February, 2008 Archive

Boy, did I screw up

Monday, February 11th, 2008

I'm part of the Avenue A | Razorfish team responsible for our employee blogging program. As such, I co-wrote our employee blogging policy, which happens to include this gem of a statement: "keep up with your work. Don't let blogging interfere with your job." Man, that's what I call ...

All you need is love

Monday, February 11th, 2008

The most gratifying Grammy award last night went to Sir George Martin and his son Giles for producing the most stunning musical mash-up in history, the Beatles "Love." At age 82, Sir George could be forgiven for resting on his laurels. But instead he and Giles took an ...

Super Bowl? Super Brand

Saturday, February 9th, 2008

Super Bowl XLII is already remembered as one of the most shocking upsets in sports history -- and that's no hype. But it was also history's second-most watched American TV broadcast of any kind. The Super Bowl has finally become a super brand worthy of all the hype. And ...

Now that’s what I call superhype, part 4

Friday, February 1st, 2008

Hollywood provides a lifetime of blogworthy content for Superhype. Consider The Bucket List, widely regarded as another example of the sad decline of Rob Reiner's directing career. The movie scored a paltry 42 percent rating on rottentomatoes.com and a scathing 1-star rating from Roger Ebert. Tell that to Warner ...