On Tuesday evening, my friend James told me a joke that runs like this:
An Israeli recently arrives at London’s Heathrow airport. As he fills out a form, the customs officer asks him: “Occupation?”
The Israeli promptly replies: “No, just visiting!”
For various reasons (partly because it smells slightly of propaganda, partly because I believe jokes are an [...]
Entries from September 2006
Israelis, jokes, and viral advertising
September 15th, 2006 by Mat Morrison · 1 Comment
In Stories
Los Angeles Times - My Space Generation
September 8th, 2006 by Mat Morrison · No Comments
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My Space Data from 5-part LA Times series
Bands, brands and normal people
September 7th, 2006 by Iain MacMillan · 2 Comments
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Stoney needs you
I was recently listening to the Dermot O’Leary Show on Radio 2 (I’m at an age when I think it’s perfectly acceptable to listen to Radio 2). His studio guest was a new folky singer songwriter by the name of Stoney. Part of their conversation revolved around MySpace and the role it [...]
AJAX better than Flash?
September 7th, 2006 by Mat Morrison · 2 Comments
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Gucci and Tiger Beer have both opted for AJAX over Flash. When you look at their sites, there’s only one question: “why?”
YouTube lifecycle data available (preview)
September 6th, 2006 by Mat Morrison · 3 Comments
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A few weeks ago, I posted a note about a project I’m carrying out as part of my ongoing interest in memetics, contagious messaging and so on.
Geek alert: The rest of this story may not be wildly exciting to normal people.
It’s taken me a while to get everything together; the data, the analysis tools [...]