I’ve started a new blog called, Hey, My Mom Used to Make That!
It’s dedicated to Madison Avenue’s contribution to the dinner table. That is, ads that feature recipes.
Many of the recipes have stood the test of time. Others may not appeal to today’s tastes and concerns about fat grams and carbs. And some of the recipes are for foods so awful even Fido would rather bury than eat them.
You’re cordially invited to drop by anytime.
Scaramouch, in his last post on YesButNoButYes, shares many bits of wisdom worth reading. Here's just one:
People are deeply schizophrenic about "NSFW" content. Several advertising networks refused to let us carry ads unless we deleted a list of stories they sent us. That list matched with our most trafficked stories of all time EXACTLY. So ultimately the very thing these networks were trying to disassociate their advertisers with was the same thing the customers for those advertisers wanted the most."
Laura Dowling is the new White House florist. Her designs are breathtaking. Treat yourself and take a couple of minutes to look through Laura Dowling's blog.
It's my new favorite blog.
It's a riff on Stuff White People Like.
My favorite Thing Marketing People Love -- because I personally LOATHE it -- Data Visualization:
Smashing Magazine has posted 50 Great Blog Designs. Here are some of my favorites from the collection.
None of the blogs with reverse type made my list. Reading type against a black background makes my eyes bleed.
I've just discovered a new blog: Your Logo Makes Me Barf.
It looks as though the blog has only been around for about a month. But it already includes an impressive collection of vomitous logos. Like these:
You want to look away. But you can't.
What kind of mind creates logos like these?
I know I'll be going back to see Your Logo Makes Me Barf again and again.
Marty Weil at ephemera was kind enough to interview me for his blog. CLICK HERE to read the interview.
If you haven't yet discovered ephemera, go take a look. It's full of wonderful images of vintage ephemera (not all of them advertising, which should make my nemesis K very happy). Marty also includes the back stories to all his images so his blog is not only entertaining but a legitimate chronicle of history.
My other blog is called Found in Mom's Basement and devoted to vintage advertising.
Jalopnik has a post titled Ten Cars You Can Live In After Your Home Is Repossessed.
According to a Washington Post article, almost 10% of real estate brokers are blogging. And consumers are starting to judge real estate brokers by their blogs.
CLICK HERE to read the article.
Image: I See Modern Britain at Flickr
Source: The Consumerist
[bb-blog] bills itself as, "A site of link-ity goodness." It's one of my favorites.
* Actually, the post was from yesterday, but I didn't see it until today.
