‘Limited Editons’ Now Come In Store Size
Limited Editions have engulfed entire stores.
“Not many people know what I know and do what I do.”™
“When Everyone’s Super…No One Will Be.” This line is from one of my all time favorite movies, The Incredibles; and this statement goes beyond just having super powers. It speaks volumes on the digital ego, and how prestige works in an online world.
Remember the launch of the iPhone? About 2 months afterward we began to see the “overluxurization”(I think I just made up a word) of the outer casing seemed to exploding into a frenzy of who can overpower who. Well, now that we’re well being the iPhone’s glory days of diamonds and gold casing, it’s time to move on to the bigger and better way to show off. The iPad.
We all know Twilight is making some serious cash, and that everyone else is cashing in on the vampire craze too. But, what made it a craze, what came before it, and what’s coming up to battle the vampire out for box office and teen obsessive glory; when subculture and cult classics get re-spun into modern characters, anything can become a pop-subculture smash. Welcome to part one of a three-part look at the world of subculture pop culture.
Silent Raves – they are kinda in the same realm of Flash Mobs, in so far as they are large groups of people who arrange to meet and start dancing in public at certain time. The difference is that Silent Raves are not choreographed – they are a party where all of the attendees listen [...]
A man that has a news show that has been previously preceded by puppets making prank calls and South Park is the most trusted voice in news.
“Genius, Visionary, Modern Hero. That is Kevin Flynn.” This is the line ringing through the internet at the moment from “FlynnLives.com,” a site that celebrates his works as a visionary in technology and gaming circles-right up until his disappearance in 1989. There is something else peculiar about Kevin Flynn: he’s fictional.
Have you heard these terms? Funemployment, Paycation, The Unemploymentality?
“A new breed of “happily jobless” 20- and 30-somethings is forgoing the job hunt for travel, golf, and the beach, thanks to severance packages, unemployment checks, or parental largesse. Funemployment may sound “frivolous,” but this mix of “narcissism” and backlash against the corporate world is a statement about America today.
I put in a Thought about a cool business card and it occurred to me that I have seen a lot of inventive business cards recently…
So I thought I throw together a Business Card Collection…
For those of you that can afford the seven figure price tag on a Bugatti Veyron, congratulations. If you can’t however, and have an extra $25,000 laying around, you can at least drive one for a day.