Urbanology: September 2010

Utah hates Jared Hess's Utah State Fair ads

Utah thought it wanted Napoleon Dynamite director Jared Hess to create its advertising for the Utah State Fair—until it saw the finished product. Two TV spots showing actor Markus T. Boddie singing lovingly about a pig and a funnel cake (both Utah State Fair staples) have been rejected by the state, though it's not clear exactly why. The client says it's because they have "sexual undertones" and are "over the top." Hess believes it's because the actor is black. "There are some kind of off-the-record grumblings that have [been] made known to me, and I'm pretty certain that that's the reason," Hess says, according to Salt Lake City's NBC affiliate. Boddie, meanwhile, thinks it's weird that the TV spots were pulled but the radio work is airing.

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Testing LinkedIn's Degrees of Separation Theory!

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Mapping the World Tweet by Tweet

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The ‘Pulse of the Nation’ is not the only experiment about mapping tweets and moods on the world map.

Twittervision and twittermood are two other interesting websites along these lines.

These are great platforms for creative social media ideas.
The brainstorming is open and the possibilities of using these technologies for communication purposes are huge.

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Michael Flarup documents the creation of his alternatives to the new iTunes 10 icon.

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The Other Side of Business: Working on a Broadcast Tower - Terrifying!

This is the other side of the media business - engineering.

Helmet Cam shows the absolute terrifying task of repairing a 1700 ft broadcast tower.

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Trends v4 (excerpts, abbreviated version)

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Trends v4 (excerpts, abbreviated version)

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2011 Trend Presentation/Report: Excerpts have been taken from the original presentation given August 2010. Slides represent the visual, talking points of live presentation/discussion. I’m available for corporate meetings, brainstorm sessions and conferences with the capability to research general topics of trend or per request, industry specific interests. Areas of expertise, generating creative-thinking, multimedia marketing platforms and brand strategy sessions.

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2011 Trend Report by Urbanology Inc.

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2011 Trend Presentation/Report: Excerpts have been taken from the original presentation given August 2010. Slides represent the visual, talking points of live presentation/discussion. I’m available for corporate meetings, brainstorm sessions and conferences with the capability to research general topics of trend or per request, industry specific interests. Areas of expertise, generating creative-thinking, multimedia marketing platforms and brand strategy sessions.

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