CelebrityTweet Homepage
Wow! I was already following a few celebrities on Twitter and now there’s an entire site called CelebrityTwitter dedicated to celebs on Twitter. I’m not a fan on the name of the site. But it’s nice that this site does the work for me. Find your favrorite and follow them!
Blue Iris died on April 23
Blue Iris was one crazy old slut. She was seriously FN crazy. And that is why I enjoyed listening to her on Howard Stern.
I don’t know about you, but old people are well, old. They don’t get around much. They only talk about the past and not the present. And they certainly don’t have sex or say words like ding dong or midget porn.
I’ll miss hearing her prank calls and her getting it on. Hopefully Blue Iris is resting in peace. Post a message on her myspace page here.
In case you miss her crazy slut talk, here you go!
Elizabeth Phillips on Twitter
140 characters. That’s what the world is coming to. Say what you gotta say in 140 characters (including punctuations, links, etc.) or less and get out.
I keep hearing on the news that people are blogging less and reading less–thanks in part to the rise of Twitter. Twits are announcing they’re running for governor in California. They’re telling you about exclusive deals. They’re telling you about their adventures, dreams, rants, and discoveries. But in the absolute most concise way. And this has some people scared.
We are becoming a character count society. Google search ads only let you write 25 character headlines and two lines of body copy that are 35 characters each. Yahoo search ads let you write 25 character headlines and body copy with 70 characters. And now with the hugely successful Twitter growing bigger and bigger every day, you have to wonder why are we being limited to character counts and why are we okay with it?
Are we becoming lazy? Is our attention really that freaking small? Can we not handle reading a paragraph?
I’m a digital copywriter and I’m finding that Twitter and the likes are challenging and changing best practicing for writing web content. Bullet points, scanable content, and short bite-size paragraphs were the norm. Is this no longer the case? Will marketers begin creating microsites with just 140 characters of count per page?
I don’t know, it just makes me wonder. Follow me on Twitter!
Attention world! Magazines alter photos all the time. And until people put their foot down, it will continue to make people feel like shit. Photo altering is a big part of the reason why teenage girls hate their hair, skin, and their bodies.
Thank god people are starting to balk back at magazine for trying to fuck with reality. If magazine can distort images, imagine what they can do with a story. If you want the public’s trust, report the truth. I think Washington Magazine chose to make the shorts red and did some “minor” retouching to make it go with their “hottest” headline. It’s lame. But I imagine they’re selling lots of issues. Despite it being deceptive.
I don’t honestly care seeing the President in swimming trunks. He’s human after all. I just think it’s shitty that the magazine chose not to keep it real.
Obama on Washingtonian Magazine's cover
The proof
Is it okay to call the President hot??
Here are the original photos:
Pre-presidency
Obama enjoying HI
My Google Profile
Wow! So the main reason I’ve been blogging is to create my own digital footprint. I hated when I googled my name, it never pulled up. At least it never pulled up me specifically. Mainly because I have one of the most common names ever. So now that the word on the street is Google has made our profiles public, it got me thinking. How important is to me that I’m searchable? Do I really want people to know where I work, what city I live in, what my kid looks like, etc? Especially with so many psychos out there.
Profiles when you search for Elizabeth Phillips
By the way if you don’t want your profile to go public, you can always hide it. Read a great Fast Company article about this here.
Article about your google profile going public
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Lars Bastholm, formerly at AKQA, is now at Ogilvy as the Chief Creative Digital Officer of North America. I was hoping this video would share more of Lars’ incredible wisdom, but alas, it made me realize that Ogilvy has no idea about his talent and brilliance. The questions were weak. Super weak. I mean c’mon, challenge him. There’s so much cool stuff happening in the digital space and all you got Lars to say is that brands should be integrated and agencies should work together instead of being siloed. Duh!
I can already tell Lars has his work cut out for him. Hopefully, the people at Ogilvy listen to him and get behind him. There’s nothing worse than working for an unsupportive team who doesn’t give a shit about digital and is pretending like they care because it’s the cool thing to do.
Check out this Korean video for a group called Big Bang featuring 2NE1. The song is called “Lollipop.” I love all the colors. The costumes are cute. And the beat is bubble gum yum pop.
Here’s my QR code. Hotdiggity!
QR code for lizardpak.wordpress.com
QD codes are simply barcodes that you shoot with your camera phone and it then takes the data and provides a hyperlink which sends you to a website.
Here’s a demo.
The potential for QR codes are huge. Product safety warnings on labels. Discounts on newspaper ads. You could even do a music video like The Pet Shop Boys did with their hit “Integral” a few years ago. Very cool
Francis Billotti-Wood's last words
Recently in Maryland, Francis Billotti-Wood and her 3 children were murdered by her husband. He killed himself afterward. Christopher Wood worked for CSX in the sales and marketing department and he struggled in this new position. He was so stressed. And he worried about traveling and being away from his family. One day, he snapped. He ended their lives. Read the news article here.
What makes this story so unusual is that Francis Billotti-Wood had a blog and her last entry declared how grateful she is and how truly blessed she is. She had no idea what was to come. While eerie to read, you can’t help but feel absolute compassion for her. She seemed very optimistic and strong. The title of her blog was “What am I supposed to do now?” The answer now is just rest in peace. Read her blog here.
Boy, don't they look happy?
Update: What a sicko!! I am disgusted with Christopher Wood. The police just revealed that he had $450K in debt. Probably from them trying to sell their home in Florida. Turns out he is a sick motherfucker! (Sorry, but there are no other words to describe him. )
This sick motherfucker decapitated his three children. He used a kitchen knife and a saw! Who does that? You’re going straight to hell and there aint no turning back. There is no way stress can be blamed here. He fucking ripped their heads off. This makes me so damn angry. What is wrong with the world? Read the updated news.
Another Update: On the news last night, they said apparently Chris Wood has suffered from depression since he was a teenager. In a note he left behind, he complained that the medication he was taking was not working. One of the side effects is suicidal thoughts. (What about decapitation?) And oh yeah, apparently he shot his kids before taking their heads off. I don’t know about you, but I smell a law suit coming. It’s true what that depression commercial says, depression hurts everyone you know. It’s serious. If you think you’re suffering from depression, click here for information from The National Institute of Mental Health.
FUNERAL INFORMATION: If you would like to attend the funeral, it’s happening tomorrow on Thursday, April 23. Click here for details about the funeral.
Crime scene at the Wood's home
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