Articles in the Design Category

The Apple CGI I’m a Mac Santa Holiday Ad
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Posted in Advertising, Apple, Apple Mac, Computing, Design, Internet, Media, TV on 26 December 2007
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In case you missed it – cute, funny, nicely done! (click on screen shot – Apple.com)

Mattel Disney Pixar Cars: How to Buy Factory Sealed Cases Boxes
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Posted in Design, Film, Marketing, Toys on 21 December 2007
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While we have had had a section on buying factory sealed cases within the WHERE TO BUY post, we still get questions about buying sealed cases (what, people don’t read every word I write? 😉 ). While this is a photo of an old box from last year, the current boxes of individual CARS ship […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Cars Checklist: How to Display Your CARS
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, Design, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 7 December 2007
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If you’re collecting the Mattel Disney Pixar CARS and frankly, who isn’t … you might find you are running out of room … I’m eying this place as just about the right size for the collection as it’ll stand after 2008 … Or something less fancy and more functional … Or if you believe you […]

Mattel Pixar Cars Checklist: All the CARS – Photo Blog
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Posted in Design, Film, Marketing, Retail, Toys on 7 December 2007
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Looking For Adventure, Whatever Comes Our Way … The Dinoco 400 Box – Not Just $20 For Three CARS … Low & Slow “Peit-Stop?” “Quart Low? Meet You at Flo’s …” (Ramone? Yea, I seen him …) Luigi’s – Where the Pixar Stars Go … The Tunerz …

AT&T CEO “Leaks” News of iPhone Going 3G
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Posted in Advertising, Apple, Computing, Design, Financial, Gadgets, Internet, iPhone, Marketing, Media, Music, Retail on 2 December 2007
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To some, Randall Stephenson, CEO of AT&T blabbing that a 3G iPhone is coming is a slip of the tongue, to some, it’s a well planned metaphoric stab at Steve Jobs and to others, it’s old news. The bottom line is it’s a combination of all three but the consequences are very mimimal. Why? Because […]

iPhone Review: Aliph Jawbone Bluetooth Headset
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Posted in Apple, Computing, Design, Gadgets, Internet, iPhone, Marketing, Mobile, Retail, Toys on 30 November 2007
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Now that California passed a law that drivers must use a hands free headset, I was forced to go out and get a one … and since a bunch of you were so kind to complain loudly that Apple credited us early iPhone buyers with $100, the headset was essentially a Chistmas present from Apple […]

iPhone “Free” Custom Ringtones Are Back – How To Make Your Own
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Posted in Apple, Apple Mac, Computing, Design, Gadgets, Internet, iPhone, Marketing, Media, Mobile, Music, Retail, Toys on 14 November 2007
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UPGRADE SOME COMPONENTS FIRST You will need to make sure your iPhone is updated to 1.1.2 and iTunes 7.5 & maybe even Quicktime 7.3. Of course, your iPhone upgrade is best handled by clicking on UPDATE after you dock your iPhone and turn on iTunes 7.5. This is a pretty big upgrade including a firmware […]

NBC Direct.com: iTunes Replacement in 11 Steps + Ads!
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Posted in Advertising, Apple, Computing, Design, Gadgets, Internet, iPhone, Marketing, Media, Retail, TV on 12 November 2007
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NBC decided to dump iTunes because they wanted to go down their own path. Why offer consumers, viewers and customer convenience when consumers will do ‘whatever we at NBC say?’ NBC – we’re so good – people should jump through flaming hoops to watch us! iTunes was oh so simple and boring. Sure, ONE CLICK […]

Producers, Option This!, Part III: Web Subway Dream Girl
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Posted in Advertising, Computing, Design, Film, Internet, Marketing on 9 November 2007
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In our now running series, we’re 1 for 2 in picking out random stories on the web that should be made into movies – George Clooney optioned the first post – okay, I seriously doubt he actually saw our blog post – othewise, he would have locked up the rights to #2. Of course, most […]

Portfolio Magazine: The Business of Cluelessness
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Posted in Advertising, Design, Financial, Gadgets, Internet, Magazine, Marketing, Media, TV on 31 October 2007
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PORTFOLIO magazine is the new business magazine from Conde Nast … publishers of VOGUE, GQ and subsequently, the current owners of the NEW YORKER and even WIRED magazine. They are the GE of publishing. We’re here to be #1 in the category, we will wear you down with professionalism, a crack sales staff and if […]