If, like me, you have a travelcard and pay as you go on the same Oyster card, you maye recently have started to notice odd amounts being deducted from your card’s pay as you go balance.
This is because those clever Oyster card people, who have been paid millions of pounds to implement pay as you [...]
Monday, September 7, 2009
How come, when I type “search” into Google, the number 1 result is this?
I bought a Tony Parsons book from Amazon a few years ago. That’s why they just emailed me to recommend a new one that’s come out. Only one problem: this one is in Braille. Thankfully, that’s not something I need at present.
Recommendations need to take into account a lot more data about the product and [...]
Back this weekend from a fantastic holiday, all researched and arranged using the Internet. It’s fantastic to think about how much travel has been changed by sites like TripAdvisor, and the sites produced by even small hotels are getting so good. There were only 2 bad experiences throughout the whole trip, both down to the [...]
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
This morning I received yet another of the daily emails ad:tech have been sending me in the build-up to their exhibition and conference, which starts tomorrow. The subject line this time was “Newsletter 6 – see you tomorrow”. Newsletter 6!
I hope that whoever is looking after email at ad:tech is going to find the time [...]
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
No sooner did I discover that Google allow one to target ads on race & ethnicity (as do MySpace, it seems) than I read that they’re introducing contextual advertising for mobile. Aside from the obvious discussion about whether display advertising works on mobile yet (I don’t think so) it was interesting to see the list [...]
Can you spot the mistake? I just bought this “4-way screwdriver” for £1 in Maplins. It does indeed have 4 screwdriver heads…
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Not a spelling mistake, I promise…
I’ve had two contrasting experiences over the last few days, that both (weirdly) involve online marketing and gorillas. In the first, we downloaded London Zoo’s Gorilla competition, which involves feeding and interacting with a virtual gorilla on your desktop. It’s quite nicely done creatively, if a bit arduous to [...]
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Moneysupermarket “no 1 price comparison site” ad next to the “price comparison sites might not offer the features you need” ad from Direct Line. [...]
This one not so good, from Youtube.
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