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Care to know what the best thing ever is?

Look no further than here: http://keaneangle.com/thebestthingever

The Best Thing EVER

Thanks to a handy code pack put together by seaofclouds I was able to crank out a sweet little project tonight that always tells you what the best thing ever currently is… in case you were wondering. The page updates automatically, so it’s always up-to-date.

Try it out: Send a tweet containing the phrase “the best thing ever” and then refresh this page. Magic.

New T-shirt Line from A Little Bit Weird

My apparel company launched it’s new line over the weekend. Check out the shop to grab some if you like what you see.

The Internet Hype Curve as of 07-19-09

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In a recent post, I made a chart that showed the relationship between new and emerging technologies and mainstream consumer adoption of those technologies. Marketers are normally early adopters as it’s their job to look out for that latest trend or fad to super-glue their brand to. By the time newer technologies become fully adopted by the majority of consumers, odds are the key moment to leverage that technology has passed.

Marketer Enthusiasm vs. Consumer Adoption of New Technologies

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Twitter. Augmented reality. Insert up and coming technology here. Marketers are always on top of the new hot things. However, the strong majority of consumers in any given target market are never at the adoption level of marketers, especially digitally oriented ones. This is unfortunate.

Fill in the blank. Win a T-shirt.

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Fill in the blank to this drawing, leave in comments below. Person with most awesomest line gets a free t-shirt of the final drawing.

One of the sweetest products I’ve seen in a while

A friend of mine, Nick Camillo (@alittlebitweird) spotted this one today: the Cap-sacâ„¢. It’s a fannypack…that you wear on your head. You can now officially store your pogs, slammers, Magic The Gathering cards and Trolls right in the comfort of your own hat.

The site is about as retro-fabulous as you can get. Cap-sacs cost $12.99 but I’m sure that’s severely under-priced considering the amount of awesomeness that is gained from this cap simply can’t have a price attached to it.

Check out their site here.

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Marketing In 2024: AdBlocking

Fields of solar panels fuel our nations homes and buildings, cars are purely electric and governed by an artificial intelligence that has eliminated traffic jams and enabled vehicles to travel at speeds greater than 300 mph for hours. Humans have begun interfacing with machines and can surf the web from the comfort of their own contact lens.

However, one things missing from a world that has everything - advertising. At least not as we know it today in 2009. In the next 15 years, it is possible that traditional display advertising will be rendered ineffective as a marketing tactic.

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