It's funny how fondly we look back at classic ads—print, commercials, anything—compared to how we react to ads today. That Apple 1984 commercial? Perfection. Those old VW Bug print ads? Soooo cute! Today? Ew banner ads. Ugh Flash. ZOMG what happened to my ad block!? There's no room for art in advertising anymore because we've all been conditioned to ignore the pixels dedicated to advertisements. Or from another perspective, ads are so tainted because they're all plastered with social media links that we can't take them seriously any more. Read More >>
Here's the grandaddy that spawned the thing you guys like least on the Internet: ads. This artsy, graffiti'd print on a black background telling you to click "right here" is supposedly the first banner ad to ever appear on the Internet. It popped up nearly 20 years ago in 1994 and was an ad for an American network. Read More >>
Featured comment by Longfellow:
"I know what you mean, it makes me cringe whever I see it, it was going round in my head for an hour earlier on :)" More »
Everybody — or well, almost everybody — knows that Apple Maps is inferior to Google Maps. There are countless examples of Apple Maps being worse! Motorola, however, ignored all the real examples and used a fake address to show off how Google Maps is better than Apple Maps. Huh? Read More >>
Featured comment by markcgrant:
"When a town is 20 miles out of location you don't have to compare it to know that it is inferior product. Forgive me if I am wrong, but isn't the poin..." More »
Hello there, shopper! You seem like the type who would be interested in some breaststablets. Can we interest you in our latest Windows 8 breasts tablet, with the revolutionary Breasto Metro UI? It feels great in a sultry paid actress's crotchthe hand, and we think the message that women, yoga, anything to do with Asian culture, and basically everything not nailed down or on fire is for undersexed manchildren to rutt with security and usability can come together to make great products is an important one. Read More >>
QR Codes, those impractical little squares that deliver information through a phone's camera, have seen their fair share of bad ideas. But this explosion of tackyness seems especially dumb and horrible and gross and UGH. Read More >>
Featured comment by xiandel:
"1) Everyone is entitled to their own sense of humour, and if one thing is not Ok to joke about then nothing is.
2) These women(that's right women) ob..." More »
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