Once, a long time ago, I was in a Labatt’s Beer focus group. I got twenty bucks and a free beer out of the deal. I doubt that Labatt’s took my answers to heart (“which of these abstract blue splashes makes you want beer more?”) but I understood the process.
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The Church Of Mothra - Home Of The Breakfast Mojito! ©: Hasbro: Taking Scrabulous Away May Not Be Enough
Once, a long time ago, I was in a Labatt’s Beer focus group. I got twenty bucks and a free beer out of the deal. I doubt that Labatt’s took my answers to heart (“which of these abstract blue splashes makes you want beer more?”) but I understood the pro…
Continue readingThe Church Of Mothra - Home Of The Breakfast Mojito! ©: Oil Prices Change. Greed Remains The Same.
Consider this before you heave that big sigh of relief that the price of a barrel of oil is down a couple of bucks: Chevron just announced a record profit of 11 billion dollars in the last quarter. Exxon is currently making over $89,000 per minute. And you? Where is
Continue readingThe Church Of Mothra - Home Of The Breakfast Mojito! ©: Oil Prices Change. Greed Remains The Same.
Consider this before you heave that big sigh of relief that the price of a barrel of oil is down a couple of bucks: Chevron just announced a record profit of 11 billion dollars in the last quarter. Exxon is currently making over $89,000 per minute. And you? Where is
Continue readingThe Church Of Mothra - Home Of The Breakfast Mojito! ©: Oil Prices Change. Greed Remains The Same.
Consider this before you heave that big sigh of relief that the price of a barrel of oil is down a couple of bucks:Chevron just announced a record profit of 11 billion dollars in the last quarter. Exxon is currently making over $89,000 per minute.And y…
Continue readingThe Church Of Mothra - Home Of The Breakfast Mojito! ©: Facebook, Scrabble, Scrabulous: Hasbro Unwittingly Makes A Political Point
Dad was always ruining Family Games Night with unwelcome commentaries on economic theory… The ongoing cyberspace PR disaster over Scrabble on Facebook continues, and brings with it (unintentionally) an important point about political theory. Consider for a moment some of the traditional arguments used by conservatives/neocons/libertarians that any given government
Continue readingThe Church Of Mothra - Home Of The Breakfast Mojito! ©: Facebook, Scrabble, Scrabulous: Hasbro Unwittingly Makes A Political Point
Dad was always ruining Family Games Night with unwelcome commentaries on economic theory… The ongoing cyberspace PR disaster over Scrabble on Facebook continues, and brings with it (unintentionally) an important point about political theory. Consider for a moment some of the traditional arguments used by conservatives/neocons/libertarians that any given government
Continue readingThe Church Of Mothra - Home Of The Breakfast Mojito! ©: Facebook, Scrabble, Scrabulous: Hasbro Unwittingly Makes A Political Point
Dad was always ruining Family Games Night with unwelcome commentaries on economic theory…The ongoing cyberspace PR disaster over Scrabble on Facebook continues, and brings with it (unintentionally) an important point about political theory.Consider f…
Continue readingThe Church Of Mothra - Home Of The Breakfast Mojito! ©: Facebook Shuts Down Scrabulous: How To Not Win Friends And Influence People
Facebook has shut down access from The U.S. and Canada to Scrabulous, a Scrabble clone that has turned out to be an insanely popular feature with Facebook users, myself included. If you’ve been following this story at all, you’ll know that this is a matter of copyright infringement, and that
Continue readingThe Church Of Mothra - Home Of The Breakfast Mojito! ©: Facebook Shuts Down Scrabulous: How To Not Win Friends And Influence People
Facebook has shut down access from The U.S. and Canada to Scrabulous, a Scrabble clone that has turned out to be an insanely popular feature with Facebook users, myself included. If you’ve been following this story at all, you’ll know that this is a matter of copyright infringement, and that
Continue readingThe Church Of Mothra - Home Of The Breakfast Mojito! ©: Facebook Shuts Down Scrabulous: How To Not Win Friends And Influence People
Facebook has shut down access from The U.S. and Canada to Scrabulous, a Scrabble clone that has turned out to be an insanely popular feature with Facebook users, myself included.If you’ve been following this story at all, you’ll know that this is a mat…
Continue readingThe Church Of Mothra - Home Of The Breakfast Mojito! ©: It Really IS "McNews"
“Bitch, where’s my traffic report?” McDonald’s wants to penetrate your consciousness some more… this time by making obnoxious product placements in major American news markets. For one thing, this may mean you aren’t very likely to see this story about a restaurant in Dearborn, Michigan that’s willing to sell halal
Continue readingThe Church Of Mothra - Home Of The Breakfast Mojito! ©: It Really IS "McNews"
“Bitch, where’s my traffic report?” McDonald’s wants to penetrate your consciousness some more… this time by making obnoxious product placements in major American news markets. For one thing, this may mean you aren’t very likely to see this story about a restaurant in Dearborn, Michigan that’s willing to sell halal
Continue readingThe Church Of Mothra - Home Of The Breakfast Mojito! ©: It Really IS "McNews"
“Bitch, where’s my traffic report?”McDonald’s wants to penetrate your consciousness some more… this time by making obnoxious product placements in major American news markets.For one thing, this may mean you aren’t very likely to see this story about…
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