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The social networking circle-jerk!

Readers of my US blog, AdScam , where informed yesterday that I have given up on Twitter. Why? Because in the last few days, I have had dozens of emails from very pissed off people asking why I am bombarding them with shitty emails flogging everything...

Posted Nov 04 2009, 12:45 PM by George Parker with | with 12 comment(s)

Filed under: Blogging, Bullshit, On-Line, Social networks, WTF!!!, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, AdScam

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More on US Health Care!

One of the comments on my last post implied that people who work in advertising shouldn’t be too fussy when it comes to deciding whether or not they wanted to work on certain kinds of accounts… ‘Cos they pay your wages! This drove to write a comment in...

Posted Oct 22 2009, 04:51 PM by George Parker with | with 4 comment(s)

Filed under: Agency insanity, Blogging, Branding, Bullshit, Sponsorship, US Craziness, WTF!!!, OnLine, AdScam, BDA's

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President Sarkozy dans le mer*d!!!

In the truth is stranger than fiction dept, French satirical investigative journalism weekly “ Le Canard Enchaîné ,“ has outed holier-than-thou French president, Nicolas Sarkozy for violating copyright laws. In a stunning display of hypocrisy, the presidential...

Posted Oct 12 2009, 04:45 AM by George Parker with | with 8 comment(s)

Filed under: Blogging, Bullshit, Celebrity, Journalism, Media, OnLine, AdScam, WTF!!! French crazyness

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I just need $100 million to start this new social network. Trust me, it’s going to be worth billions!

Did you happen to read the amazing interview in Monday’s Wall Street Journal with Jeff Horing, co-founder of Insight Venture Partners, a New York private-equity firm that was the lead investor in Twitter’s third and latest fund-raising round? These are...

Posted Sep 29 2009, 10:29 PM by George Parker with | with 11 comment(s)

Filed under: Blogging, Bullshit, Journalism, Media, On-Line, Social networks, WTF!!!, OnLine, google, Facebook, MySpace, VC morons, Twitter, AdScam

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It isn’t about reach, it’s about rejection!

In case you hadn’t realized it, I am a multi-tasking, uber-achieving prince of the blogosphere… Meaning that apart from writing this occasional blog for BrandRepublic, I also write a US blog, and manage to bore the *** out of people with various articles...

Posted Aug 14 2009, 04:53 PM by George Parker with | with 3 comment(s)

Filed under: Agency insanity, Blogging, Branding, Bullshit, Campaigns, Media, On-Line, Social networks, TV Advertising, WTF!!!, OnLine, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, AdScam, BDA's

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I am not a drug addict… How dare you Sir… But I do, however, advertise drugs!

Anyone who’s ever lived over here for any extended amount of time has to wonder why the American public is brainwashed to the extent that they actually believe they have the best healthcare system in the world… Even though a quarter of the population...

Posted Aug 01 2009, 09:55 PM by George Parker with | with 1 comment(s)

Filed under: Agency insanity, Blogging, Branding, Bullshit, TV Advertising, TV Commercials, US Craziness, WTF!!!, What we do., AdScam, The Ubiquitous Persuaders, BDA's

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Why Big Dumb Agencies will continue to get dumber!

Coincidental with my recent BrandRepublic piece of the 22nd , talking about the tenth anniversary of David Ogilvy’s death, I have also been doing a series of posts on my US blog, AdScam, about an upcoming number of layoffs at Ogilvy’s New York Office...

Posted Jul 26 2009, 04:18 AM by George Parker with | with 5 comment(s)

Filed under: Agency insanity, Blogging, British Craziness, Bullshit, US Craziness, WTF!!!, What we do., AdScam, BDA's

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It’s the Fourth of July… Raise a glass to George!

So, here I am in the USA on the fourth of July. And even though I’ve lived here for a great many years, for a long, long time, I saw no need to become a citizen. I finally gave in five years ago and became a US national… For two reasons. First, my wife...

Posted Jul 04 2009, 11:14 PM by George Parker with | with 5 comment(s)

Filed under: Blogging, Branding, Bullshit, Celebrity, Social networks, US Craziness, WTF!!!, What we do., AdScam, US presidential election

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Will Microsoft’s “Bing” end up being Microsoft’s “Bling?”

All the buzz over here amongst the digerati is about the upcoming launch of Microsoft's new/revamped search engine, “Bing,” that will be released June 3. It promises to deliver more than the customary list of results when called upon to do a search;...

Posted May 29 2009, 04:59 AM by George Parker with | with 1 comment(s)

Filed under: Blogging, Bullshit, On-Line, US Craziness, WTF!!!, OnLine, google, AdScam

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If you’re feeling social… Please don’t network me!

As readers of this blog, and perhaps my US one, AdScam , may have noticed, I am not a fan of Twitter, and increasingly, I am becoming less and less enamored of FaceBook. Not because they blithely assume they can take my quirks, foibles, preferences and...

Posted Apr 30 2009, 11:56 PM by George Parker with | with 6 comment(s)

Filed under: Blogging, Bullshit, Me, Social networks, WTF!!!, OnLine, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, AdScam

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The social networking circle-jerk!

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More on US Health Care!

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President Sarkozy dans le mer*d!!!

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I just need $100 million to start this new social network. Trust me, it’s going to be worth billions!

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It isn’t about reach, it’s about rejection!

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I am not a drug addict… How dare you Sir… But I do, however, advertise drugs!

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Why Big Dumb Agencies will continue to get dumber!

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It’s the Fourth of July… Raise a glass to George!

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Will Microsoft’s “Bing” end up being Microsoft’s “Bling?”

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If you’re feeling social… Please don’t network me!