Ballotpedia: What is on your Ballot?

Ballotpedia.org is arguably one of the more helpful wikis out there for being informed on what will be on the ballot this election.

You can search out your individual state and figure out what issues are going to be voted on. Therefor, you can educate yourself on the issues before you enter the ballot box and wonder what proposition 123 is.

This is a great example of the power of wikis to inform and educate.

Negative Ads

I'm not talking about negative political ads, which I'm sure most people are sick of. I'm referring to Apple's latest ad that comes off a bit negative against Vista.

Here is the ad:



Maybe I'm being overly critical, but I get a negative vibe from watching this. Apple is basically saying "Microsoft invests all of their money into ads and nothing into making their product better." With Microsoft investing $350 million in advertising, they should have plenty cash on hand to come back with a rebuttal ad.

Dr. Pepper Tells The Truth

A big promise will be kept. Dr. Pepper told America that if Chinese Democracy actually came out this year, they would give everyone in America a free soda. Almost everyone was skeptical of a 2008 release of the long-awaited Guns N' Roses album, but even more were doubting that Dr. Pepper would make good on their claim if the album somehow managed to be released. When the band announced that on November 25th Best Buy would exclusively release the new disc, Dr Pepper was faced with a choice. Looks like the made the right one. Soon everyone in America will be able to visit the Dr. Pepper website and receive a free can of soda.

Qwitter: Another Great Tool for the Obsessed Twitterer

Do you pay close attention to your followers on Twitter? Do you know the exact number? Ever wonder why it goes down and who could ever unfollow you?

Welcome to Qwitter: a free service that alerts you to who unfollows you.



Qwitter is a tool for the curious. It is basically subscribing to an email with bad news. Are you curious enough to want to know who unfollows you and when? Probably.

This will probably cause some hostility with whoever unfollows you. Although, it will likely make Twitter a better place. Why is that? Maybe people will think twice before posting a tweet updating their followers that they had a ham sandwich for lunch...or else be faced with a few bad-news emails full of Qwitters.

Check out Qwitter here.

How to Creatively Sell Season Tickets

This is the most creative campaign I've seen to sell season tickets for any sports team...and it is coming from the Gonzaga Womens basketball team.

There isn't that much I can say about it without ruining it.

Check it out here.