Blogging, huh?
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kyburgTo some experts, Masters' ad heralds the future of advertising. Homemade ads will play a big part in marketing, just like blogging is shaking up the news.
High school teacher George Masters' animated ad for Apple's iPod mini has 'gone viral.' Free of parody or political comment, the spot is one of the first straight-ahead product ads on the net.
Masters' 60-second animated ad features flying iPods, pulsing hearts and swirling '70s psychedelia. It's set to the beat of "Tiny Machine" by '80s pop band the Darling Buds. (You can see the ad below).
Masters quietly posted the spot to his site a few weeks ago. It received moderate traffic until it was picked up by several blogs last week. In a matter of days, the ad has been watched more than 37,000 times, and is making the rounds on blogs and e-mail.
I heard the tune from our web development manager's office - stopped dead and couldn't resist walking in and saying "what's that? It's schweeeeet!"
It's a fan-made Apple Ipod commercial.
Go take a look.
And I'll have a Darling Buds cut of my own, out of mothballs later tonight. Crap - I'm behind again!
High school teacher George Masters' animated ad for Apple's iPod mini has 'gone viral.' Free of parody or political comment, the spot is one of the first straight-ahead product ads on the net.
Masters' 60-second animated ad features flying iPods, pulsing hearts and swirling '70s psychedelia. It's set to the beat of "Tiny Machine" by '80s pop band the Darling Buds. (You can see the ad below).
Masters quietly posted the spot to his site a few weeks ago. It received moderate traffic until it was picked up by several blogs last week. In a matter of days, the ad has been watched more than 37,000 times, and is making the rounds on blogs and e-mail.
I heard the tune from our web development manager's office - stopped dead and couldn't resist walking in and saying "what's that? It's schweeeeet!"
It's a fan-made Apple Ipod commercial.
Go take a look.
And I'll have a Darling Buds cut of my own, out of mothballs later tonight. Crap - I'm behind again!
