jbenz
Joined 18 years ago
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Recent submissions
Comment · 6 years ago
You're making yourself look like a total Luddite by discounting quantum-computing-added drone-delivery-optimized software systems. I mean, thanks for playing, though.
Comment · 6 years ago
After submitting this, I discovered:
If you click the coronavirus icon in the top left a few times, the data doesn't seem quite that bad...
Comment · 9 years ago
The number one person in power at Amazon = the number one person in power at the Washington Post.
Comment · 9 years ago
The Rock came out when I was 13 so needless to say, I'm a big fan.
I absolutely thought VX Nerve Agent was fictional until today.
Comment · 10 years ago
Hey, I hired YouTubers via FameBit quite a bit ago to help make videos like this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=1&v=Ko586_GPuR8
I have to say, it was a great experience. Famebit encouraged both sides to be open and transparent. They wanted to their YouTubers to include a note like "sponsored by so and so".
We wanted that too. As an advertiser, I'm not trying to sneak into the native content of unsuspecting viewers. I want everyone to know the scenario. The fewer surprises, the better.
And this type of thing works great on YouTube. Users aren't totally scornful of sponsored content. I wish more platforms were like this. Can you imagine how angry most reddit users would be if someone posted original content (even if it was great) and said "This is a paid posting by..."
Sadly, it didn't work out for long with FameBit. We were getting a lot of new storefront owners... but they seemed very young, and they had no concept of copyright issues. That's a story for another day.
Comment · 10 years ago
I guarantee I never would have heard about this video (which sounds hilarious) if not for this news story.
Pretty sure the NRA knows who Barbara Streisand is. There were all upset about her movie, The Long Island Incident. Maybe they are not as familiar with her Effect.
Comment · 10 years ago
Let's say Netflix asks the production company for the cast. DIC Entertainment went defunct 7 years ago. Let's say they were still around though. Would someone there have to dig through physical filing cabinets? Or would they just google it?
Bottom line: Henry Winkler voicing a shark as a meta-jumped-the-shark reference is brilliant.
Comment · 11 years ago
I think it is easy for the design world (myself included) to take itself too seriously sometimes, and start to sound pretentious.
This seems like a great antidote. I think it's funny. Design needs more humor.
I love the scrolling "BUY TICKETS" and the rollover effect of the cursor gripping a wad of bills. Ha.
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