introspectiveH » funny http://blog.ewherrmann.com examine your mind Sun, 01 Mar 2009 23:41:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Why I Hate the Interwebs – Chapter I http://blog.ewherrmann.com/2007/10/11/why-i-hate-the-interwebs-chapter-i/ http://blog.ewherrmann.com/2007/10/11/why-i-hate-the-interwebs-chapter-i/#comments Fri, 12 Oct 2007 02:33:10 +0000 ewH http://blog.ewherrmann.com/2007/10/11/why-i-hate-the-interwebs-chapter-i/ While social networking allows everyone to communicate, collaborate, and all that other good 2.0 buzzwordy stuff, it also allows your friends to blackmail you.  In this first chapter of Why I Hate the Interwebs, I bring you an old Halloween photo from 2002 that my friend Rachel decided to so graciously post on Facebook. 

I Hate the Interwebs because it has a long memory and doesn't like to be very discreet with your dirty laundry.  I'm dead sexy! 

P.S. Thank you Lord for making me a guy, because I sure do make for one ugly chick! 

]]> http://blog.ewherrmann.com/2007/10/11/why-i-hate-the-interwebs-chapter-i/feed/ 2 Minesweeper – the Movie http://blog.ewherrmann.com/2007/08/07/minesweeper-the-movie/ http://blog.ewherrmann.com/2007/08/07/minesweeper-the-movie/#comments Tue, 07 Aug 2007 18:36:25 +0000 ewH http://blog.ewherrmann.com/2007/08/07/minesweeper-the-movie/ If you are a fan of Minesweeper, you will love this. Thanks to Matthias for passing this along.

]]> http://blog.ewherrmann.com/2007/08/07/minesweeper-the-movie/feed/ 0 I can be your Facebook Stalker http://blog.ewherrmann.com/2007/07/07/i-can-be-your-facebook-stalker/ http://blog.ewherrmann.com/2007/07/07/i-can-be-your-facebook-stalker/#comments Sun, 08 Jul 2007 04:59:19 +0000 ewH http://blog.ewherrmann.com/2007/07/07/i-can-be-your-facebook-stalker/ In honor of the Vendorprisey post last week about facebook's geographic diversion, I had to post this YouTube video below. It really did have me LOL.

I must admit, I'm really not sold yet on the value of Facebook for the Enterprise, but I do think it was pretty brilliant to open it up as a platform. I have found some personal value in it by linking back up with some old high school friends that I haven't talked to in ages. However, it is a little weird to get invites and random messages from people that I don't really know. That's why I love the chorus to this parody of Facebook and Enrique Iglesias’ song Hero:

I can be your facebook stalker
I can click away the pain
I'll be on your wall forever
You can't take my mouse away

I also really laughed at the poke references which Mr. Otter is so found of. Don't worry Thomas, that term has double meaning in America too. :)

]]> http://blog.ewherrmann.com/2007/07/07/i-can-be-your-facebook-stalker/feed/ 0 Do Targeted Ads Really Work? http://blog.ewherrmann.com/2007/04/06/do-targeted-ads-really-work/ http://blog.ewherrmann.com/2007/04/06/do-targeted-ads-really-work/#comments Fri, 06 Apr 2007 08:12:39 +0000 ewH http://blog.ewherrmann.com/2007/04/06/do-targeted-ads-really-work/ I often wonder if there are actually people who buy things from the ads that they see on websites, blogs, etc. I really don't think I have ever bought a single product from this type of advertising model. This seems to be the current way to monetize users, so I suppose there is someone out there falling for this stuff, but who?

I saw a somewhat amusing review on Techcrunch about a site called get GetThemLaid.com that allows someone to post profiles of their lonely, nerdy friends in hopes of them getting lucky. However, the funniest thing I saw when I went there was this "targeted ad" that I got from the AdBrite box:
targeted_ads
Christian Ringtones just for Christians? Now that's funny. Take this quote from a recent blog post by Sig Rinde to heart:

Target means push is afoot. Push is yesterday, thank you very much.
Targeting means also one thing – you will miss more often than hit…

Dear AdBrite, I think you may have just slightly missed the target on this one. It's probably not likely that I will ever be browsing around, thinking to myself, "hmmm…if by some miracle above, my buddy gets lucky tonight, I better buy an Oh Happy Day ringtone to honor the moment." In my humble opinion, I feel that the traditional ad model bubble will eventually burst. I still believe that where there is traffic, there is potential, but I agree with Sig on this one that the old style, push-model is or will be dead. The focus should now be about getting your critical mass in front of you and letting them pull you up to the tipping point.

-ewH

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