WORLD NEWS FLASH – The Internet is Larger then the Televisions

According to the latest Infinite Dial study by Arbitron and Edison Research

The internet has surpassed TV as the “most essential” medium.

Wait – read that again. For the first time, the internet surpassed TV as the “most essential” medium.

49% of those studied said they would eliminate the TV over 48% who said they would eliminate the internets. 3% were apparently missing.

In other news – 24% of us have listened to an iPod in an automobile at some point in out lives after we turned older then 12 and 54% of us who own a “portable digital music device” have connected it into our cars.

[Interesting Read]

Female Control

[iPhone Video Link]

Being out of touch with pop culture is a bad thing. Luckily I spent a night with my couture connoisseur of female creative power… and she caught me up to speed. Cousin Elizabeth – thank you for the wine and dine … and the new queen of pop experience.

What I enjoy seeing here is the Michael Jackson’esque resemblance of story line music videos – along with the processes’ of technology regression. Look for them.

Enjoy.

Axe Detailer – Clean Your Balls

[iDevice Link] <— repost on 01.04.11 441,891 views Similar to the 2006 success of the Philips Body Groom – AXE knows how to play the “lets market on the internets” game too.

It’s good to revisit genius marketing and look back at the 2008 launch of the AXE Detailer.

Successful? Don’t just take my word for it.

Take care when using on sensitive areas.

Vegas Extreme Skydiving – √

[iDevice Link] <— 89 views March 20th, 2010 - By far one of the most relaxing experiences of all time. If you jump at Vegas Extreme Skydiving – You want to jump with Brian Moler. Request him and tip large. Tell him the crazy skydiver from denver sent you.

RJ, Dan, Dave, Mike … What an amazing feeling and opportunity.
Thank you so much.

Rally Drift – Monster vs Redbull vs Rockstar

In November we saw Tanner and his new 600HP Scion V8 at SEMA in Vegas. It is good to finally see it in action.

Basically…

Red Bull has Travis Pastrana
Monster has Ken Block
Rockstar has Tanner Foust

… and they have all made somewhat unique YouTubes.

So who wins?

Monster Ken Block June 1st, 2009 Gymkhana Two
Red Bull Travis Pastrana Dec 23rd, 2009 Making of teaser
Dec 31st, 2009 New Years No Limits (Live)
Rockstar Tanner Foust Feb 22nd, 2010 Mulholland Teaser
March 15th, 2010 Mulholland Drift
April 5th, 2010 Behind the Scenes

.
.
.
. In depth review to appear here:
.
.
.

2009 Media Elements

In 2009 I averaged just over 69 captured media elements a day which is directly on par with the last three years.

I shot 9,582 videos and 14,304 photos on the canon. 1,421 came from the iPhone which is no longer a daily pocket device for me.

Bud Light – Clothing Drive


[YouTubeUlar] <— 355,326 (repost on 4/7/13) Swear Jar meets Clothing Drive. I’m not a fan of Bud Light as a consumable beverage, but I am a fan of how much money Bundweiser spends on marketing. Especially on internets only releases.

This commercial I do not believe is unique enough or cut well enough to make me a believer. Some good ideas and scenes, but just a little too long for my liking.

However uniquely similar to Swear Jar… should have made this one a minute too.

Not Genius.

Top 10 December Viral

  1. Activision – Skateboard Dog, agency: Droga 5; Sharethrough
  2. National Geographic – Deadly Predator
  3. New Zealand Book Council – Going West, agency: Colenso BBDO
  4. Victoria’s Secret – One Gift
  5. Plane Stupid – Polar Bears
  6. Intel – Cannonbells, agency: MRM London
  7. Breast Cancer Awareness – Pink Glove Dance
  8. Orbit – Clean it up, agency: Evolution Bureau, Sharethrough
  9. Epson – Extreme Gamer, agency: twentysix
  10. Muscle Milk – Sexy Pilgrim, agency: Pereira & O’Dell, Sharethrough

Genius: 2, 3, 4
Not Genius: 1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Hydle Favorite: