You might have missed this hilarity. TELUS thinks it's customers are "broke dead beats." Or at least they did very briefly. The telecom giant was forced to apologize after user accounts somehow became home to the following web copy.
"Why do I need a credit check?
You may be broke, therefore highly unlikely to pay your bill.
We just don't want to lose money, you dead beat. You know how it is..."
Read more to see the screen shot.
Only a few times have I seen a brand take over another brand's website. Toyota did it with a very engaging Dictionary.com advertisement for the Prius not unlike the one I have posted below. Bud Light-Lime has decided to attempt to grab the attention of us while we check on the weather. Clicking on it actually takes you to there Facebook page, which is something that more and more brands have been doing. Many TV commercials actually only direct viewers to Facebook.comIInsertBrandName. Brands are finding newer and more innovative ways to engage us everyday. The questions is, How effective will their tactics actually be?
You can see below that YouTube has added a preview carousel/slideshow to the bottom of the playlist screen. It doesn't really add any special or new functionality, however, it does look pretty neat. I guess it also makes it easier to see songs/videos that you might want to skip ahead to.
Oh, and no making fun of the artists on my playlist!
There's no way I'm actually writing a blog post about food. But I am... Let's just get it over with. Below you will find a warm pasta dish I invented. I do have to admit that I was inspired by a photo of Mediterranean Orzo Salad I saw in the Metro today. But this baby below is all me.
See this tweet (http://twitter.com/johnsonWilliam/status/19863853091) for the ingredients. Use common sense to cook it up and enjoy!
CBC Reporter Melanie Nagy recently met up with me to discuss social media and the Canadian census debate. Nagy and I spoke for about 10 minutes, but they only used about 15 seconds of it in the actual program. And though the clip is short, I thought I would post the link to it anyway. View it HERE.
