Topic: John Hodgman

Not So Fast: Summer Movies We're Afraid to See

It's official: You can make anything into a movie. In this season of Transformers and G.I. Joe, and with Hollywood prepping big-budget versions of Monopoly, Bazooka Joe, and Stretch Armstrong, what's next?READ»

Will D.C.'s New Egghead Culture Last?

If history is any guide, the Obama administration will not succeed at permanently removing anti-intellectualism from the national mindset. Sure, Obama's hired the best pickup hoops squad in White House history. But, ultimately, this group is a bunch of brainiacs. READ»

New Apple Ads Employ McCain-like Tactics

Apple's latest ads are out and the company has no qualms about playing dirty. Here's a look at John Hodgman and Justin Long teaming up, yet again, to drive Vista into the ground.READ»

Summer Movies We're Afraid to See: Brokeback Platform

It's official: You can make anything into a movie. (Contest ends on Thursday 7/9!)READ»

Get More Out of LinkedIn By Joining Groups

In the hip world of social media, LinkedIn sometimes feels like John Hodgman's PC in the Mac vs. PC ads. It's Facebook in khakis. As hip as business casual. Unlike other social media sites, you can't upload photos, you can't post ...READ»

Preserving Tweets the Prehistoric Way: On Paper

If you're eager to slow the unceasing treadmill of blog posts, RSS feeds, text messages, and Tweets, then Sam Potts wants to help. Simply sign up for Twitter on Paper and he'll send you one of his tweets--by mail. Each ...READ»

Microsoft's Ad Campaigns: An Overview

Microsoft's ad campaigns have rarely been memorable. READ»

• Can Alex Bogusky help Microsoft Beat Apple?

Can Alex Bogusky Help Microsoft Beat Apple?

Alex Bogusky built the country's slickest ad shop using Apple products. His next challenge: Persuade people like him to buy Microsoft's stuff.READ»

• Apple vs. Microsoft -- Who is Winning the Epic Battle
• Microsoft's Ad Campaigns: An Overview

Mac vs. PC Smackdown

Apple and its ad agency TBWA/Chiat Day are finally bringing the John Hodgman-Alex Bogusky smackdown full circle. As I chronicled in Fast Company's June cover story "Can Alex Bogusky Help Microsoft Beat Apple?", for nearly ...READ»

• Can Alex Bogusky Help Microsoft Beat Apple?

YouTube Experiments With Ads You Can Skip

The company that made its bread on Web advertising has a new idea: let users skip the ads they don't like seeing. Google is testing the new "skippable" pre-roll video ads on selected partners' YouTube clips, according to PaidContent. ...READ»

The Week that Twitter Tipped

Twitter has been a-tweet since 2006, but the first three months of 2009 have delivered the micro-blogging service unprecedented traffic, usership and media cachet. In the parlance of mad-haired Gladwell disciples, Twitter is ...READ»

Has Jamba Juice's Controversial Ad Just Pureed Its Billion-Dollar Dreams? [UPDATE]

Smoothie operator Jamba Juice finds itself in the social-media whirl for an ad that reputedly rips off a popular comic strip. Exclusive interviews with Jamba CEO James White and cartoonist David Rees.READ»