April 21st, 2010

No, JCPR / Edelman, I'm Not Taking That iPhone Sex Appeal Story Down

We see strange things happen in the PR (and yes, also the technology) industry all the time, but this one takes the cake. This morning, I noticed a press release hit the wire carrying the sensational headline “Men With iPhones Are More Attractive to Women”.

Glancing over it, my built-in bullshit alarm went off straight away. So I wrote a post essentially mocking the survey which reached the… → Read More

March 15th, 2007

Dude Gets Busted At SXSW For Putting Up Zune Posters

This is a bit of an odd situation. Normally I’d be all against the cops arresting someone for posting some bills on walls. No big deal, see it every block in NYC, right? Well the difference here is that this guy who was putting up posters worked for Microsoft and was throwing up Zune posters all over town. After a while, the Austin Po Po got fed up with his DRM-laden hi-jinx and arrested him… → Read More