a public scrapbook of notable things found by @maxfenton along the livelong day.
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“ The first step to developing something great is to have a real problem. You can’t solve a problem properly if you don’t experience it firsthand. ”
“ Mr. Costolo pointed to Glennz Tees, an online T-shirt retailer that was part of this winter’s pilot group, as a small business that has already had success using the self-serve platform. After a character on “The Big Bang Theory” appeared on the show wearing a Glennz shirt, the owners took to their Twitter account and bought up terms related to the show. Mr. Costolo claims they doubled their holiday sales over the previous year and tripled their Twitter followers. ”
Twitter Opens Up Self-Serve Ad Platform to 10,000 Small Businesses on AdAge.
Link to Glennz Tees
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Banksy on Advertising
“People are taking the piss out of you everyday. They butt into your life, take a cheap shot at you and then disappear. They leer at you from tall buildings and make you feel small. They make flippant comments from buses that imply you’re not sexy enough and that all the fun is happening somewhere else. They are on TV making your girlfriend feel inadequate. They have access to the most sophisticated technology the world has ever seen and they bully you with it. They are “The Advertisers” and they are laughing at you.
You, however, are forbidden to touch them. Trademarks, intellectual property rights and copyright law mean advertisers can say what they like wherever they like with total impunity.
Fuck that. Any advert in a public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It’s yours to take, re-arrange and re-use. You can do whatever you like with it. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head.
You owe the companies nothing. Less than nothing, you especially don’t owe them any courtesy. They owe you. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don’t even start asking for theirs.”
~ Banksy
Tomorrow I am Djing a special Valentines Day party at the McKittrick Hotel, home of the amazing Sleep No More. It seems like you might only have 1(!) hour left to buy a ticket to the party. The performance is long sold out…. I am super excited. Some of the cast has requested IMA READ. Yes!
IMA READ by Zebra Katz.
Invite Image from: mynameisellie
We just announced this event we’re having at Housing Works, with McNally Jackson, The Rumpus, and the newly “out” Dear Sugar herself, the inimitable Cheryl Strayed. It’s going to be amazing. So amazing. Get a ticket soon, it will sell out!
Poster design and illustration by Andrea Sparacio.
This is going to be Totally. Fucking. Epic.
Tomorrow I am Djing a special Valentines Day party at the McKittrick Hotel, home of the amazing Sleep No More. It seems like you might only have 1(!) hour left to buy a ticket to the party. The performance is long sold out…. I am super excited. Some of the cast has requested IMA READ. Yes!
IMA READ by Zebra Katz.
Invite Image from: mynameisellie
