!” contest, which they won. They used a custom LabVIEW program which… more »
