Seeing Hitachi’s new education/promotion animation reminded me of how companies have been successful in harnessing viral media effects on the Internet. I’ve compiled a short list of fun examples below:

Hitachi’s "Get Perpendicular"
Honda’s "The Cog"
Burger King’s "Subservient Chicken"

This kind of advertising is not necessarily that expensive or difficult. Creative is king. If it’s good, the ad […]

I’m currently decompressing after working all weekend (argh!) and I happened upon GeoURL through MeFi. This site tracks sites by latitude and longitude. It’s pretty cool because you can see sites that are physically near you.
Check out the satellite shot of a phytoplankton bloom I found through GeoURL.
I’ve been evangelizing about Google Maps/Local for a […]

Huygens lands and sends pics from TitanBut CBC Radio news just said that Titan is the first moon to be exploded since our own. Whoops!
ESPN has a plan to start the NHL from scratchLots of good ideas, but I don’t like the larger net.