King of the Apple pundits Jon Gruber takes us to school on Apple’s now all-but-announced tablet computer. In his trademark style – ultra thorough and full of sharp insight – he cuts through the chafe and gets to the facts, and then adds in some useful analysis. No Gizmodo-style rumor-of-the-moment twaddle here. Two key assesments: [...]
Monthly Archives: December 2009
Infographic of the Week: Audi’s $20 million Frankfurt Auto Show stand, by the numbers
via caranddriver.com The graphic itself is less than stellar, but the information it calls out is fascinating. Mostly, beyond the mere expense of the display, the accounting of the time, planning, people, and supplies required to build this miniature and temporary temple to personal transportation is rather astounding. A year of planning, 25 days to [...]
“Grrrr” – Adweek’s Commercial of the Decade
via Adweek This ad – which I’ve never seen before – has been crowned King of the Commercials. It’s a pretty impressive feat to take the word hate and turn it into a feel-good ad for a car company. But, they did it! And, to answer the question asked in the commercial, “Can hate be [...]
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Lieberman and Nelson craft HCR “compromise”, then announce their opposition to it
Let’s see… one is from a state whose largest city is Omaha, the other is from a state whose largest city is Hartford. What do those two cities have in common? via Balloon Juice Time after time, these scoundrels place the interests of key campaign donors over those of the voters. An endless stream of [...]
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Off to LA
…for the LA Auto Show and some quality SoCal time. However, the weather is not cooperating. Slight improvement in the forecast, though. Thought it was going to be like: but it turns out it’s looking like this:
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22-page glossy ad insert in SF Weekly: The Rolling Papers, a medical marijuana guide
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