Thursday, July 17, 2008

Mixi music hurt

I'm going to be honest I'm truly hurt and disappointed. I logged onto mixi(ミクシイ) the other day and found out they have a new radio like thing. Unluckily I had to get off the computer and then was too busy to sign back on. So yesterday I finally signed back on to find out you can only use the radio feature if you are in Japan!

I understand why with legal channels it would just be for Japan. It makes perfect sense but I still love music.

I call this poem "Mixi music hurt":
音楽を聴けない
心痛い
ミクシイ家どうして

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

ADS

Do advertisements really work? I wonder. I think most advertisements only drive me away from them. A commercial comes on tv-I want to change the channel. Some ad pops up on the computer screen-I want to close it to make sure my program doesn't run slow. Junk mail-only gets in the way until I eventually throw it away. The only advertisements that may work are those that blend in with the background. With no sounds, no lights,nothing that could bother anyone. Yes, that also means that they will also be easier to ignore but if businesses want customers like me I guess it's a chance they have to take.

I guess In theory build-boards could work but there are generally too many and they are too large. Which just means my eyes try to look past them.The best advertising I've seen is Nascar. There are so many sponsor names attached to cars, clothes and stuff that it looks like some type of decoration. After that it's just a question of good angling by the driver when they are out of the car and tv cameras on the cars.I wonder what the next great marketing tactic will be