SNOOP DOGGY DOGG, UNCLE SNOOP'S SENSUAL SEDUCTION - SNOOP DOGG SENSUAL SEDUCTION

SNOOP D-O DOUBLE G!
Snoop dogg's the man.
Snoop's got the Sensual Seduction.
Snoop Dogg 4 life.

PRAISE THE TECHNOVIKING - TECHNOVIKING - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - THIBAULT'S BLOG - THIBAULT -THIBAULT - THIBAULT - THIBAULT HOFER

just watch.
and praise the TECHNOVIKING !

DON'T YOU FORGET!
THE TECHNOVIKING DOESN'T DANCE TO THE MUSIC!
THE MUSIC DANCES TO THE TECHNOVIKING!



thanx P.

NIKE MOVES AWAY FROM MEDIA TO ENGAGEMENT NINTENDO

Services and engagement are the future of ALL brands.
proofs ?
Nike and Nintendo.
Nike+ and Nintendo DS' braintraining games (in that case, not exactly service, but you see what I mean).
This article about the swoosh and that article about Mario's company. S-E-R-V-I-C-E-S. E-N-G-A-G-E-M-E-N-T.
Simple idea, "if you can't bring me more than just a product, then you're not worth it". Get it brands ? get it?

TALK TO YOUR DAUGHTER BEFORE UNILEVER DOES A MESSAGE TO UNILEVER RYE CLIFTON TIM PIPER THIBAULT-THIBAULT DOVE AXE UNLEVER AXE GIRLS ONSLAUGHT THIBAULT

Yes, yes again! (such a shame I missed it at the time, here's a back to the future).
the short film "A message from Unilever" (Dove latest ad "Onslaught" spoof), is exactly what I meant in this post about Unilever. Punk Planning does it better here, if you want.
And this thanks to Rye Clifton (the original director of the Onslaught film !?!?!?! who edited this video Message) who was smart enough to apply an "helicopter view" on the situation and his work for Unilever. He turned the feeling most of us had into images.
You got balls Rye, you're fresh.
But just one thing, you didn't knew what Unilever was before working for Dove.... ?
maybe we should ask him directly, (he posted his adress at the end of the film). I'm also wondering what Unilever's offical reaction was (the unfoffical beeing: pissed).
Wait a minute, I'm kind of lost, some articles about this story say Clifton is the "Onslaught" director, but all the other sites say Tim Piper is. I'm confused, but I think Tim Piper did the "Onslaught",(he's credited as AD, writer, director and editor... that should be enough), anyway, nevermind.


inspired by PSFK, again and again.

MINI THE OTHER LUNCH BREAK MOMENTUM LONDON THIBAULT-THIBAULT MINI UK MINI LUNCH BREAK LUNCH BREAK SANDWICH

Yes, I say yes.
Last month Mini UK organized, trough its new promotional site The Other Lunch break, a series of crazy-interesting-entertaining activities for your lunch break hour.
Check the site, we've of course (not in London + last month) missed the activities, but you'll find online some really nice videos of some of the lunch break meetings such as: Bruce Lee for Beginners - How to Beat a Lie Detector - Man/Woman School - The Things Your Parents Should Have Taught You - Moonwalking for Beginners, etc.
The link with the brand ? The spirit man, the spirit.
The global idea: "Mini is all about making even the most boring journey a little bit more enjoyable".
great job done by Momentum in London. bravo.


via PSFK

DIGNITAS SUICIDE COMPANY SWITZERLAND THIBAULT-THIBAULT SUICIDELAND ZURICH LEGAL SWISS THIBAULT THIBAULT-THIBAULT

when we were kids we used to sometimes call Switzerland, Suicideland.
It was kind of a good nickname for our big little country, referring to the bit boring (that's at least what we thought at the time) teenager life we had there.
Dignitas, a swiss service company, is all over the news nowadays.(in french) and here (in German)...
Why? for its service.
Dignitas offers totally legal, medically controlled and organized suicide.
Their tagline: "To live with dignity. To die with dignity". (which is kind of a strange tagline as they organize suicides in cars for example...)
Find out more here, and make up your mind.
(I mean on the subject, not whether you should use or not their service).
Yeah, that's my Switzerland.

NON MERCI, J'AI PAS FAIM - GARE DE NYON - SELECTA - NON MERCI J'AI PAS FAIM DISTRIBUTEUR SELECTA - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - THIBAULT SELECTA - GARE DE NYON

seen at Nyon's train station, Switzerland.
"no, thank you, I'm not hungry".(click to enlarge)
not sure about the final message, but there is one.

JIMMY WALES - WIKIPEDIA DONATION - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - JIMBO - OPLC - ZONBU - ZONBOX - THE TRUTH IN NUMBERS - THIBAULT HOFER

Introducing Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia's founder. Watch Jimbo (I think it's kind of his nickname...) explain how Knowledge still Reigns Supreme around the world and how Wikipedia needs donation in order to develop faster and better in certain countries.
The short film features pieces of The Truth in Numbers documentary and talks about the "a PC for less than 100$" project. (by the wau I think they are two, the Zonbu's Zonbox, and the One Laptop Per Child project)
Donations go here.
Jimmy Jimbo's blog there.

STEFANO CASANOVA INDUSTRIAL DESIGN - EXPLAY - MICROVISION - NANO PROJECTOR - PHONE PROJECTOR - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - NEXT GREAT THING - ALLISON MOONEY -

oops, here's my techno-boner again... (bit nasty, but very visual, sorry).
nano-projection, pocket projectors, mobile devices projection are my new "close future turn on's".

PSFK's talking about it today, reporting on Italian designer Stefano Casanova's beautiful mobile phone/projector (picture). Wall Street Journal's talking about it too (or vice versa), article teaser here. Microvision works on it with Motorola (all this in psfk's post by Allison Mooney from NGT).

But my favorites are definitely Explay's products, specially their nano-projector.(first picture)

What if we ended up really living like Sport Billy (remember the bag?).

Wow, fuck, great.
Wait a minute, will our bodies adapt... will humans have tiny skinny micro fingers in the future... ?

DIESEL LEARN DANCE DISCO 78 - DIESEL GOES VIRAL AGAIN - DIESEL YOUTUBE - ADAGE - TELEPORTATION - FINNISH DANCE MASTER - DIESEL - THIBAULT-THIBAULT

Diesel's power brand brand's power: or how the Italian fashionista jeans maker takes an old Finnish dance master's video lesson, re-edit it, add a bit of CGI (meant to be poor I guess by the way) and makes 53,777 hits on Ytube in 5 days...
Personally, I prefer this one, Teleportation. ("only" 44,024 hits in 3 weeks, see...).
Does anyone still wants to run TVC's ? (yes... I know).
films shot and written by Rozan&Schmeltz @ Surface2Air.

Update!
Well, after all, my post wasn't about this so called "success" (is it really?). I know that most blogs, sites and magazines in the business talked about this Diesel internet move, that probably explains part of the 55 K hits on Ytube. 'Come on people, let's be honest, the films are not interesting at all, neither particularly "viral ready", neither amazing in terms of production, and so on, and so on.
Well, here's the back of my thought: This stuff is absolutely not interesting. A proper documentary about finnish dance master Ake Blomqvist (and partner Leena of course) would have been way more. by the way here's the original footage used by Surface2Air and there, Master Blomqvist's real dance school).

inspired by AdAge's Steve Hall

JOSH KEYES - CHUCK ANDERSON - AMERICAN ART - ART - ART ART - THIBAULT-THIBAULT

art by american artists Josh Keyes.

thanx to psfk via other american artist Chuck Anderson

VICE BROADCASTING SYSTEM - VICE MAGAZINE - SPIKE JONZE - RICHARD KERN - AMERICANA - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - INFOTAINMENT SANDWICH

ViceBroadcastingSystem.tv has been around for a while now, but I only spent some time on it a week ago or so. It's basically the VICE magazine/group TV channel(s)/network on the net. You'll find some great shows in there, such as "Spike spends Saturday with..." (director Spike Jonze spends a Saturday afternoon with... someone), or "shot by Kern" (photo sessions with photographer Richard Kern) or the VBS news, Americana, etc, etc, just to name a few. So, again, dig in there, you'll find a show for you for sure. "online broadcast networks" are really interesting and they are more and more active (spreading to long feature films production, having more and more regular shows, increasing quality on every level, etc). I'm really wondering (even if I can imagine part of the answer) what are the habits of their "regular audience". I don't know, it seems logical that you can get "hooked" by such a show/channel, and that technology really makes it easy to follow on a regular basis (podcasts, RSS, any kind of subscribing...). But the fact that it is drowned in thousands and thousands of other free and exciting sources of interest or entertainment makes me wonder if anyone really sticks to one show/channel... it seems that once you've found something interesting on the net, you can't wait to find the next one, and so on and so on. At the end of the day, there is no way out, you'll have to make a choice to make it worthy. I like that idea that all the news/cultural/entertaining sources that you can find on the net are like sandwich "ingredients". Thousands of sandwich ingredients to chose out of. But again, finally, if you don't have at least two slices of bread and a decent number of "layers" (can you eat a sandwich with 1347 slices of ham, 349 pieces of cheese and 34 Kg of mustard?), you end up with a heap of indigestible stuff and probably won’t “eat” nothing. Just like your body, your brain needs to be careful on the menu. Bon appetit.

THE ARCADE FIRE NEON BIBLE VIDEO - FULL SCREEN VIDEOS - HERON PRESTON - INTERACTIVE VIDEOS - THIBAULT-THIBAULT

hey hey,
was reading a post on Heron Preston's blog yesterday (have a look, good stuff) about "full screen videos" on websites. I totally agree with him, they're really nice, bringing something special to online moving images, that kind of TV feeling with an arty touch added... also agree with him that they can not be everywhere. anyway, here's an evolution of the technique (so to say): The Arcade Fire "Neon Bible" interactive video. (the group's site is really well done too) Mixing full screens vids and that interactive exchange probably gives a good idea of how next big hit sites will look like pretty, pretty, pretty soon.

thank you's go to Heron Preston and the Fabrica Blog.

MAPS OF WAR - HISTORY OF RELIGION - THIBAULT-THIBAULT

hey.
Guys at "Maps Of War" just did this crystal clear animation map of the evolution of major religions. as they say, 5000 years in 90 seconds.
worth the check.


thanx to the Fabrica blog

DOVE - UNILEVER - AXE - LYNX - ONSLAUGHT - DOVE ONSLAUGHT - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - DOVE

New Dove flick. here on Ytube.
Smart, smart, smart Unilever.
On one side, it plays it nice and gentle with the ladies via Dove, on the other it invites crazy young males, via Axe/Lynx, to catch them and f*%!£k them hard.
yeah!

AXE US - DAVID SPADE - THE WORLD'S DIRTIEST FILM - LE FILM LE DU MONDE LE PLUS SALE - AXE AXE AXE - LYNX - CONTENT CREATION - CONTENT - THIBAULT-THIBA

David Spade and Axe proudly present (?!?!) The World's Dirtiest Film, and here..
content, content, dirty content. Axe again.

MEKANISM - MEKANISM SAN FRANCISCO - AXE - SURFWIDE - SNICKERS - SEGA - BP - CLEARIFICATION - THIBAULT-THIBAULT

tons and tons and tons and tons and tons of quality work.
Mekanism, enjoy.

MP3 TAPE PLAYER - TAPE PLAYER - THIBAULT-THIBAULT

I want one of these.
buy it here.

COMMON CRAFT - INTERNET IN PLAIN ENGLISH - SIMPLE DEMONSTRATIONS - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - THIBAULT HOFER

easy, simple, clear.
all that we need, The Common Craft Show.



thanx to Fallon Planning

YOUTUBE - HISTORY OF YOUTUBE - FIRST VIDEO ON YOUTUBE - TUBE YOU - THIBAULT-THIBAULT

Here's the history of YouTube on YouTube.
Or should I say a super fast and growing history of YouTube on YouTube. Bonus, the first video uploaded on YouTube, and the first most popular YouTube's video on YouTube.
what are we talking about ?

MARC ECKO - BARRY BONDS 756 BALL - VOTE756 - AIR FORCE ONE TAG - MARC ECKO BASEBALL - THIBAULT-THIBAULT

"I bought this baseball to democratize the debate over what to do with it,"
Marc Ecko (Air Force One Tag with Droga5) won the $752,467 bid on Barry Bonds' record-breaking 756th home run baseball. He bought the ball, and let the public decide what to do with it (3 choices: sent it into outa space and never talk about it again, give it to the Hall Of Fame as it is or give it to the Hall of Fame branded (with an Ecko asterisk)).
Result... check the official, Vote756.
"The idea that some of the best athletes in the country are forced to decide between being competitive and staying natural is troubling."
The man is right, and probably did the best brand move in the past ten years.
nice.

BLU BLU - FANTOCHE - MEGUNICA - ANIMATIONS - DRAWINGS - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - THIBAULT - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - BLU - BLU - BLU ANIMATIONS

bluBlu.org.
Beautiful animations, amazing urban wall living paper creatures.
lovely.
incredible, here.

FRANK BUDGEN - SONY BRAVIA PLAY DOH - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - NEW YORK - FALON - CABRAL - SONY BALLS - THIBAULT-THIBAULT

you've seen it 100X of course,
but the making of is nice and easy. here.

TOYOTA TACOMA WORLD OF WARCRAFT - THIBAULT-THIBAULT

Toyota Tacoma + World of Warcraft.
If you wanna play red neck, do it there.

A FEW GOOD CREATIVE MEN - A FEW GOOD CREATIVE MEN - A FEW GOOD CREATIVE MEN - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - THIBAULT

nice work.
click here to view.

THE URBAN DICTIONARY - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - URBAN - SLANG DICTIONARY WITH YOUR DEFINITIONS - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - DEFINE YOUR WORLD - DEFINE YOUR WORD

and you thought a mushroom was something you could eat, or, bad for you, this ugly thing on your foot. it's not, and depending on your tastes, it's hilarious, disgusting or very interesting...

mushroom
a dick slap across the face of someone, leaving a red mark resembling the head of a mushroom.
"I whipped that bitch out and gave 'er a mushroom"

surprising? who says so? probably the most interesting compilation and illustration of the fast growing and mutating vocabulary used by hundreds of youngsters, geeks, students and... well us.

The Urban Dictionary is one of these virtual places where you can stay for hours. Click on 'random' and enjoy.

Fauxbia
Backseat Buyer
Dinner badge
etc, etc, etc.thousands of language wonders.

ARS ELECTRONICA 2007 - GOODBYE PRIVACY - AUSTRIA - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - IS YOUR LIFE BETTER? - THIBAULT HOFER - ART,TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY - THIBAULT-T

"Goodbye Privacy” is the theme of this year’s Ars Electronica, the festival extraordinaire of art, technology and society in Linz, Austria. September 5–11, 2007...".
Yummy, yummy, interesting.
This Austrian festival has been around for a long long time. Here's the wiki and the official site. Amazing to see that these guys were already discussing major issues... 10 years in advance. The artistic dimension of the festival also seems very exciting (animation festival, concerts, events, exhibitions, etc...).

Have a look, Dirty Curious Avatar.

You'll even maybe find some answers to these crazy questions:
what is really the effect of all these technological tools on our lives?
Do you really talk more to your cousin in Wisconsin now that you can email, call, twitter, facebook, myspace him?
Is your life better? (fuck, this one is so stupid, I love it).

BACK ON TRACK - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - SUMMER BREAK - WHIPPET - BLOGGING IS LIKE HAVING A DOG - SUMMER IN BIARRITZ - THIBAULT HOFER

Hello. It's been a long time.
As I always say, a blog is like a dog. First you find it nice and amusing and after a couple of month it even pisses you off to have him walk for a piss.
This attitude is wrong, I'm ashamed.
My blog-dog dog-blog must be dead, starving or at least very very angry at me now.
Let's try to feed and pet him right again.

Summer's over, I'm back.

OMAHA BITCH - CES MESSIEURS - ALBAN - NOSE PREMIERE HEURE - DANCING CYPRINE - OMAHA BITCH - THIBAULT-THIBAULT

Rock'n'roll. Ass'n'legs. Guitars'n'Heroes.
New Omaha Bitch's Dancing Cyprine video love.
Powered by Nose@PremiereHeure,
the classy Ces Messieurs,
and the band, Omaha Bitch.

Listen with the eyes,
watch it with the ears...

BUMP TOP - LET'S GET PHYSICAL - PABLO - ADSENSE - PHOTOSYNTH - MICROSOFT SURFACE - IPHONE - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - THIBAULT HOFER - LIVING IN A MATERIAL

Let's get physical, physical,
I wanna get physical, let's get into physical
Let me hear your body talk,
Your body talk, let me hear your body talk




"Bump top", impressively cool desktop metaphor, or how to recreate your personal organized mess in your computer...
Just imagine: opening your "photosynth" app. trough "bump top" on your Microsoft Surface.... what? you prefer to buy an iPhone, then check the first users tests before you move: NYTimes, AlterClickr.

Living in a material world (material)
Living in a material world
(repeat and fade)

mastermind post contributor: Pablo Prince des Palettes

ZAG SEVEN BOOKS - MARTY NEUMEIER - A.RIES - J.TROUT - E.DE BONO - W.CHAN KIM - R.MAUBORGNE - JC.COLLINS - JI.PORRAS - PM.SENGE-CM.CHRISTENSEN-G.HAMEL

when it comes to branded books on brands,
you can trust Marty and his ZAG-o-ZAG.
7 choices, don't know them all, of course, but probably worth the check.
the choice is yours.

KEEP A CHILD ALIVE - JOHNNY VULKAN - IPHONE KEEP A CHILD ALIVE - IPHONE EBAY - KEEP A CHILD ALIVE - THE LINE STARTS HERE - FIRST IPHONE - KEEP A CHILD

The human side of technology.
The real connectivity trough a fancy electronic device.
In two words: splendid idea (as R.Davies says).
The idea:
be the first to get an iPhone,
sell it on eBay
and give 100% of the proceeds to the Keep A Child Alive organization.
here's the starting point on flickr.
For the rest get ready and check eBay.

OPEN INTELLIGENT AGENCY - DAVID NOTTOLI - EMILY REED - JEFFRE JACKSON - RUSSEL DAVIES - FUTURES AGENCIES - THIBAULT-THIBAULT

David Nottoli - NYC

Emily Reed - sydney

Jeffre Jackson - amsterdam

Russel Davies - london

Talented thinkers, global small business, free collaboration.

An Open, Intelligent, but still Agency.

Is future going to look like that? Hope so.

TED - TECHNOLOGY ENTERTAINMENT DESIGN - TED TALKS - TED SPEAKER - SETH GODIN - AL GORE - PHOTOSYNTH - TED - TED BLOG - TED GLOBAL - THIBAULT-THIBAULT

Technology,
Entertainment,
Design.

TED, about 100 business-creative ideas (and of course a bit of bull%*+t) on video.
Definitely worth the check.

D&AD AWARDS 2007 - CANNES LIONS - THE ONE CLUB THE ONE SHOW - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - AD AWARDS - WHY THE HELL DO YOU GIVE SO MANY PRIZES?

Well, Cannes Ad festival just finished.

You better check the D&AD 2007 awards winners, believe me.

Still not satisfied ? Then go there:
The One Club.

STARDOLLS - CELEBRITY PAPER DOLLS - TEENAGER FASHION LOVE - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - GET NAKED - YEAH - THIBAULT HOFER - STARDOLLS - PAPERDOLLS GAME - STAR

Here's one of the new teenager (and fashion pervert lovers obviously) favorite site.

The Stardolls.com project, where stars are paper dolls.

Not that far from reality finally... great design, easy to "use" and good looking easy to undress people. The enitre star system to play with!



thanx to contagious magazine.

JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS - DIESEL LIQUID SPACE - DIESEL FASHION SHOW 08 - DIESEL THE HEIDIES - DIESEL - RENZO ROSSO - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - THIBAULT HOFER

Jem & The Holograms come to live,
introducing the latest Diesel fashion show: Liquid Space S/S 08.

Have a look, future is knocking on our door, again. Shall we let it in?

And while we're at it, Diesel again: "The Heidies". viral/social/crazy campaign for the poshy Italian brand.

Renzo Rosso is back, and he means business.



bonus:
Jem episode guide with all the featured tracks, Rock FM to the fullest!

LUIS NIETO - CARLITOPOLIS - PARANOID PROJECTS - ENSAD PROMO 2005 - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - CARLITOPOLIS

Gondry-esque,
and it's a compliment.

Luis Nieto's 2005 graduation work is probably the best example of giving life to CGI ideas (have a look at the prizes and awards list...)

Luis is now a ParanoidProjects director.
Carlitopolis.com for the entire story.

ERGONOMIC WALLPAPER - SURREALIEN - WARPING WALLPAPER TECHNOLOGY - WARP YOUR ROOM - BOINGBOING - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - THIBAULT HOFER - GERMAN WALLPAPER

House of style, style your house.
Good idea, or should I say technique, coming from Germany.

The Warping Wallpaper Technology.


Give them every detail of your room (dimensions, electric plugs, etc...) and they will customize a unique wallpaper for you.
Sounds classic, but the effect really kills, check it out.

thanx to boingboing

FALLON FOR SONY - NEW SONY BRAVIA AD - FALLON LONDON - PLEIX FOR SONY - SONY PLEIX - HD EXPERIMENT - HD SONY - SONY BRAVIA AD - PLAIX BRAVIA

Sony... like no other again.

Thanks to the really like no other talent of Pleix and Fallon
(check the ''birds'' project, probably inspirational for the Sony flick)

... then try to forget ''balls''
by clicking here.

NIKE COMMERCIALS - NIKE BUENO AIRES - NIKE RUNNER PLUS - NOT A USUAL NIKE AD - MOVE AND SHAKE - DANCE YOUR BODY - SWEAT NIKE - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - YES

Hot & juicy new Nike commercials.
Just loose it.
Male and female version.
Male: to get rid of that beer belly, sweat a pint.
Female: Move 'n' shake instead of Nip'n'Tuck.
Nice.

thanx to if!PSFK and brainstrom9. Illustration from the 'Brand Gap'

THE CREATIVITY AWARDS - CREATIVITY - ADAGE GROUP - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - COMBOS - DOVE - TOYOTA - AXE - MIT - THIBAULT HOFER

Commercial break.
The Creativity Awards Winners.

C-WALK - THEREMIN - LEON THEREMIN - THEREMIN - C-WALK - CRAZY - BIZARRE MACHINE - DANCE TO THE MUSIC - THIBAULT-THIBAULT

now what?
hell yeah, dance to the music.
Top of the hype: C-walk on Theremin beats.

Learn C-Walk here, and hear the "crazy" sounds of the first totally electronic instrument there (above, Lev Terme aka Léon Theremin, the inventor of the bizarre machine).

Go practice boys and girls.

WHO HAS SEEN THE iPHONE? ON TV OR MAGAZINES? - iPHONE PRODUCT PLACEMENT - WHO IS THE FIRST TO SPOT THE iPHONE? - PEOPLE WITH iPHONE - iPHONE CONTEST

music videos?
TV series?
people magazine?
people party?
people?
feature film?




WHO IS GOING TO SPOT THE FIRST iPHONE PRODUCT PLACEMENT?

please place comments if you've seen the thing.
REWARD
(not an iPhone, obviously...)

UPDATE / BY THE WAY:
just to make sure they won't come back in my net:
the first ad: hello
the first offical/product ads, here
and this beautiful first fake ad "the future is calling" by Ryan Landels
and other fake ads on Ytube.

PHOTOSYNTH PROTOTYPE - PHOTOSYNTH - COMPUTER - SUPER GEEK - AMAZING PICTURE MANAGER - THIBAULT HOFER - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - BLAISE AGUERA Y ARCAS - TED

I don't understand how it works at all, but the result is...
have a look,
let me know.
eye candy here.

SUPER SAW - WIENER CUTTER - PAW PAW MICHIGAN - YOUNG MAN WHEELCHAIR GRILL SEMI TRUCK - POWERPOINT HUMOUR - BLENDTEC NOT - THIBAULT - DAVID AIREY

Friday again, let's see what the world has to offer today:

The Super Saw
Cuts everything except your fingers... so why are they testing it with a wiener ? Enjoy safety here.
Fresh News from Paw Paw, Michigan
"...A young man has quite the story to tell after his wheelchair got lodged in the grill of a semi truck, which dragged the chair and the man inside for five miles down a road."
Please check the story here, but most of all, check the video.
PowerPoint Humor
Just like if powerpoint wasn't funny enough in our lives, here comes the .ppt joke collection.
And finally... The Blendtec comeback (remember?), enjoy here.

CLOCK - POLAR CLOCK - EASY CLOCK - THIBAULT-THIBAULT'S BLOG

beautiful.
Just like watching time pass by.

right here.

MICROSOFT SURFACE - MINORITY REPORT - FUTURAMA - GROENING - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - MATT GROENING - MICROSOFT SURFACE - SURFACE COFFEE TABLE - SPIELBERG

Yeah, OK, I freaked out when I saw Spielberg's Minority Report.

Not that much about the plot, you know, the all "I can see the future" thing (eventhought it's well done), but more when Chief John Anderton steps in a mall and all these 3D ads start flying around him like vultures, remember? here is the scene.




Well the product I'm about to submit to your sick brains is right between this vision of the future (is it really?, let's say the present...) and Matt Groening's vision of the web in this episode of Futurama. The thing is called: pa pa pa pa pa, The Surface. pronounce: Da Surf Ace... (I know, you know). Anyway, as one of the guys in this demo says, they believe it will: "... change the way people shop, entertain, eat... and live their lives". And who is kind enough to bring you this revolutionary tool? pa pa pa pa pa, Microsoft! (pronounce My Crow Soft).

Questions:
Where do you drop your glass while a crazy geek is touching your table?
Is Microsoft pissed of by the iPhone screen?

Nerds, touch you tables if you love Microsoft.

Papi, your my IT guru.

Sometimes, what looks like a "business as usual bit sad & boring" morning, can turn into a journey of learning and intellectual motivation. (Wouah, see, it was a boring morning...) Here are the things that will make me less ignorant tomorrow:

Serendipity Traveller Guide.
But where is Seren di Pity?
Thanks to this visual demonstration about the DOPPLR Reboot program, the magic word "serendipity" came into my life. As the effect that it summarises will probably be one of the major issues of our technology oriented lives, I thought I would share it with you. Read the wiki and give it a thought. Oh, and by the way, Serendip is ancien Persian name of Ceylan, now Sri Lanka. Oh oh, and the first ever edited version of the book, Travels and Adventures of The Three Princes of Sarendip, was in Italian.. Oh, oh, oh, oh, and the same word in French is "sérendipité"...and so on, and so on.... you can go for hours with this one...

All we need is love.
But can I have some cash too?
Words and wisdom from PSFK's London last week conference (here are Lynette Webb's notes), including Naked's Niku Banaie (I mean Niku Banaie from Naked) and a lot, a lot, a lot of great or at least very interesting stuff can be found here, on Piers Fawkes PSFK site.

And finally, have to be honest, a huge THANK YOU again to Russel Davies and his essential blog for redirecting me to these sources and regularly stimulating some serendipitous discoveries.

Now it's time to read all that.
My afternoon won't be boring.

BILL GATES & STEVE JOBS - LOVE AFFAIR - ALL THINGS DIGITAL - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - MICROSOFT - APPLE - PEACE & LOVE - THIBAULT HOFER - YEAH !

loads of love for the weekend.

The Bill & Steve romance.

But after sex, wil they still be together on Monday ?

MARTY NEUMEIER - NEUTRON LLC - ZAG - THE BRAND DICTIONARY - THE BRAND GAP - THIBAULT HOFER - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - CHUCK NORRIS

Heavy Stuff.

Visionnaire.
The Brain.
Inspirational Guru.

Call him how you like, hate him or worship him, there's no way out, Marty Neumeier is a brand management food for thoughts gourmet.
his company, Neutron LLC, his books, including ZAG, The Dictionary of Brand, The Brand Gap.

and a good example of his precise and interesting point of view, on a powerpoint.
Thank you Marty Neumeier.
It's as easy as that. Nothing to add.
hmmm, nothing to add... yes, there's one little thing:
sorry Sir, you do look like Chuck Norris.

WINDOWS DIGITAL ADVERTISING - ELAVE - NOTHING TO HIDE - TRUTH - THIBAULT HOFER - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - ADVERTISING - CB NEWS - CHRISTIAN BLACHAS

The truth about advertising?
The naked truth?
I don't know, maybe.
Even if the dinner's a bit boring, he still has the hope of bringing her back home...
and get her naked.


Provided by A: Microsoft Digital Advertising's "bring the love back" and B: Elave cosmetics.
Conclusion: Elave still probably has ugly stuff to hide (hey! you must be 18 to buy their stuff...), and Gates will never get naked. Hopefully.

thanx to Jojo & Christian

HONDA'S NEW CAMPAIGN - WIEDEN+KENNEDY LONDON - HONDAMENTALSIM - THIBAULT HOFER - THIBAULT-THIBAULT'S BLOG - MIDAS COLLECTIVE - MARK ROMANEK - THIBAULT

'Hondamentalism'.

W+K London brings out Soichiro Honda's racing spirit to life.
Midas Collective powers the -mentalism online,
and Mark Romanek beautifully blows engineers.

Calm, classic, probably true.

Talk to me Honda, yeah, just like that, whispering.


thanx to Welcome To Optimism

LITTLE LAD DANCE STARBURST - TETAA WOW - DISH WITH DORIS PALMOLIVE - BARBIE VIRTUAL WORLD - THIBAULT-THIBAULT'S BLOG - THIBAULT HOFER - FRIDAY FRIDAY

here's the Friday crazy virtual cocktail menu.

STARTER / The Little Lad Dance
Dance boy, dance to get your Ice Cream





MAIN / Barbie Virtual World
Go little girl, go, become a pink ghetto weirdo
(wow! this is so wrong)




SECOND / Dish With Doris
No, thank you





DESERT / T.E.T.A.A.
Vegifighter ?
No, animal killer




youpie ya ya youpie youpie ya...

THE DEAD ARTIST - MARCUS BROWN - MOUNTAIN RESCUE - RUSSEL DAVIES - THIBAULT HOFER - THIBAULT-THIBAULT'S BLOG - DEAD ARTIST - RUSSELDAVIES - HEALTHY

Fine Art, Nice idea, Great Blog, Good Reason.
Introducing The Dead Artist.
Wish I was too.
An artist, or dead.
... well, OK, both is probably the best choice.


thanx to Russel Davies’ healthy thoughts.

RENO 911 - RENO 911! MIAMI - THOMAS LENNON - THIBAULT-THIBAULT'S BLOG - THIBAULT HOFER - RENO THE BIGGEST LITTLE CITY IN THE WORLD - COMEDY CENTRAL -

Words are useless.
They'll all be understatement to treat this subject.
No, I can not.
This is too much, this is too good, this will make you love life.


RENO 911, RENO 911, RENO 911, RENO 911.
The TV serie (4 seasons for now)
The cast
The Movie
The YTube shit

It feels strange, but have to say, big up! Comedy Central.

MICHEL GONDRY - RUBIK'S CUBE SOLVING - FEET - NOSE - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - THIBAULT'S BLOG - THIBAULT HOFER - ADS-CLICK - HUMAN NATURE - SCIENCE OF SLEE

well, one that I missed... again.
Anyway, it's a bit old now for those of you who already know it, but it still is a nice trick... right between some kind of Science of Sleep and an Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind.
Half genius crafstman / half surreal director Michel Gondry goes against The Human Nature and the laws of physics.


Dream here.
Freak out here.
and finally get back to reality there.
wait, wait, it's not over, don't you forget the smart last one.

post courtesy from Beren at AdsClick. thank you.

MICROSOFT OFFICE 2007 - MICROSOFT - MCCANN ERICKSON - THIBAULT HOFER - THIBAUL-THIBAULT - BIZARRE DRAMA - THIBAULT-THIBAULT

I'm not quite into their products... hard to avoid (go firefox go!), I'm not quite into their corporate "we rule the world" attitude, I'm not quite Microsoft.
But I'm definitely into the films they produced for the Office 2007 site.
Click on "films" and watch what some guys on the net call "bizarre dramas", and believe me, they are.
Don't buy, but watch.

Agency: MCCann WorldGroup, San Francisco
(they also did the nice "Xbox / jump rope" lately).

SEX TAPES - OLIVIA MOJICA - ANTONELLA BARBA - HARD CORE IDOL - PORN INDUSTRY - THIBAULT-THIOBAULT'S BLOG - THIBAULT - PORN STAR

Good god, porn industry is fast and smart.


Decadent puritan american dirty audience was probably tired of so called "stars" "stolen" sex tapes (Britney, Paris, Kim, Pam, just to name a few). The XXX marketing geniuses came up with a "your-ex-boyfriend-gave-us-that" redemption:
Two "American Idol" wanna be singers are probably going to make a hit... with their sex tapes. (wait a minute, they are sex tapes, so it's the same.... yeah, OK, just needed an excuse to talk about that). Lovely Olivia Mojica, so innocent, so sweet... so pornable, so Hard Core Idol. And NJ's fresh young singer Antonella Barba, who likes it a lot.
Sing, sing, sing and suck.
oops, sorry, I forgot: NSFW, so NSFW, yeah! NSFW.
Can't wait for the next crazy porn experience.

THE OFFICE US - WORLD BANK - MICHAEL SCOTT - STEVE CARELL - THOBAULT HOFER - THIOBAUL-THIBAULT'S BLOG - AVAAZ.ORG - MASHUP

While we're at it, I mean on american quality TV (Earl's post just below),
ladies and gentlemen, standing ovation, here is the perfect, the surreal, the incredible US version of the Office.

It's not a remake, it's not an adaptation, it's just a great show with an amazing cast.
Just like The World Bank. Regular people doing about nothing in an office.
Check that great mashup, courtesy of AVAAZ.ORG
Sorry, have to go back to work... yeah, that's what she said...

MY NAME IS EARL SCRATCH AND SNIFF SPECIAL EPISODE - JASON LEE - NADINE VELAZQUEZ - THIBAULT HOFER - THIBAULT-THIBAULT'S BLOG - RANDY MY NAME IS EARL

Yo.
Earl smells.
Remember I told you how much I enjoyed the 'My Name Is Earl' show on that previous post. Well, here comes smelly TV... simple idea: you buy a scratch'n'sniff card at your local newstand, you watch the special episode on TV (aired on May 3)... and you scratch and sniff the card every time Earl, Randy or Catalina (...mmmh, naughty boy) asks you to. Sadly, we euro-pee-ans will probably never experience the thing... snif.

thanx to Adfreak

ANTVILLE - BOARDS MAGAZINE - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - VIDEOS - THIBAULT'S BLOG - THIBAULT HOFER BLOG

Do-Do-Do-Don't you
forget-get-get-get
To Wa-Wa-Wa-Watch
So-So-So-Some
Vi-Vi-Vi-Video
Cli-Cli-Cli-Clips Clips Clips,
from time to time.


Featuring, the one and only, the fountain, the main place to see, ANTVILLE
Co-staring, the commercial paradise, the capitalistic museum of art, the scree-scree-screening room, BOARDS MAG
For the rest, you exactly know where to go.
And if not, not.

ANTOINE BARDOU JACQUET - SHELL CIRCUIT - LYNN FOX - R8 - C'ETAIT UN RENDEZ VOUS - CLAUDE LELOUCH 1976 - CAR CAR VROOM VROOM - THIBAULT HOFER -

Partizan's gifted director Antoine Bardou-Jacquet is back on track (so to say, he never really left it for the past 10 years...). Anyway, you'll find his latest flick, ''Shell Circuit'' right there. Nice... and that's about it... In about the same-same but different taste, here is the latest Audi corporate/R8 ''Warm Up'' directed by Lynn Fox @ BlinkProds. If you ask me, I'll rather go with this ''must-see-fast-track-car-poem'': ''C'était un rendez-vous'', Claude Lelouch, 1976. Interesting stuff about this incredible ride there. Vroom Vroom Vroom.

JANUUS FRIIS - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - JOOST TV - JOOST - SKYPE - KAZAA - THIBAULT - JOOST - FRIIS - TV ON THE NET - REVOLUTION

there it is. The JOOST revolution arrives. Remember ? I told you about Janus Friis' (the mastermind behind Kazaa & Skype) Venice Project on a previous post. Well, now it's alive (sort of). Get an invitation (or wait until it's totally open...) and enjoy TV on the net.
And I mean it, real TV on the real net. We'll talk about it again my friends, hello tomorrow.

HELSINKI - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - FINLAND - WE GOT BEEF - EROTTAJA - IITTALA - KIASMA - MARIMEKKO - SLUSSEN - THIBAULT-THIBAULT

Just came back from Finland.
A-M-A-Z-I-N-G, as always.
if you have a chance to visit, just ask yourself, but what the HEL is made in Finland:

_ KIASMA
don't understand everything, hated half of it, enjoyed... the place. Modern art usual reaction.


_ WE GOT BEEF
drink / Iso Roobertinkatu 21



_ SLUSSEN
eat / Punavuorenkatu 3



_ EROTTAJA BAARI
drink / Erottajankatu 15


_ ARTEK
design, furniture, objects / Lemuntie 3-5 B





_ MADVENTURES
travel, the finnish finest


_ HASAN&PARTNERS
advertising, the finnish finest




_ ALE'S ITV'S
H&P special CP+B secret agent



_ MARIMEKKO
fabrics & clothes




_ IITTALA
break some glasses ...




_ NOKIAN BOOTS
must have





will update that soon. Meanwhile, GO THERE.

RESURRECTION - KRAFTWERK -THIBAULT-THIBAULT - BACK ON TRACK - YES YES YES - THIBAULT-THIBAULT

enough is enough.
Resurrection.
Came across that great band's great site.
Kraftwerk, always ahead.

WINDOWS VISTA - WINDOWS 386 - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - COMPUTER AD - A-TEAM - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - VISTA AD -

Welcome! Welcome! Welcome! VISTA.
The world is yours, even if your ads are just... wow. I know, you don't need it anyway...
But it's not a reason, shame on you. Look at what did you're great granddad, the Windows 386 "The Soul Of The New Machines" at the time, to conquer the world... the craziest longest cheapest fucking long feature advertorial ever!
With, in order of appearance: ex-male porn star man aka the office moustache, Debbie does Computer aka "I-took-drugs-and-I-liked-it", zip zip, zap, zap, scratch, scratch, the A-Team theme, Mission:Impossible theme, rap attack, a bit of keyboard touching, etc., etc., etc.
Check Larry Osterman's old memories,he used to work at Microsoft at the time, he has some hot backstage memories about the film. enjoy.

P Boy, you're my hero

HOT FUZZ - SPACED - SIMON PEGG - EXTRAS - RICKY GERVAIS - THE OFFICE - LARRY DAVID - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - THE NEW ADVENTURES OF THE OLD CHRISTINE

Small Program Interruption.

For those of you who laughed with Spaced, pissed themselves off with Shaun Of The Death, here comes the new Simon Pegg's maneuver: Hot Fuzz.
(guest smallstarring the brilliant Stephen Merchant, just like in 24 season 6's first episode. Oh, and by the way, the 6th season of 24... which you should absolutely NOT watch, because the risks are high: sitting at your office desk could give you the strange feeling of working at the CTU, middle east people could suddenly all look frightening to you, and, probably the worse, you will never trust anyone anymore. Don't do it).

In a totally different genre, which I have to admit, I prefer, the excellent Ricky Gervais' EXTRAS. We all thought Ricky had reached the top of the top with The Office and his stand ups, but he's going further with his "next" show. Every single episode is a masterpiece of humor.
In other words, a clear signal that this man knows a lot about human nature.

And as always, the classic, sorry. If you're looking for answers in life, you better Curb Your Enthusiasm, 6 seasons, about 25 hours of mental yoga and physical bona fides (whatever it means.)

Last but not least, if you were in love with Seinfeld (the show not Jerry) and you miss Elaine, she's back and well back with "The New Adventures Of Old Christine". ( here's a youtube selection).

Don’t hate your TV, feed it with good stuff.

M.I.A - BIRD FLU - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - SRI LANKA - INDONESIA - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - M.I.A. UK - BIRD FLU MIA - THIBAULT-THIBAULT

People clap your hands, here comes good taste.
We are all pretty much aware (OK, on different levels I suppose) of the real menace that represents a massive spread of bird flu on the globe.
Well UK singer M.I.A probably thinks it's just a joke: her last single/video is called... "Bird Flu" (H5N1 was a bit too medical...).
The songs has not much to do with the killer flu, but at least she had the delicacy of shooting the video in Sri-Lanka, where birds already died, she could have shot it in Indonesia or Nigeria. Landscapes are nice too out there...
Anyway, keep on dancing. Until you drop...
update ! I just read today that M.I.A called her single "Bird Flu" because... the beat is gonna kill everyone. Believe it or not.

TRACKS - ARTE - TV SHOW - INDECLINE - PAUL VERHOEVEN - BUMFIGHTS - SLINKACHU - HOTEL MODERN - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - TRACKS

Pretty, pretty, pretty good Arte "Tracks" show yesterday evening on TV.
As their 10th year anniversary is coming up, they definitely deserve a nice post to cheer up a decade of digging in the multicultural underground. Here's a choice of the exciting yesterday's lineup:




Ryan McPherson's INDECLINE
Bumfights... you'll judge for yourself. But to judge right you'll have to know and respect Bling Bling the Coolest Crack Addict and Rufus the "Homeless Dirty Stunt" prima donna.

PAUL VERHOEVEN
A filmography long like an arm, the Californian Amsterdamer director, is the man behind, just to mention a few ROBOCOP, TOTAL RECALL, BASIC INSTINCT, STARSHIP TROOPERS but also a nice collection of early films (unknown for mot of us) which are probably worth viewing. Help yourself.

MINI MINI MICRO world.
Shit ! I wanted to have that idea... great job from London's Slinkachu.

MINI MINI MICRO horror.
Hotel Modern Camp... making it smaller doesn't make it less impressive.

and a lot of other nourishing ideas... as usual with "TrackS".
Haappyy BB. DDaayy.

thanx to TRACKS and ARTE

PERFECT - AEROBIC - TRAVOLTA - CURTIS - 1985 - THIBAUL-THIBAULT - DANCE - PERFECT MOVIE - JERMAINE JACKSON - THIBAULT

Here's another thing I deeply believe in.
The Aerobic, yes, the aerobic, like that.
Come on', most people go out at night, eat pills and drink litters of I don't know what type of crazy energy drinks just to dance till dawn. Then they wake up, go to work and run in all sorts of sports fitness centers to look good and get rid of their hangover...
And that’s why the Aerobic center is the answer.
You'll get there, get drunk, dance, exercise, and practice your social behavior (in tight pink leggings) all at once!
And if you don't believe me, check the masterpiece of all aerobic times, the jewel of the sweat, the absolute movie that sums everything up: Perfect (1985), with a Travolta not yet totally scientologist and Miss Jamie Lee Curtis sexy as she can be (and never will again). Have a look at this nice little trailer/music video, thanx to Jermaine. Still not hot on it? Ok, here comes the heavy stuff: Aerobicise. Words are not strong enough to describe this, watch it. (youTube account needed) and the TV secret weapon, 20 Minute Workout, with its marvelous cast right there, pure magic.
A-E-R-O-B-I-C, that's all we need. P-E-R-F-E-C-T that’s what it is.

RUN DMC MY ADIDAS - THE PACK VANS - HIP HOP - PRODUCT REALITY - RAP DEAL - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - OH YES - I'M SHINING - FROM SKATEBOARDS TO SCRAPERS

The sound "I'm shining" hit my ears this morning.
Well, first I thought, OK.. OK.. OK, the sound's killing, but it's just another crunk-a-crook / skate-o-rap youngsters band called The Pack. (official here). And then I saw that: Pack TV countdown episodes 1, 2, 3 , 4 and 5. Or should I say 15, 16 and 17... years old.(check the interviews and still believe in youth if you dare !) But once again, age is only a number when it comes to selling records...
Anyway going deeper in deeper in the "Pack World" I found myself hooked on their debut hit single called "Vans". What does it mean ?
nothing,
it's a shoe brand.
Reminds you something ? Yes, RUN DMC "my adidas" smashing single (and first brand deal in rap history) in 1983..
Old recipes are always the best ones.
And if you're not conviced, mash them up baby ! here it is.
Fuck it goes fast nowadays...

2006 BEST VIDEOS - MUSIC VIDEOS - GOODWEATHERFORAIRSTRIKES - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - VIDEOS - MUSIC - ANTVILLE - 2006 - YO

Got a minute ?
2006 50 best videos.
Good to see that I spotted some of them...
enjoy.


thanx to GoodWeatherForAirStrikes

NIKE AIR FORCE ONE SECOND COMING CAMPAIGN - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - JUELZ SANTANA - JUST BLAZE - HIPHOP - BASKETBALL - WIEDEN&KENNEDY

Nike, one step ahead, again.
Here's the new 'Nike Air Force One Second Coming' campaign.
The game begins with a traditionnal ad, that becomes a video/making of (feat. Juelz Santana & Just Blaze) on MTV's Sucker Free Show, to finish up on the Nike Mash-Up site where you can re-edit the entire thing.
Simple and efficient as the swooch.

thanx to Wieden&Kennedy

OLD SPICE - WIEDEN&KENNEDY - AD - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - GREAT CAMPAIGN - THIBAULT

now this is so 007. watch it.
I told you... kill ! kill ! kill !... and smell good.



thanx to Wieden&Kennedy

HAPPY NEW YEAR - 2007 - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - TIMOTHY DALTON - JAMES BOND - LICENCE TO KILL

There you go, this time I am, really, back on track.
So, let me submit you this brand new year first idea:
OO7 IS LICENCE TO KILL.
That's it, not very interesting, but I like it.

PRAHA - PRAGUE - BARRANDOV STUDIO - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - THIBAULT - CZECH REPUBLIC - THIBAULT - ADVERTISING - PICTURES - PHOTOS - THIBAULT-THIBAULT

back on track... first images, words will come later. (click to enlarge)
good to see you again.

CHRISTMAS - DAY OFF - HAPPY NEW YEAR - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - THIBAULT - PEACE&LOVE

hey hey hey, ho ho ho.
For the, let's say, 3 people that are actually following my blog's adventures, I am these days in about the same state of hangover as the bad bad bad santa on the picture.
I'll be back and improved beginning January.
Until then, enjoy Xmas and get ready to live 007 as if it was the best year ever.
hey hey hey, ho ho ho.

LEGO - PRINT AD - SAATCHI&SAATCHI - FIRED - BLACK WU - DARREN CHEUNG - WORLD TRADE CENTER - NEW YORK - THIBAULT

Black Wu and Darren Cheung both work for Saatchi&Saatchi Guangzhou, China. Lego is not their client. But one night... alone in their large (or small) office, they decided to make this ad.
Brilliant.
They got fired.
Check their apology letter and the network sucking document.
(click on it baby, click).
thanks to Adrants

THE INFLUENCERS - INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED AUTONOMY - MEDIA ACTIVISM - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - D-I-N-A.NET - iSEE - LITTLE BROTHER - IAA - STREET WRITER

Still on my "activist" trip (after this post, I'll take a break…). Well, again, smart, conscious and interesting people: The Institute For Applied Autonomy.Here are some examples of their work.

The i-SEE project
How to walk around a city without being filmed by security cameras
The Street Writer
Fucks up the streets with any message you'd like to write... everywhere... which you can not do, 'cause you're not a robot.
Little Brother
It can. It's a robot.
You'll find loads of info and documents (press releases, videos, etc.) on the site, but please remember: these are not for fun.
They are real, and Lord knows how much our society deserves it.

(by the way, I discovered many of these groups & people at the "The Influencers" festival, a place to be, to see and to act, in Barcelona. Organised by d-i-n-a.net).

NOAM CHOMSKY - MANUFACTURING CONSENT - MEDIA ILLUSION - MEDIA LIES - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - CHOMSKY - CHOMSKY.INFO - MIT - LINGUISTICS

How to even say the word "media" (see post below) without referring to The Professor aka The Brain, Mister Noam Chomsky.
The fish's too big for me, I won't even try to make a "résumé".

Look at any of these videos, you'll understand.And again to get more, here's his site and the MIT one.
Respect. (who am I to say that?)... well, even Ali G has respect for the man (not).

JOEY SKAGGS - MEDIA SATIRIST - INFORMATION - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - ACTIVIST - TV - MEDIA - HOAX - THIBAULT - FAT SQUAD - CATHOUSE FOR DOGS - CNN - BBC

In these times of media power, information war and bigger than life entertainment, let me introduce the Hoax Master not to say the Inventor of media manipulation, Joey Skaggs. He describes himself as a "media satirist" but also a storyteller, myth-maker, skeptic, philosopher, writer, performer, and, of course, artist. He's been using all the major worldwide medias (from CNN to BBC trough the Washington Post, just to name a few) with some hilarious and controversial hoax projects such as: The Cathouse for Dogs, The Celebrity Sperm Bank, Portofess, The Solomon Project, The Fat Squad, Sexonix, Hair Today, Ltd., and Metamorphosis - The Cockroach Vitamin Pils, etc... and believe me, he's good at it. As an introduction, have a look at this documentary on his achievements. Then have a closer look at his personal site for further information.
Enjoy.

EBOY - PIXEL - THIBAULT-THIBAULT - BERLIN - NEW YORK - DESIGNERS - ARTISTS - INTERNET - PIXEL JEWELLERY

Usually not a huge fan of that kind of graphic expression but Berlin's eboy collective artists are really killers. Hit the "browse" button and enjoy these fine pieces of pixel jewellery.








thanks to Pboy

ACTIVISTS, PRODUCTINVASION.COM, CONSUMERIST.COM, THIBAULT-THIBAULT, BRANDS, KMART, SHOPPERS BITE BACK, AMERICA

Activists, Activists, Activists!
Come on consumer!
Fight, Fight, Fight!
but... think, think, think!
And, maybe, check these two american "conscious consumerist" site-to-see.
Not to take example straight away, just food for thought...
First site, the entertaining one (in a way...):
Product Invasion... spoofs, jokes, realTV, fake behind the scenes, hard core product placement. What you see is what you sell.
Second one, the real shit:
The Consumerist, ''shoppers bite back'', the name says it all. Very reactive, well informed and strongly involved in about every brand-to-consumer and consumer-to-brand moves. Worth a (at least weekly) check.

HERMANN VASKE - STANDING ON THE SHOULDER OF GIANTS - WHY ARE YOU CREATIVE -

I never had a chance to tell you about the fine work-films-books-thoughts-ads
of Mister Hermann Vaske.
Some of you maybe met him during one of his (usually) interesting seminars during the Cannes Ad Festival.

If not, here are some of his productions:
"Standing on the Shoulders Of Giants": Great book, a journey through the ideas and comments of some of the modern advertising architects.
"Why are you Creative" TV series and book: Broadcast on Arte at the time, short programs asking THE question to people going from the Dalai Lama to David Bowie...
And a bunch of films/documentaries that should at least be seen once:
"The Fine Art Of Separating People From Their Money" (trilogy)
"The Ten Commandments of Creativity"
"Who Killed The Idea"...

Find out everything, including trailers, interviews, etc. on Herman's site,
it will do you good, hopefully.

Danke Hermann.

JAN BRZECZKOWSKI,NOSE,PREMIERE HEURE,CHANNEL4,IPOD,MARK ROMANEK,BRUCE LEE BMW,RUCKUS

'Boards picks of the day.

Beautiful new idents for Channel 4.
The man behind these jewels, Jan Brzeczkowski.
See them here (boards screening room) or there (Nose/Première Heure).
Oh, and by the way, if you haven't seen the past ones, here they are. (with the original programm comments, sorry...)

This one, simple and efficient.
Like the new iPod Shuffle ?
Mark Romanek & Brand New School for Anonymous Content



In about the same techno-cold-poetic treatment & style,
two spots for Honda Canada by Paul Street @ Ruckus
N°1 and N°2.


And last but not least at all, Master Bruce for BMW.
agency: *S,C,P,F using this archival interview.

BIGGIE SMALLS,NOTORIOUS BIG,GNARLS BARKLEY,MASHUPS,SNOOP DOGG VS COLPLAY,SNOOP,COLDPLAY,THIBAULT-THIBAULT

Just found two good mashups.
Biggie Barkley & ColdSnoop.
Get them here and there.
Look around and find some better ones...

HALLIE KATE EISENBERG,PEPSI,CURLY,PESI GIRL,KISS,ADS,ADVERTISING,CLASSICS,HELL YEAH,INTERNET CRAP,BBDO NY,PYTKA,JOE PYTKA,THIBAULT-THIBAULT,THIBAULT

Enough of all that internet crap.
Let's get back to classics.
Here is one of my favorite of all time.
And there she goes again,
Hell yeah !

HOT CHIP,GRECO-ROMAN MIX TAPE,MUSIC FOR ROBOT

HOT CHIP rules.
brand new mixtape ''Greco-Roman'' available there.

MACHINE FILMS,AMF INSURANCE,PENSION COMPANY,DALARO,ADVERBLOG,HAKAN NORDKVIST,GORAN AHLBERG,TIME TRAVEL,DOCUMENTARY,CELL PHONE FILM,THIBAULT-THIBAULT

Now that's a story...Just found out about it today. Ok, let's go...

A couple of month ago Hǻkan Nordkvist started claiming on his blog (swedish sorry) that he travelled in time. Yes, that he travelled in time. Or, more precisely, that he had met himself in the future. Of course, just like you right now, no one believed him.
But wait, by chance, the man had his cell phone with him, and filmed his 'trip'.
Watch the piece of evidence (is it?) here.
That's how the story begins... weeks later, Machine Films' director Goran Ählberg, excited and surprised by this fascinating time travel story contacts Hǻkan to make a real documentary on his 'trip'. The project needs some money, they will find a sponsor...the AMF pension company.
.... delicious, can you see the Dalarö effect coming ?
Volvo, AMF, now that's what I call Scandinavian effectiveness.

many thanks to Adverblog for the story

SMASH MY PS3,BOBIN HOOD,ROBIN WOOD,MODERN DAY ROBIN HOOD,GLOBAL ORGASM,CHRISTMAS,ECOACTIVIST,SHOPPING,THIBAULT,THIBAULT-THIBAULT,BEST BUY,PS3

Christmas' coming. Get ready for the shopping. Meanwhile take example on these two brave consumer behaviors.
1. Modern Day Robin Hood
Goal: Make people nicer with each other. Technique: Give away some money Proof: here.
(by the way am I missing a joke or Robin Hood became Robin Wood in NYC ? pornStar or ecoActivist ? No... my mistake, sorry.)

2. Smash My PS3
Goal: Smash PS3. Technique: smash PS3 Proof: Smash PS3
(check the reactions of the nerd-o-gamer waiting an entire night in front of Best Buy to get theirs!)
Wait a minute... should I add the Global Orgasm project?

thanks to TI,GS

TASER,TRAINING ACADEMY,VIDEO,PRODUCT DEMO,CEO,TASER,TASER,THIBAULT-THIBAULT,THIBAULT,TASER M26, X26, SAVING LIFES EVERY DAY,THIBAULT

OK it's stupid... and of course frightening and amusing as always.
TASER 'saving lifes every day' (?!) weapon makers test their 'electric guns' on their own management team (company's CEO, president, etc...).
And while you're at it, please check their product demo videos, and the cool training academy...
Lovely. Fucking freaking crazy, and lovely.

thanks to Adfreak

NIGGER,MICHAEL RICHARDS,SEINFELD,LAUGH FACTORY,CNN,RACISM,KRAMER,THIBAULT-THIBAULT,SHOWBUSINESS,THIBAULT,LETTERMAN,LATE NIGHT,LARRY DAVID,THIBAULT

Sadly, I have to do this. You know by now that I'm a Seinfeld fan. And sadly, I have to do this. Let me tell you about the 'Kramer Da Nigga' story. Step 1: Kramer (Michael Richards) is doing a stand up show at the Laugh Factory in West Hollywood. A couple of guys are chatting and not paying attention during his show... Step 2: Richard notices the little group (of black guys, you'll shortly understand...), sitting on the top floor and goes for a "political incorrect' joke, starting to call them niggas and so on... watch the video here. Step 3: We're in 2006, someone films the "incident" with his cell phone and sends it to TV stations... watch the media dog kill Kramer here. Step 4: After a couple of days of complete silence, Kramer apologies on the Late Night Show featuring Jerry Seinfeld, see it there. (and the Laugh Factory posts this message). That's it. I won't judge the case, you'll make your own opinion. There's a french saying that says: always choose your public. And there's a strange feeling that we all know (or at least I do), the one when you feel that a joke is going very very very bad. I guess that's what he felt. Peace brothers and sisters.

MARKETING,BAMBI FRANCISCO,MARKETWATCH.COM,RICHARD ROSENBLATT,DEMAND MEDIA,EHOW,MYSPACE,ROSS,RUPERT MURDOCH,NEWS CORP,THIBAULT-THIBAULT

Introducing Bambi Francisco from Marketwatch.com.
Here's an interview with Richard Rosenblatt former MySpace founder now working for Demand Media and other interesting sites such as eHow (how to do just about everything) & weHow (share what you know).
I came accross that video looking for some informations on Ross Levinsohn, former FoxSports.com CEO and for the past three years Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.'s Fox Interactive Media man behind MySpace.
Everything, I mean my quest, started when I read that Ross, leaving the Evil Fox Organisation for some new adventures, had posted a resignation message, a song and a couple of clips of 'A few Good Men'' on his MySpace page...
An all new generation of CEO's... I guess?

thanks to Adfreak

WHAT YOUR MOM WOULD FEED YOU IF YOUR MOM WERE A MAN,COMBOS,ADVERTISING,ADS,TBWA CHIAT DAY,MARTIN GRANGER,SHERMAN FOUNDATION,SPOT A REAL LIFE MAN MOM

''What your mom would feed you if your mom were a man.''

Finally found a site where you can see them all. there.



Check the Spot-a-Real-life-Man-Mom contest,it's hilarious too.
Well, have to say it again: God Bless American Advertising.
agency: TBWA\Chiat\Day / director: Martin Granger

thanks to The Sherman Foundation

NISSAN QUASHQAI,CAR GAMES,ADVERTISING,SHOUT IT OUT,SHOUT SOAP,VIRAL,THIBAULT-THIBAULT,THIBAULT,FRIDAY

Thank God it's Friday.
Friday is crazy campaign day.
Surreal Car Freestylers
and / or
Clean Clothes Hunters
the choice is yours.

ROBERT SUTTON,STANFORD UNIVERSITY,NO ASSHOLE RULE,50 LESSONS,ASSHOLE,THIBAULT-THIBAULT,THIBAULT,MANAGEMENT

Do you think I'm an asshole?
Some people do think I'm an asshole.
Probably even more then I think (assholes !).
But that's not the point, I mean me being an asshole, because this post is about assholes. Please, seriously, listen to Professor Robert Sutton from The Stanford University on "The No Asshole Rule" (the book's right there)..

He's a wise man, and for sure not an asshole.

see the others 49 lessons here, and believe me you'll find some... big assholes in there.

SCHOLZ & FRIENDS,ADVERTISING,PRINT,BERLIN,THIBAULT-THIBAULT,JOB,AMBIENT,THIBAULT

Germany strikes again.
Sholz & Friends, Berlin.
(click on it)

MARTY NEUMEIER,ZAG,ZAG,ZAG,PUBLIC RELATION,BRANDING,ADVERTISING,MARKETING,THIBAULT-THIBAULT,THIBAULT

not much more
to say.









































seen in ZAG by Marty Neumeier from Neutron LLC

THE BIG WHAT ADVENTURE,TBWA,ADVERTISING AGENCY,DAVID JONES,EURORSCG WORLDWIDE,ADAGE,BRAND AUTOPSY,TRANSMEDIA PLANNING

TheBigWhatAdventure
Lets see how this simple and clever idea coming from TBWA is going to evolve. They put online "briefs" (oops, maybe I shouldn't be using that word...) and anyone can submit an idea. You, me, them, even him. Everyone.
Simple, I told you.
Is advertising becoming wiser ? Or is it just an ad agency who's not afraid of ideas, even if they're not from their "company" (oops, maybe I shouldn't be using that word...).

How do they say again? euh, yes "thinking out of the box"...
Yeah, right, it's so much easier when you're not paid for it.
No posts yet. I'll keep you informed.

Update! I found one who's not OK at all with that idea. His name is David Jones from EuroRSCG. He, of course, has a strong, or should I say too strong?, point of view on: user-generated content/ideas (wrong), the "research vs. guts" phenomenon (right), and creativity in advertising (...). Watch and judge for yourself. But please don't just watch Mr.Jones here (brandAutopsy) and there (AdAge), go back to EuroRSCG site, and maybe you'll ask yourself "fuck, who's talking there ?"...

SIMPSONS,SIMPSONS MOVIE TRAILER,SOUTH PARK,MAT,FUTURAMA,RICKY GERVAIS,DAVID BRENT,THE OFFICE,HAL DOUGLAS,COMEDIAN,JERRY SEINFELD

A simple trailer can tell a long story.

The piece I'm talking about is the long awaited Simpson Movie Trailer. Even if they are a few comments about re-using the South Park movie trailer style, this short preview is still quite exciting (or here, here and here).

Anyway, let me use it as a great opportunity to talk about things that I love, and try to make, let's say, a loop:

A. Matt Groening whose work is sadly not much known except The Simpsons down here in Europe.
Did you ever had a chance to see Futurama ? Well get up, get out and buy it.

B. Ricky Gervais aka David Brent (again) who had the great honor to make a guest appearance in a Simpson's episode.

C. Hal Douglas, aka The Hollywood Voice, the unforgetable voice over of the Simpson's trailer, and the South Park Trailer and probably all the trailers you saw during your teenage years, and more.

D. Well,Hal did that too, which leads us to guess what? Seinfeld.

= Groening to Gervais to Douglas to Seinfeld. One talent leads to another.

PROCRASTINATION,PALINDROME,VOCABULARY,THIBAULT-THIBAULT,THIBAULT,MEANING

From time to time we should all learn some new words (and I definitely need it as you can notice on that blogi-bloga-blog). Anyway, the winners of the day are:
procrastination & palindrome
You thought you knew what they meant? Exactly?
Well now you can really use them to play smart-ass in poshy downtown dinners.

My pleasure.

(for the french speaking rest of y'all, here they are: procrastination & palindrome).

UGLY PICTURES,MAN VS MAGNET,COVER FIGHT,ANIMATION,THIBAULT-THIBAULT,THIBAULT

It's been a good day today. Great work again.

Dir: Ugly Pictures / Anim: Man VS Magnet

SANFORD AND SONS,TBWA CHIAT DAY,FLAG,GRADDY FLAG,ADVERTISING,THIBAULT-THIBAULT,THIBAULT

I can not comment this one.
Just watch it.
And hopefully it will have the same effect on you that it had on me.

BLENDTEC,MILWAUKEE BEST LIGHT BEER,BEER CANON,CREDIT CARDS,COKE CANS,GOLF BALLS,MIXER,THIBAULT-THIBAULT,THIBAULT

After the much appreciated Milwaukee Best Light Beer Canon Experience, here comes the BlendTec "will it blend?" Mixer Madness. The choice is yours credit cards, Coke cans, golf balls, chicken, rake handles, marbles.

That thing could reduce anything into powder.

ANIMATION,ALAN BECKER,ANIMATOR,FIGHT,THIBAULT-THIBAULT,THIBAULT

Great job.



Update!: If you liked number I, here's number II. Both animated by Alan Becker.

NAOMI KLEIN,MAC AD GUY,BRITNEY SPEARS,LIKE.COM,THIBAULT-THIBAULT

Everyone has read Naomi Klein's theories about brands using "leaders" or "informal/social leaders" to gain credibility, visibility or even, in some cases, authenticity. Well, here are two new strong evolutions of this phenomenon.

First case, the Mac Ad Guy. Oh, and here is the PC Man, let's be fair.

(comment added an afternoon later. Well, this great "viewer" success is finally useless... Mac just dropped the Mac Guy... NB: comment added 5 days later. Well, now the guy is saying it's all crap...check his personal site is right there. And laugh. Up Update!: the proof is here)

Second one, Like, where you can spot those amazing-cute-little-red shoes that
Britney Spears was wearing at the last MTV awards...

People acting like brands to sell brands,

brands that promote other brands,

brands selling brands to become a brand.

All that for the love of the brand.

WII,GAMEBOY,WII WANT TO PLAY,TV COMMERCIAL,ADVERTISING,VIRAL,THIBAULT-THIBAULT,THIBAULT,WII,PLAY,VIDEO GAME,BRAND,NINTENDO

Wii is going to be a hit.
They love it already.




update!
Here are the first TV commercials 1, 2, 3, 4.

TOYOTA,BRANDING,WEEDS,CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM,PRIUS,PRODUCT PLACEMENT,BOLD MOVES,SNOOP DOGG,OLIVIA RUIZ,PUSSY CAT DOLLS,SAATCHI,SAMSUNG K5,DAVID PRIUS,TH

Have to admit that I'm still quite impressed by pro-active brands from time to time.
And this definitely deserves a long post.

Toyota US
If there's one to watch, that's it, let me explain.
I'm a ''Weeds'' fan. And I'm a ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'' huge fan. Well, in those two TV masterpieces the agency managed to have a strong and meaningful role for its client model Prius. And let me be clear, it's not about classic product placement, the car is really guest starring in the show... and you know what's even more impressive? ... it's all ''based on the product features"

Weeds, season 2 episode 8 (featuring Snoop): Nancy, the main character, makes some good money, and buys shoes, jewels... and a brand new blue Toyota Prius. See for yourself. But it doesn't stop there, her son sees it and goes...
- "I don't like it, it's crapy and small"
- she goes "it's environmentally responsible, there's global warming...unless you want the planet to dissolve to one big ocean"
- "I like the Range Rover, this car is gay"
- "don't be ignorant, it's just because it's in right now, think about the planet for a change".

Weeds, season 2 episode 11: Nancy, the main character, (I don't want to give up the plot for those how know the show) is insulted by another character, basically saying that she's a bad person. Her answer is straight... "fuck you I drive a Prius". See it right there.

Curb Your Enthusiam, season 4 and 5: In that case, the Prius can be considered as one of Larry's friends. He likes it and says it, shows and drives it around all the time and even becomes a Toyota dealer for one day. Do you need more? If you do, watch this, this and this.

Update! check all the famous owners and appearances of the Prius at the botttom of this Wikipedia article

Ford US
Since a couple of month Ford Corp. is facing major business difficulties. Their agency found an all-in-one communication trick to please everyboby: clients, employees and last but not least products and corporate image. It is called "Bold Moves" and you can definitely watch it as a sitcom (or sitdrama in that case).


Samsung
The Samsung K5 launch campaign. Well, less smart but very efficient. Just watch the new PussyCat Dolls video. Then the one from this french singer Olivia Ruiz. You'll understand.
Got it ? Yes, it is pure product placement, but done like that, it seems more honest, more clear. I mean it's pretty obvious that they paid big money to open both videos (and there are probably more), so in a way they paid for it. Ads providing money for artists, isn't that one of the best thing advertising can do?

ONE BANK SONG,RICKY GERVAIS,DAVID BRENT,BANK SONG,OPUS DEI,SHERMAN FOUNDATION,SING,THIBAULT-THIBAULT,THIBAULT,ADVERTISING,BRANDING,BRANDS,SPOOF

Beyond reality, fiction. Ricky Gervais will definitely be jealous of this bank song. As long as we have Opus Dei style corporate behaviour like that, everything's going to be OK. (...isn't he gay? we should fire him then.)

via the Sherman Foundation

YAYA HERMAN DUNE,HERMAN DUNE,DAVID,LA CIGALE,CONCERT,MUSIC,GOOD,THIBAULT-THIBAULT,THIBAULT,I WISH I COULD SEE YOU SOON AGAIN,HERMAN DUNE,DUNE,HERMAN

It's good to have an Herman Dune around these days.
We went there on saturday, we've heard that, and we now all wish we could see him soon again.
Now your turn. Watch this, listen and say... Thanks David.

DOMINO PIZZA DESERT,DESERT PIZZA,OREO,DOMINO'S PIZZA,REGINALD PIKE,JWT,PIZZA MOUSTACHE,NEW YORK,THIBAULT-THIBAULT,THIBAULT,ADVERTISING,ADS,CAMPAIGN

watch this.
don't eat that.

Oreo + Domino's = Pizza Dessert


agency: JWT, NYC / director: Reginald Pike


have a look at the two others spots of the campaign here and there.

God bless America.

HUMMER III, DO YOU BELIVE IN MAGIC,VIRAL,ADVERTISING,THIBAULT-THIBAULT,THIBAULT,INTERNET,HUMMER,MAGICIAN

Do you believe in magic ?

I LOVE YOU BUT I'VE CHOSEN DARKNESS,THE OWL,EMMANUEL HO,BRIAN BELETIC,VIDEOS,ANTVILLE,THREE FULL VIRGINIAS,TALL HANDS,LADY SOVEREIGN,COLDCUT,THE STATE

video sandwich.
band / video / director
I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness / The Owl / Emmanuel Ho
Goose / British Mode / Keith Schofield
Coldcut / The State We're In / Ne-o
Lady Sovereign / Love Me or Hate Me / Brian Beletic
Tall Hands / Three Full Virginias / ?
They're all a bit long to download, sorry, but most of them deserve hi res

PEDRO WINTER,BUSY P,CHOP SUEY,VIDEO,MUSIC,MYSPACE,HEAD BANGER RECORDS,DJ MEHDI,CALVI ON THE ROCKS,PEDRO WINTER,BUSY P,THIBAULT,MUSIC

New Busy P / "Chop Suey".
The .mov download is a pain in the ass, but the track kicks, check P's myspace for audio.

DOMINO,ADVERTISING,ADS,CAMPAIGN,GLAXO SMITH KLINE,LEE&DAN,LEE&DAN,DOMINO,RESTLESS LEGS CAMPAIGN

77,THIBAULT-THIBAULT,INTERNET,BRAND,GOOGLE,YAHOO,SEX PISTOLS,JANUS FRIIS,JANUS FRIIS,GRACENOTE,YOUTUBE,COPY RIGHTS VIOLATION,THIBAULT,JANUS FRIIS

beeing born in 77', I've always been pretty sensitive about reaching the so called future... or near future. Did it all begun A. when I started dancing in my mothers' belly on the Sex Pistols' smash hit 'no future' B. because I'm part of the 'Generation X' C. or is it because of the strange sensation I had the first time I saw Mario running on a GameBoy... I don't know. Anyway, here are my 'I-don't-really-get-it-but-I-act-like-I-do' tech news of the day.



The Venice Project. Why couldn't your TV be as interesting and exciting as your favorite online content site ? Well, you can trust Janus Friis to make it happen quicker than you think.






There you go. The beginning of the end. MySpace asked GraceNote to seek, identify and take off line every copyright violation material on the Spacers' pages.
On the other hand, YouTube had a much better and more polite way of annoucing about the same thing: the only difference is that at YouTube, they asked the copyrights owners to act directly. Well, one did... well officially did, everyone knows that when the legal department is all freaked out about online broadcasting, the marketing department loves it.

ZEFRANK,BLOGS,BLOGS,ROCKETBOOM,INTERNET,AMERICAN WAY OF BLOG,THIBAULT-THIBAULT,THIBAULT,PODCAST,ADVERTISING

American way of blog. Fight of the blog stars.
ZeFrank (what?) and Rocketboom (what?) are arguing about who's lying on downloads facts. Eventhough the first one reaches about 30K downloads a day, and the second 300K ...
Well, the argument is not interesting at all, but the two vlogs are for sure. Just like if stand up had a one night stand with sitcom while a nasty podcaster was watching.

GERMANY,GERMAN ADVERTISING,LEGGINS 15 YEARS ANNIVERSAY,PRINT AD,THIBAULT-THIBAULT,THIBAULT,AD AGENCY, SAATCHI DEUTSCHLAND,THIBAULT

Good God it's good when it's good.
They're German, they did that, and they're good.
Good.
(click to enlarge)

ODEO,ODEO,ODEO,ODEO,ODEO,ODEO,SHARE MUSIC,THIBAULT-THIBAULT,THIBAULT,1 MILLION AUDIO FILES,MP3,MP3,INTERVIEW

Odeo. Great place to share (once again), listen and download audio material (MP3's, stream radios, interviews and so on...).
Free & easy... over 1 million audio files. Enjoy.

GOOGLE,GDRIVE,FOREVERSAFE.COM,INTERNET,THIBAULT-THIBAULT,ADVERTISING,10GB,SHARE,SOFTWARE,THIBAULT,INTERNET

Google's preparing their online secured share software, GDrive, that should be ready next year. Till then, great solutions as ForeverSafe.com allows you to share secured documents up to 10 Gb on the net. For free. Useful.

PLINK,PLINKING,MEDIA PLANNING,CONSUMER GENERATED CONTENT,VIDEO,VIRAL,ADVERTISING,ENTMEDIAWORKS,THIBAULT,PLINKING,PLINKING,YOUTUBE,ADS

Plinking.
Plinking.
Plinking.

Plinking, Understand "placement-linking". Probably the most interesting and exciting idea I'm aware of to... make money with user-generated media. Quick explanation: you're watching a webcam whore on youtube. She's 15, she's hot, she's dancing. On her desk sits a...let's say a can of Coke. You drag your mouse on it, and sudenly you've got a link to a Coke page. The big question (I mean one of the first ones) is: who will be able to "plink" ? Users, brands, sites owners, everyone ? Well, can't wait to see how it's gonna end up. Here's the company who thought of that.

TINKER HATFIELD,NIKE,SWOOSH,POMPIDOU,RENZO PIANO,RICHARD ROGERS,GIANFRANCO FRANCHINI,RESPECT THE ARCHITECTS:THE PARIS AIR MAX 1 STORY,MICHAEL JORDAN

Tinker Hatfield, super swoosh star designer of the Original Air Max BW, the Jordan III and many other Nike's blockbusters, explains in "Respect The Architects: The Paris Air Max 1 Story" how the Pompidou Center in Paris inspired him to design the class-o-classic most sold Nike model ever.
Definitely worth the check, and while you're at it get back to the origins trough the 3 architects of the building: Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers and Gianfranco Franchini. (who didn't get into the internet thing...)

CAR ADS,ADVERTISING,NISSAN,MARC,SENTRA,CHEVY AVEO,LIVE IN A CAR,WEEK,THIBAULT-THIBAULT,THIBAULT,VIRAL,CAR ADVERTISING TREND,&-_ HOOURS OF FOOTAGE

Car advertising trend of the day: "from storytelling to conversation". For sure, when the story's not that interesting, you better call it a conversation. Well, enough of bad vibes, here are the two advexperiences I'm talking about. Marc in a Nissan Sentra for a week. Eight student teams in Chevy Aveeo for a week. Hopefully they'll edit the 168 hours of footage.

AXL,AXEL ROSE,GUNS'N'ROSES,SLASH,NOVEMBER RAIN,PARADISE CITY,HARLEY DAVIDSON,ADVERTISING,ADS,BETTER,THIBAULT,THIBAULT-THIBAULT,CAMPAIGN,COME BACK

Sadly Axl Rose had disapear for about 13 years.
Dry your tears November Rain, he's back in capitalist Paradise City with that ad for Harley.
OK, AXL, better... (another edit here featuring his new single Better)

HOCUS POCUS,RAP,HIP HOP,THE PROCUSSIONS,VIDEO,REAL HIP HOP,THIBAULT-THIBAULT,THIBAULT,VIDEO,PERFECT HIP HOP SPIRIT,ADVERTISING

French rap group HocusPocus latest video probably used the Secret Pure Perfect HipHop Recipe (eventhought it's a bit naïve nowadays):
classic cuts, killa flows and kick ass graphic/typo animations. You'll make your own judgement, but let me tell ya that if you don't like that, you're like a kid who likes basketball... but not Michael Jordan.
("HipHop" featuring The Procussions, 2006)
see the joint right there
Peace, love and unity brothers.

MS. DEWEY,MICROSOFT,INTERNET,SEARCH ENGINE,SEX FANTASY,THIBAULT-THIBAULT,THIBAULT,ADVERTISING,INTERNET

If you're
- not in a hurry for an info
- in the need to have a virtual chat with someone
- desperate by your teamates humor
or simply looking for a new sex fantasy
Go and get your web infos at Ms.Dewey's place.

It still is more a gadget than anything else, but future is coming kids, and it's coming real fast.

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS,SARKOZY,ROYALE,SEGOLENE ROYALE,NICOLAS SARKOZY,FUTURE DESIRES,THIBAULT-THIBAULT,THIBAULT,ADVERTISING,ADS

PHARELL WILLIAMS,CLIPSE,MR; ME TOO,NEPTUNES,THIBAULT-THIBAULT,VIDEO,KICK ASS SOUND,R'N'B,CLIPSE,CLIPSE,CLIPSE,THIBAULT,MUSIC

Get ready for ''Mr. Mee Too''
Clipse featuring Pharell @ Neptunes. (album later this year)

KISS,GENE SIMMONS,MARKETING,BRAND,THIBAULT-THIBAULT,AGENCY,KISS NEW YORK REHEARSAL 1977,THIBAULT,BRAND BUILDING,KISS,KISS,ROCK'N'ROLL,DETROIT ROCK

Mythical Kiss member (still is!) Gene Simmons traded his leather straight outta satan's workshop outfits and smash-a-chicken boots for hell-made powerpoint presentation and demoniac marketing spirit.

His marketing agency, his music group, his views on building a brand named KISS.
The choice is yours.
On my side, life's too short, you're on my hero list Gene.