Media Criticism

Ok, you have to read the posts in order but please, just do it, it makes me look so much smarter if read them in order

Ok, it starts here with The dumbest Facebook Interview Ever? I WOULD SUGGESTD SKIMMING IT AND VERY QUICKLYJUST TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT’S HAPPENING HERE.

The, Facebook  I Won! AGAIN, SKIMMING IS BEST OR YOU WILL BE EXHAUSTED.

Lo and behold from whence those posts came an email from Coca-Cola which will notice is the answer to probably 120 of the 180 questions.  I also have other questions that I repeatedly answered Propel.  And, then…the next day, Propel is following me on twitter.

Ok, then….then this post explains what happens next. It has along name and I’m not typing it out here.

At that point, I thought it was over…and then I get this…

Hi there, I’m the sender of your package. There should have also been a press release included announcing the launch of Pepsi throwback with natural sugar (the cans that are in your photo), however, I apologize if it was omitted. No review is needed, we just sent out a bunch of product mailings in honor of our announcement and excitement.

From Ok, Pepsi vs Coke – we hall have our cola battles right? (note for blogher at bottom), 2009/04/20 at 6:45 PM”

And, so with that, I had to finish this saga off with a an apology to Pepsi and the opportunity to give them some face time, right?  You can read that here how cool is that?

OK, so it all depends on your target audience

I hear that all over the place, every conference, every online marketing campaign and every direction I turn, people are talking about our target audience.  Well, when I was asked to do that “Interview” on Facebook, I took it.  I was determined to answer more questions than it could ask.  (I gave up at 180 something another).  It Won!

With that here’s part one:  The Dumbest Facebook Interview Ever which I answered on which I answered Coca-Cola to more than 20 question in that part.

The finishing touches of that issue are here:  Facebook:  I Won! which I answered Coca-Cola on more than 20 questions.

Anyway, it was all done as kind of joke because the girl who tagged me for that Interview has been riding me about losing weight, controlling my diabetes and getting more exercise.  To which I say, how can lose weight if I have a broken foot and can do nothing  but on the sofa and surf all day.  Surfing should be burning a large number of calories right?  Oh wait, never mind.

Anyway, today I got this package and after I made fun of the package because it was delivered by the fast FED EX man on foot and was then packed in a UPS Box, I opened the box to find this….

And, inside the lunch box were…

So, being the silly unassuming and sometimes ass that I am I posted making fun of whomever would do this.  Especially on the heals of my Coca-Cola campaign. 

Then, I arrive home to see this message on my post regarding this:

Tara
Hi there, I’m the sender of your package. There should have also been a press release included announcing the launch of Pepsi throwback with natural sugar (the cans that are in your photo), however, I apologize if it was omitted. No review is needed, we just sent out a bunch of product mailings in honor of our announcement and excitement.

From Ok, Pepsi vs Coke – we hall have our cola battles right? (note for blogher at bottom), 2009/04/20 at 6:45 PM”

So, naturally I owe someone an apology.  Not for saying I like Coke better than Pepsi but because Tara thought enough of my opinion to send me the sample in the first pace.  So, with that Tara, I do apologize for being so quick to jump on the one soda versus another soda bandwagon. 

* The paper easily came off of the can to read “test product only, not for resale”*

The fact of the matter is, my children who are not allowed Mt. Dew but were quick to get their Nanny to let them have it while we were out and they did save me a little more than half of the Pepsi. 

So, the whole idea of throwback…I guess I must have thought I was thrown back before the internet era and no one would ever know what I said.  OOPS!

And, again to you Tara and your company, I apologize for moving so quickly and not giving anyone at your company an opportunity to explain.  So, will you please go dig the white-out from the bottom of your desk drawer and put my name and email back on your list so I’m not forever banned?  Please.  If I had a pony or something to offer up in thanks giving I would definitely do that as well.  However, this post is the best I can do.

Ok, many of you may or may not have read on my blogs at different times and in different places that we started remodeling last October.  I wanted my family room to be the color of orange that would mate with the family of crimson red.  Not that I have a room that is crimson red, I’m just saying, that’s the color of orange I wanted. 

What I got was more like pumpkin orange, not bright orange but a mature pumpkin orange.  Well, se still have no crown molding because my husband moved right on to the bathroom before he finished the family room which is…..technically how he does everything.

But, there is a man who decorated his entire basement with $10 worth of sharpies.  And, unless you’ve tried it, apparently you don’t get the beauty of it.  Of course, after I looked at the photo, I had no clue what in the world the man had done nor how he had done it. 

I certainly couldn’t have done this with $10,000 worth of sharpies, just take a look and read about it for yourself.

Yea, that was lame uh?  But, yes, it has happened, a kid from Singapore Lim Ding Wen is fluent in six programming languages and his newest creation?  an iPhone drawing game called Doodle Kids already has over 4K downloads in 2 weeks.  This the truth people, the complete truth.

What does Doodle Kids do?  It lets players sketch with their fingers on the iPhone’s screen and shake it, Etch-A-Sketch style.  It is already made folks crazy and has a health 3 and a half star rating on the App Store..  So, I mean really, I think my kid is smart but in reality……..I’m not so sure how to measure smart anymore. 

Do you own an iPhone?  Would you like to win one?  There are tons of sites out there, blogs that is, where you can win one of these so easily.  Just check it out.  You can search and find many people who have been fortunate enough to give one away…….

It seems that I am compelled to write about Black Friday (the Friday after Thanksgiving) each year. My friends would say that my disdain for Black Friday comes from a contrarian streak deep within my cynical soul that hates the happiness derived from material accumulation. I must disagree with friends and readers who think so lowly of me. The reason why I dislike Black Friday is the national exposure of American crassness and opulence in malls around the country.

The most compelling argument against braving the cold on November 23rd, 2007 is the proliferation of Internet outlets. The fact that the Amazons and FYEs of the world provide inexpensive options for shoppers should be enough to keep people in after a long Thanksgiving Day. Newspapers and TV reporters have been speaking about the increasing isolation of Americans due to technology. If this sociological assessment is true, we would see a massive falloff of Black Friday sales.

Our monstrous consumerism and desire to best our neighbors and co-workers are exposed on Black Friday. Parents fight over the latest cute fluffy toy that makes realistic sounds and has been marked up to make the Black Friday discount seem like a bargain. Grown men and women get in line at 5:00 am to seek out $20 DVD players like heat-seeking missiles with the inevitable collision of gluttonous juggernauts causing a stir in your local Wal-Mart. We are a nation that values our consumption and the ultimate deal but we don’t mind sacrificing our greatest value (dignity) in the pursuit of a few saved dollars.

I am not staying at home today as a political statement or a socialist protest against runaway capitalism. The media is not at fault for failing to convince me that the best prices can be found on Black Friday. I will spend Black Friday enjoying time with family, reading, heading to a second-hand store to take advantage of consumer mistakes and watch as we head further down the pole of integrity. As an orientation for the uninitiated, we are just above competitive eaters and slightly below college students selling plasma for beer money in terms of the dignity we demonstrate on Black Friday.