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By Vegasbab, March 3, 2009 4:28 am

I like Facebook’s newest meme much more than the 25 Random Things one.

Admittedly, this is my second album cover. I did my first one at work on a whim and didn’t save nor can remember what the band or album name was. The picture was of an Asian woman being choked from behind

The Wikipedia article behind Rival Lovers can be found here and the quote here.

Here’s how to make yours:

1. Go to Wikipedia. Hit random. The first random article you get is the name of your band
2. Go to Random Quotations. The last four or five words of the very last quote on the page is the title of your first album.
3. Go to Flickr. Click “explore the last seven days“.
4. Put it all together and post.

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By Vegasbab, March 2, 2009 11:53 pm

Yep, this is another post about the Skittles website redesign. Why? Because I feel like it.

The site launched last week. It took the twitterverse about 4 days (2 business days) to really become abuzz about it. I’m sure the articles in AdRants, AdFreak and every other industry mag helped a bit.

Here’s ten things I wonder about the approach:

1. Did Mars/Skittles/their agency (Skittles for the rest of this post) start listening and/or check the twitter buzz before creating the site? I hope so, but really, before last week, there wasn’t much talk about Skittles (see below picture). Even these past four days there’s not much REAL content about skittles. And by real, I mean comments that aren’t lewd or talk about their new site.
2. It feels like Deja vu of the Modernista site (and a few others). TONS of buzz when it launched. These days? People rarely talk or reference Modernista. Granted, people outside the ad world still have no idea it exists.
3. Did Skittles take into account that a lot of immature people would write inappropriate stuff just to show up? For example, and please DO NOT click if you are easily offended, this tweet that showed up on their “homepage”. (PS – In the last 24 hours there were 80 tweets with this word combination).
4. Twenty-five percent of Skittles.com relies on Twitter Search. What happens when Twitter Search is down? What happens if Twitter decides to shut down or change search? Yes, yes, this can happen to any site, but if I was a major brand, I’d feel more comfortable if the majority of my site was hosted and maintained by yours truly. Or, at least someone I paid big bucks to.
5. According to Quantcast, 42% of the Skittles demo is 17 years old or younger. Yet, to enter their “site” you have to be 13 or older. Hmmm. Seems odd to me, but according to legalese 13 and under is considered a “young child”. Although, according to the info, it does seem like youngin’s were allowed on the old site.
6. They’re using social media / this redesign to connect to their teen audience according to WSJ. Double hmmm.
7. @Skittles is a private, personal account with three tweets and one follower. Did they make any attempt to contact and/or buy that twitter handle? Are they just using us and never plan on participating?
8. Their YouTube Channel is lacking. Three videos? One favorite? Wouldn’t you at least seed with more favorites before launching?
9. Navigating to the “basics” is difficult to impossible. You know, like where can I BUY skittles.
10. Talk of online purchasing is listed in small print under the “Other Gobbledygook” header. Really? You consider my money ”other gobbledygook?”? Really?

Skittles Chatter courtesy of WSJ

So yes, while I and a crapload of other advertising/marketing folk are TALKING about Skittles no one is jumping on the bandwagon to BUY Skittles (yet). Personally, I like my gobstoppers much better

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By Vegasbab, March 2, 2009 1:53 am

One of my favorite poems by Brian Andreas. I thought it was apropo to “celebrate” today.

They left me
with your shadow
Life is not fair

& I believed them
for a long time.

But today,
I remembered
the way you laughed
& the heat
of your hand
in mine

& I knew that
life is more fair
than we can
ever imagine
if
we are there to live it.

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By Vegasbab, March 1, 2009 2:07 pm

Thanks to twitter and @webofsecrets, I started watching Big Love. It’s great. But, I feel sorry for the husband. Admittedly, I’ve never experienced polygamy, but, if I was the guy, I don’t think I could handle it. Here’s why:

• - One woman is temperamental enough. Can you imagine having to deal with three? Especially when all three had the same “visitor” at the same time of the month.
• - Just look at the three wives in the show. No matter how hard women try, there’s always jealously and cattiness. Humans are naturally competitive, more so when it comes to survival of the fittest.
• - Poor guy has to stick to a schedule. He can’t deviate it from it or he risks making the other two women upset or jealous. What happens if I want steak instead of chicken for dinner? If I could never choose on a whim, I think I’d become bitter and frustrated.

In case you were wondering, I don’t think I’ll be experimenting with polygamy anytime soon. I’m just not a fan of schedules and planning