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July 7th, 2008

Nobody reads copy

If many in our indus­try are to be believed, copy is some­what of a optional extra when it comes to mar­coms. Or maybe a nec­es­sary evil. To be tol­er­ated as long as it doesn’t exceed 30 words or so. Of course you see this most in adver­tis­ing which has become increas­ingly image-led over the years. Direct mail still resists, bol­stered by the moun­tains of evi­dence that copy dri­ves response. And then there’s web.

July 7th, 2008

DIY touchscreen netbook

Giz­modo points to a video of an EeePC 900 tricked out to fea­ture a pretty nifty touch screen inter­face. Nice. I can’t wait to see what the emerg­ing net­book mar­ket turns up by the end of the year, there’s so much going on there right now.