Comments on: Inspiration Points: Why Having the Coolest Ads is NOT the Way to Go

By: Amy Derby

Amy Derby — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:56:37 +0000

Happy to make your to-do list a little shorter. Even though I’m the reason it was longer.

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By: Kelly Erickson

Kelly Erickson — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:32:27 +0000

Amy,

I didn’t touch it, so I am now crossing that off very very long TTD (things to do) list.

Thank goodness.

Later,

Kelly

By: Amy Derby

Amy Derby — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:33:36 +0000

I wish I had thought to make a screenshot of how it looked before so I would know if I’m going colorblind. LOL Plus, it could have been very entertaining for you. Very neon, this particular look was.

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By: Amy Derby

Amy Derby — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:32:16 +0000

Hey Kelly,

I just messed around with my computer, and they look better now. So I dunno if you changed the colors or if it was just my computer. But everything seems back to normal.

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By: Friar

Friar — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:20:45 +0000

"Duuuude, like, don't go for a commercial that thinks it's, like, more cool than it really is" - Skateboard Dude, who like, hangs out in front of the Seven-Eleven. Friar’s last blog post...Assorted Friar-O-Lanterns

By: Friar

Friar — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:18:40 +0000

@Kelly And they'd probably add a "dude" or two, to the sentence. "Like..dude....uh, YEAH?!" Friar’s last blog post...Assorted Friar-O-Lanterns

By: Brett Legree

Brett Legree — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:02:02 +0000

Kelly, No problem with the colours from here, but I use either my MBP or my HP from work, and I've done colour correction on both of them, plus I have really good eyes. But not everyone's me (lucky for them!) -Brett Brett Legree’s last blog post...still doing crazy things…

By: Kelly Erickson

Kelly Erickson — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:44:17 +0000

Amy,

Will do a PC visit and tweak, all for you (probably next week). I don’t get insomnia anymore now that the downstairs folks are behaving, so I need a little free daytime or evening. I’ll miss my mid-tone blues, though. I suppose you’ll tell me next that my greens bug you?

Let’s have it, folks. Is Amy alone in not being able to see my blues or has everybody been waiting for a chance to tell me? *sniff, sniff*

*ducks and runs away*

Friar,

“Like, yeah,” has me worried. We’re raising a generation… or two… or three… of people who can’t umm, put together a sentence, and they kinda like, sound stupid. But yeah, umm, coolness is like, rockin’.

They may be easier to please, too, or maybe they just, umm, sound that way. Aargh.

Later,

Kelly

By: Friar

Friar — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:35:36 +0000

"Would you rather buy from the company with the coolest ads, or the company who wants to make you cool?" If you're a male between ages 18-25 (in the Peak Darwin Years), the answer would be "Like.....YEAH?!!" Friar’s last blog post...Assorted Friar-O-Lanterns

By: Amy Derby

Amy Derby — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:13:46 +0000

Kelly,

It’s the same color as the sidebar headings. That would be hard to read too, but it’s bigger. Maybe I’m just going blind?

The visited links are easy to read. Maybe the key is visit all of the links?

Actually, now that I’m looking, the green in the sidebar is really light too. Maybe my colors on my laptop are just off or something. I don’t remember having trouble reading anything here before. I don’t spend much time in the sidebar though.

I know what you’re saying about the ads. It’s overkill. And stupid. You’d think they’d want to use all that technology to make a cool ad that actually worked to promote their cool product, but hey what do I know?

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