Parker Higgins and Erica Swallow Enter SurprisedSXSW

During the “How to Create a Viral Video” panel at SXSW 2010, the panelists announced a #surprisedsxsw video contest, in which participants would create viral videos based on the super popular and very viral video “Surprised Kitty“. My colleague Parker Higgins and I created three videos for the contest. Apparently, the top 20 videos will…

I $ The Price is Right

Erica Swallow, Maria Kucinski and Parker Higgins created custom “The Price is Right” t-shirts in hopes of being chosen as contestants on the game show during the March 17, 2010 taping.

State of The Internet, 2009

Thanks to Focus, the fastest-growing online business research and media company in the world, we can now consume 2009’s internet stats in neat little pie charts, bar graphs and diagrams. Thank you, Focus!

How I Became an NY Times Olympian

Above: The “NY Times Olympian” Foursquare Badge Above: The New York Times’ Foursquare Page (http://foursquare.com/nytimes) Last weekend, I took a long weekend trip to Vancouver, Canada to visit my friend, Dario. A week prior to the trip, I had no firm plans to go, but an interest in attending the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. Coincidentally, that…

President and First Lady Caught in Advertising Turmoil

(Above: Michelle and Barack Obama pictured in unauthorized ads.) What’s up with publishing unauthorized images of U.S. politicians as brand endorsements? Well, it seems like a new trend. Within the past few days, the White House has issued statements about ads Michelle and Barack Obama have appeared in without consent. Above, Michelle Obama is pictured…