Sunday, March 21, 2010
"Reform"
Forcing working Americans to pay a trillion dollars to insurance companies who are loathe to pay medical bills when the insured needs them is being touted as a good idea. Insurance companies have a lot more practice saying no than a distraught parent has at getting them to say yes.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Who's Watching You While You Are Watching Them?
Have you noticed those electronic displays at Whole Foods that are used to promote various in store brands? Some are outfitted with video measurement of DOOH messaging (that's a mouthful)
Foot traffic was found to be about 100,000 monthly, and the network had 75 percent viewership. Peak time-of-day impressions varied widely, but Tuesday was the day with the strongest weekday audience. Screens at grocery and supplements were viewed the most, while screens near seafood, meat and produce were viewed the least.The software does gaze tracking and gender identification. Hook it up with image recognition and Facebook's social networking and you have Minority Report's targeted advertising.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Palin to Headline McCain Rally
Palin is going to campaign for Sen. Grumpy in AZ. What is she going to say? "How can I quit you?"
Monday, March 15, 2010
Attention: Marketing Department
Was the Ides of March the best time to push the Senate plan for health care "reform"?
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
The Prince and the Pauper
Republicans, once again, are trying to do something to halt death and taxes and as always their concern is for the super rich rather than real Americans. Case in point, the millions of autistic kids whose parents will try to set them up with benefits from life insurance will lose all of their inheritance if they are barely getting by on state assistance. Meanwhile, Republicans are feverishly working to make sure Paris Hilton gets every penny of the billions of dollars that will be left to her because obviously the suffering would be unbearable.
Poor, disabled heirs : 100% tax rate. Rich, spoiled, snotty heiresses :0% tax rate
Poor, disabled heirs : 100% tax rate. Rich, spoiled, snotty heiresses :0% tax rate
