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Re: Marriott Surprise & Delight Promotion: Award Points Redeposits

@Edw3rd — Sat, 13 Jul 2019 10:55:14 -0000

Shaun, beats what I get - constant Bonvoy reminders to get a credit card or buy a cruise. No thanks.

Re: P&G Returns to Celebrate Olympic Moms, Trip Babies, Push Children

@Edw3rd — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 22:30:07 -0000

C'mon, it's Procter, not Proctor

Re: Motorola Chops Price on Wi-Fi Xoom Tablet Amid Tough Competition

@Edw3rd — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 19:30:37 -0000

Still too expensive.

Re: RIM Co-CEO: Come With Me and You’ll Be in a World of Pure Imagination

@Edw3rd — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 08:22:13 -0000

This reminds me of IBM exec's explaining to the world how OS2 Warp would keep Windows95 out of the enterprises... tsk, tsk.

Re: Getting RIM’s PlayBook From Mike Lazaridis (Video)

@Edw3rd — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 08:19:43 -0000

Repeat after me: OS2 Warp, OS2 Warp, OS2 Warp

Re: HP Introduces webOS TouchPad Tablet, New Phones

@Edw3rd — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 09:03:58 -0000

With Mobile World Congress next week, this event could finally drive some serious global attention for HP. They were clever to wait out the CES noise.

Re: ATT Pulls Out All the Stops as Verizon Starts Taking iPhone Pre-Orders

@Edw3rd — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 09:11:46 -0000

They also offered $49 3GS phones if you add family lines to your plan.

Re: '1984': As Good As It Gets

@Edw3rd — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:19:10 -0000

Cassandra,
You've helped illustrate the difference between creative development and public relations, but I'm not clear that you understand it.

Having worked with Steve, I would attest that his stories are grounded in facts, as are his ads. I was one of those little guys often sent out to dig up factoids, nuggets, esoteric claims, or whatever you want to call them. Tech ad development builds out the early promises and trials of technology, and what it can do. The talent of creatives like Ridley Scott, Steve Hayden and others is to reveal the right nugget in a special way.

What surprises me is that, as a journalist, you've missed a byline opportunity.

Re: Interview: T-Mobile CEO Philip Humm Embraces Role as Challenger to Verizon, Sprint and AT&T

@Edw3rd — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 09:22:09 -0000

Sorry, but in the words of my 14-year old daughter, the "T-Mobile ads are, like, really insulting".

Perhaps combative is a message Humm needs to deliver to re-engage employees. And, maybe, "value" is a message that will resonate with the lower ends of the market. (for us, and most people I know, "value" is about multi-screen access from anywhere to our content)

Re: Exclusive: Ad Tech Startups Banding Together To Take On Google And Microsoft

@Edw3rd — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:10:39 -0000

There is definitely something to be said for the idea of shared anonymous data integrating digital and analog media results... The question in my mind is whether this is just another platform land grab, or an industry oriented initiative intended to change the landscape.

Re: Hot Swap at the Top: AMD CEO Out

@Edw3rd — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:13:12 -0000

Perhaps the excellent public performances by Jen-Hsun Huang pushed the board over the edge. From the Audi love-fest to the Microsoft AMR announcements, NVIDIA delivered. Hey, he even kept the smiles going with Ina Fried during AllThingsD @CES.

Re: Fear and Loathing on Madison Avenue

@Edw3rd — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 11:21:14 -0000

Jim, I'd work with you again anytime! I don't whine. Really.

Re: Jon Stewart Explains WikiLeaks to the Rest of Us

@Edw3rd — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 09:57:16 -0000

I think the public reaction would have been different had someone unzipped congressional Caucus and PAC files rather than dredging FoggyBottom.

Re: Can Broadband Infrastructure Handle Digital Prime Time?

@Edw3rd — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 08:34:52 -0000

Have to agree there's an inflection point ahead. Netflix and it's integrations across platforms has changed our family viewing habits completely. While many talk about price as the Netflix driver, I believe price is actually way down the list after ease of use, variety, no ads, high quality, etc. Low expected price is a way to get people sampling it. Now, if only we could get an occasional live stream of a few things (OK, it's really just certain ball games + my wife and ice skating), we'd drop Comcast completely.

Re: How To Mass Export All Of Your Facebook Friends’ Private Email Addresses

@Edw3rd — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 15:50:54 -0000

interesting, when I had attempted to do the same thing, Yahoo shows it successfully imported "0" FB contacts.

Re: Monaco Memo: Fantasy Meets Reality

@Edw3rd — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 12:40:05 -0000

Wow. Nice to see Adweek investing in important global news gathering.

Re: What Today's Young Adults Believe

@Edw3rd — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 08:18:03 -0000

Some young people at the University of Georgia are bootstrapping a company to change young adult travel habits.

Please vote for them in the British Airways contest: http://tinyurl.com/2fjjlev

Re: Who, Us? Netflix Says Its Customers Aren’t Cord Cutters

@Edw3rd — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 08:28:35 -0000

I'm in the midst of cutting the Comcast cord myself... internet enabled TV, Netflix account, and HD antenna that gets clearer HD picture of ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX then the cable version. What's holding us back are kids and live sports programming.

Re: Home Depot, MRM Split Up

@Edw3rd — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 08:34:51 -0000

MRM: talk about BDA. Home Depot guys are retail inventory and logistics fanatics, and you expected a fair exchange for agency efforts? Has anyone there never had to Face and Front a shelf? LOL

Re: MySpace Taps New Content Chief

@Edw3rd — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 08:27:02 -0000

Am I reading his quote right? Basically, we're a political quagmire but I can get stuff done... bad PR flak, bad PR flak

Re: Google TV’s New Pitch: Let Us Scare the Crap Out of You

@Edw3rd — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:55:39 -0000

Sorry, but this is creepy advertising, playing into our fears of the internet more than the by gone days of television. #FAIL

Re: T-Mobile’s Paper-Wasting Efforts Continue on the Football Field - AgencySpy

@Edw3rd — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:55:53 -0000

Oh yeah. Having an Unlimited plan really helps families stick together. While the idea of kids texting away your money is fine, to include the corporate message is absurd at best.

Re: Great–An Immobile Mobile TV iPad App

@Edw3rd — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:07:44 -0000

Absolute crap argument. And what exactly is outside the home, my WiFi signal strength? Do I need to buy their Femto cells too if it's a larger house?

I noticed just last night that at&t has begun running their iPhone TV-Uverse commercials, and it sure looked outside the house. Hmm, coinkidink?

http://www.att.com/gen/pres...

Re: Today in Unverified Apple-Verizon News

@Edw3rd — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:04:37 -0000

I would expect we read about a big commitment in Asia region before a Verizon commitment simply because it's huge and Apple has less control over distribution there. It's been a challenging grey/black market for iPhone's since day one, and the operators (and governments?) are very eager to sell a CDMA iPhone.

Re: 'On the Record' Live Vote!

@Edw3rd — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 22:58:31 -0000

Here is the Larry Lessig speech given at TED Boston. http://castroller.com/podca...

Why is the media not discussing this?

We need to Change Congress. Period.