Ms. Adverthinker

• Using Twitter as Your Focus Group - Advertising Age - DigitalNext
  (tags: Twitter focus groups research consumer insight technology social media)

• Best of the Web 2008
  (tags: video online viral technology social media YouTube)

• More Readers Are Picking Up Electronic Books - NYTimes.com
  I am a fan of the Amazon Kindle.
  (tags: Kindle Amazon technology reading books digital)
• Online v. print reading: which one makes us smarter? : Scientific American Blog
  (tags: reading books online technology computers screens internet media news research education)

• 10 Random Observations on Ads, Advertising and Ad People - Small Agency Diary - Advertising Age
  (tags: Top 10 Liist advertising observations marketing)

Another brand takes advantage of current events.

This is how a brand should use social media. Zappos, known for their vast shoe catalog, taps into the news of President Bush ducking shoes thrown at him in Iraq and creates their own video. And, they post it immediately to make it relevant.

• Op-Ed Columnist - Lost in the Crowd - NYTimes.com
  (tags: Gladwell Outliners books reading success career)
• No, The Internet Is Not More Popular Than Sex | TechWatch | Fast Company
  (tags: internet technology web online)
• Ad Songs That Didn't Make the Cut - Songs For Soap - Advertising Age
  (tags: music songs advertising commercials tunes)

Interesting interview with a designer of the Obama campaign logo.

• Tubemogul.com News - Online Video Research and Reports
  (tags: online video internet research YouTube Hulu)
• YouTube Videos Pull In Real Money - NYTimes.com
  (tags: YouTube online video technology advertising)

• Apple Pulls a Wii and 'Breaks' a Web Page With Latest Ad - Advertising Age - DigitalNext
  Very cool Apple ad.
  (tags: Apple iPhone iPod Touch website banner online advertising)

• The Top 10 Everything of 2008 - TIME
  (tags: news history lists top ten trends 2008)

• Make Shopping Lists With Your Phone's Camera - Advertising Age - DigitalNext
  (tags: Amazon gift photo iPhone iPod Touch shopping)

• I’m So Totally, Digitally Close to You - Clive Thompson - NYTimes.com
  A couple months old, but worth re-reading.
  (tags: digital Facebook social networking media online technology)

• “A few weeks ago, IBM released a report showing 36% of people watched significantly less TV as a result of their online video viewing. Their study was based on 2,800 people polled across six countries. A more recent report from Nielsen, however, reveal…
  TV viewership not declining as a result of online video.
  (tags: TV television online video YouTube Hulu)
• You’re Leaving a Digital Trail. What About Privacy? - NYTimes.com
  Is privacy a thing of the past?
  (tags: privacy digital social media tracking computers)
• MediaPost Publications - Blogs And Mainstream Media Intersect - 11/26/2008
  Stats on bloggers.
  (tags: blog blogging bloggers media advertising journalism corporate personal demographics research marketing blogs technology internet online newspapers)
• The Cool Factor - Never Let Them See You Sweat - NYTimes.com
  Remaining calm in crisis is a leadership trait.
  (tags: calm personality leadership steady)