The Deets

It looks like The Deets picked up 85 new advertisers in June 2010. Here they are: 012global.com/CallBrazil/ 3rdPartyFeedback.com ae.playstation.com apb.com Australia.com/onlyinoz Bookmyshow.com/Movie_Tickets Bosch.netbizlabs.com/Wiper_Blades ChatMobs.com ChikySabe.com cite.com.tw Citycafe.com.tw CollegeBoard.com CraigMillerforCongress.com Cupid.com cz.o2.com Dent.house.gov DlfPramericalife.co.in/Future-Idols DogCatSupply.com eicar-international.com Entenza.com/join ESG.com.my facebook.com facebook.com/NikeRunningDenmark falsk-alarm.dk fastrack.in/Offer-Sale FinancialServicesForum.org gameninja.com GanaconAmnet.com Gmarket.com.sg Google.com/World-Cup gorila.sk gulasidorna.eniro.se gvo.com.tw HerWay.com Hoonur.com hugheseducation.com/IIM iitm.net.in/bca Interactive Media [...]

The Freets made good on his promise to, “make sure they are compliant with the law by removing the sign on my way home today.” The sign is up. And now it’s gone. And stuffed into the back of a car. The Freets does clean work. It makes me wonder what other types of things [...]

I have an idea for a new series here on The Deets: Faces of Snipe. Identifying the people who litter in our communities by placing illegal advertisements for things like “We Buy Houses” or dating services. I’ll kick it off with this snipe ad that was nailed to a pole outside the Riverview Cafe and [...]

No matter how large they make the ad, most of the things screaming from the sides of buildings don’t connect with me, but this one is different.

Snipe advertising is the commercial form of graffiti and is sadly all too common around town. Luckily, at least a few local activists are doing something about this, including my dad in the Como neighborhood of St. Paul, by cleaning up the commercial litter: This is not a new issue, but it does seem like [...]

Chase Turner dropped this video over on his Tumblr where IKEA’s advertising agency, Forsman and Bodenfors, shows how they managed to exploit Facebook’s photo tagging functionality to promote the opening of yet another IKEA store. For the handful of non-Facebook using readers out there, here’s the deal: When someone uploads a photo into Facebook, people [...]

As regular readers of this blog know, I occasionally get interviewed by news sources to discuss things I either know something about, am passionate about, or claim to know something about. To me, this is good humor, helps people add some depth to their stories, and occasionally lets me gain greater exposure for topics I [...]

When I heard that Google was turning GPS up a notch, I thought they’d mean they’d use Google Maps and their driving direction technology. But then I saw this dude search for a location based on something you’d find at that location. That’s a real game changer. That makes me think that searches for “navigate [...]

Dear StarTribune online advertisers. I think it’s great that you support Minneapolis’ major online media source. But, I think it’s worth understanding where some of your money is going. Earlier this week, I clicked on a link to a StarTribune.com story from a Tweet or something. I’m not sure how I got there, but the [...]

Jamie Thingelstad raised what is likely a common privacy concern regarding Google’s PowerMeter service in the comments of my previous post: Knowing someone uses 2x the “neighborhood” average of electricity would be a great targeting opportunity. For whatever reason, I find that data crossing a boundary that makes me a little nervous. I don’t know [...]