by Freddy J. Nager, Twitter Scout and Founder of Atomic Tango LLC
Critical times like these spawn critical questions: How do we provide healthcare to 300 million people? Can conflicts over culture and religion ever be resolved? If wind blows into one of Sarah Palin’s ears will it come out the other?
But the question I regularly [...]
Entries Tagged as 'spoof'
Words of, uh, Wisdom: How to Score More Twitter Followers
October 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments · How To Tips
Notes for a Screenplay: If Real Life Were Like Twitter…
September 25th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Random Observations
by Freddy J. Nager, Screenwriter Wannabe and Part-Time Tweeter
INT. CORPORATE CUBE FARM – DAY
One guy is following another guy really closely. “I’m following you, so just follow me back, OK, OK, just follow me, please follow me, follow follow…”
Kevin “Nalts” Nalty: The Stupidest Article About Social Media Ever
September 23rd, 2009 · 3 Comments · Media Review
My friend and primo YouTube dude Kevin “Nalts” Nalty just let loose his take on social media. He calls his article “The Stupidest,” but I found it way more insightful than most of the tripe posing as social media advice.
Tags:Facebook·Kevin Nalty·marketing·Nalts·Robert Scoble·satire·social media·spoof·Tony Robbins·Twitter
Here Kitty, Kitty: Mac OSX Cougar Revealed
August 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Random Observations
by Freddy J. Nager, Founder & Fusion Director, Atomic Tango LLC
I’ve been on a blogging hiatus in order to complete grading my students’ exams. (And you thought I was on vacation — ha! We marketers never rest!)
Then I came across this spoof of the next version of Apple’s operating system, Mac OSX Cougar. Someone named [...]
Going Out with a Really Big Bang: Celebrities Planning Even Grander Finales
July 7th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Media Review
by Freddy J. Nager, Founder & Fusion Director, Atomic Tango LLC
The following is a satirical work of fiction. Those easily offended should surf to safer territory now…
In the wake of Michael Jackson’s massive, media-saturated funeral, several Hollywood celebrities are reportedly looking into how they can make sure their own forthcoming funerals are as sensational.
Tags:celebrity·CNN·ego·Hollywood·journalism·media·Michael Jackson·satire·spoof·television
Like Tears in Rain: How Sci-Fi Series Go All to Hell
May 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Media Review
by Freddy J. Nager, Founder & Fusion Director, Atomic Tango LLC
When “Battlestar Galactica” concluded, its fans lamented that the series had to end, but were thrilled that it departed on a good note. Compare that to the fans of “Lost,” who are saying “WTF?!” after its later episodes. Then there are the still-hurting fans of [...]
Tags:Battlestar Galactica·Blade Runner·Dollhouse·entertainment·Firefly·Hollywood·JJ Abrams·Josh Friedman·Joss Whedon·Lost·satire·sci-fi·science fiction·screenplay·script·spoof·Star Trek·television·Terminator·TV·Versus
DotComrades: Great Anti-Heroes in Web Development History
May 12th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Random Observations
by Freddy J. Nager, Founder & Fusion Director, Atomic Tango LLC
Over my fifteen years of working in website development, I’ve encountered some bizarre and fascinating characters rivaled only by the people who gravitate to show business. Here are just a few I’ve met — perhaps you recognize some of them?…
Tags:dotcoms·Flash·satire·Silicon Valley·spoof·Twitter·Web 2.0·web design·web development
The Pomegranate Phone: Say Huh?
December 3rd, 2008 · 7 Comments · Media Review
Now here’s a site that takes borrowed interest to a new extreme.
The Pomegranate Phone is an all-in-one device that makes the iPhone look like a hockey puck. It’s got it all: web surfing, MP3 player, video projector, voice translator… Sounds pretty cool, right? Then, of course, there’s the built-in coffee maker, harmonica, and a shaver [...]
Tags:advertising·borrowed interest·CGI·cool website·Flash·gadgets·iPhone·Pomegranate Phone·spoof·viral marketing
At Home with Hank: A Fairy Tale of Need, Greed and Perception
November 16th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Random Observations
INT. DINING ROOM – MORNING: HANK PAULSON and his teenage daughter PRINCESS are having breakfast. We can’t see his face because he’s reading the Financial Times, chuckling to himself. She’s toying around with her half-eaten Froot Loops in a fine china bowl…
Tags:business·business plans·economics·finance·Henry Paulson·humor·investing·satire·spoof·Wall Street Bailout
Cavemen On Fire! A Stone Age Look At Focus Groups
August 21st, 2008 · No Comments · Media Review
My friend Kevin Nalts, a top YouTube director and corporate marketing guy, found this brilliant spoof of focus groups. It encapsulates my feelings about taking customer feedback indiscriminately. I’m only bummed that I didn’t think of making this myself…
Tip of the thinking cap to TheIdeaGroup.
