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February 2, 2009

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Web 3.0: “How the fuck do we pay for this?”

February 1, 2009

Anybody catch the MacGruber advertorials during tonight’s SNL for Pepsi? They were in between other commercials during the breaks. The first time the show has done anything like that, I believe. They were actually pretty funny.

Speaking of which, when will product integration exist on TV without the promoting show feeling the guilt-driven need to employ the “hey look how funny it is that we’re selling out” joke? Hopefully soon. I think viewers are savvy enough to understand that it’s the necessary price they must pay for fast forwarding through commercials.

Unrelated: Seth Meyers kinda looks like Jason Mraz.

January 30, 2009

"A bad job at a great place"

I’ve been giving this advice to graduates who ask me for help with career stuff, though Sam just put it pretty succinctly.

January 28, 2009

Go Deacs!

Go Deacs!

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Mad Libs Men… one of those “I hope people besides us will be into this” videos. #

January 26, 2009

PELOSI SAYS BIRTH CONTROL WILL HELP ECONOMY
This just in: logic is controversial.
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January 23, 2009

MTV Spot: “Ice Cream and Models”

We did about ten takes of this. I ate so much ice cream that I felt sick afterwards.

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Actual screenshot from “Far Cry 2.” (In-game ad unit) Hilarious.

Actual screenshot from “Far Cry 2.” (In-game ad unit) Hilarious.

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January 22, 2009

Streeter just passed this along for my “uncecessary quotation marks” collection. … and Will contributed this.

Streeter just passed this along for my “uncecessary quotation marks” collection.

… and Will contributed this.

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January 21, 2009

This picture reminds me of something I’ve been occasionally pondering lately — experience vs. capture. Notice not one of the kids in this photo has their eyes on the President and his wife (woah, that felt good to type), but on the tiny LCD screen on the back of their camera. Are they missing out on anything? When all is said and done, what’s a lifecast worth on a deathbed? I think we’re going to start seeing this go one step further over the next few years, with documentation leading experience, instead of the other way around like it’s been forever. People will choose what activities they do in the physical world based on how it will appear to their friends in the virtual world via their Twitter/Tumblr/Flickr/Facebook/etc. Pics or it didn’t happen, indeed.

This picture reminds me of something I’ve been occasionally pondering lately — experience vs. capture. Notice not one of the kids in this photo has their eyes on the President and his wife (woah, that felt good to type), but on the tiny LCD screen on the back of their camera. Are they missing out on anything? When all is said and done, what’s a lifecast worth on a deathbed?

I think we’re going to start seeing this go one step further over the next few years, with documentation leading experience, instead of the other way around like it’s been forever. People will choose what activities they do in the physical world based on how it will appear to their friends in the virtual world via their Twitter/Tumblr/Flickr/Facebook/etc.

Pics or it didn’t happen, indeed.

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Hi! I'm Ricky Van Veen. I live in the West Village, New York City, USA. Professionally, I am the co-founder and Editor in Chief of CollegeHumor.com.

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