Great article

By night, Joe Ades dines with his fourth wife at exclusive restaurants, sips Veuve Clicquot at the Pierre, and goes home to a three-bedroom Park Avenue apartment. By day, he is something else altogether. At 72, the “peeler guy” in the Turnbull & Asser shirts is a New York legend.

The Gentleman Grafter: Entertainment & Culture: vanityfair.com.

YouTube - Jerry Seinfeld Microsoft Commercial

the beginning of the much heralded Crispin Bogusky ads…what do you think, I’m not sure that Apple will be that worried!

YouTube - Jerry Seinfeld Microsoft Commercial (Better Quality).

Google vs Microsoft - Is this about more than just porn browsing….?

In the blue corner, Microsoft and Aquantive stating that the final click from search is given too much value by advertisers and heralding engagement mapping as proof of the value of online display advertising.

In the red corner, Google and their new Chrome browser, making it easier for users to turn off cookies - a user focussed feature with the interesting side effect of harming the basis for engagement mapping and likely raising PPC prices, core beneficiary, GOOG.

Still, it’s all about the user, right?

Google Chrome: That’s The Way Ad Cookie Crumbles - Advertising Lab: future of advertising and advertising technology.

RIP Don LaFontaine

YouTube - Voice Over by Don LaFontaine.

Happy Monday

Today was a Happy Monday for sure, the little one was full of smiles this morning while we watched his favourite toons and ironing shirts the night before can only be good for the soul!

Sun shining on the ride to work, managed to hit green lights all the way and found a place to park my bike without any problems at all.

Great atmosphere in the Spotify office all day, everyone charged up and full of motivation, and some super new people joining the team.

Phone calls got taken, emails got answered and had a meeting with some really inspiring folks too, learned a bunch of new and fun stuff.

Home in time to catch the bairn before he went to sleep, then got news from a close friend that he’s landed a really cool job and starts on Monday (good that he took 4 weeks holiday first eh? :))

How was your Monday? I wish all weeks could start on such a roll!!

Jonathan

PS Would have been better if Rasmus was in the office, particularly if he left chocolates by the coffee machine, get well soon buddy!

PPS Just remembered it’s a bank holiday in the UK, sure all my mates over there didn’t have too shabby a time either

Avenue A Deal Could Give WPP, Microsoft What They Really Want - Advertising Age - Digital

Would seem to make quite a lot of sense…

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NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Almost six months after the companies started talking, WPP and Microsoft have reopened talks that could have the software company unloading Avenue A/Razorfish. But the question is whether Microsoft could ever get anyone to buy the digital ad agency for the price at which it needs to sell it.

What Microsoft paid for the agency and what any holding company would shell out are vastly different figures — although WPP holds an edge over other holding companies because it has assets Microsoft might be interested in, namely the ad-serving technology bit of 24/7 Real Media.

Avenue A Deal Could Give WPP, Microsoft What They Really Want - Advertising Age - Digital.

YouTube - Ice Cube - Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It (Official Video)

Not sure about the cheesy intro, but Ice Cube is back and current

YouTube - Ice Cube - Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It (Official Video).

Apology from McCain Campaign Blogger

If my comments caused any harm or hurt to the hard working Americans who play Dungeons & Dragons, I apologize. This campaign is committed to increasing the strength, constitution, dexterity, intelligence, wisdom, and charisma scores of every American.

–Michael Goldfarb

Ace of Spades HQ.

A lil’ bit of Youtube sunshine

As “a social commentary on the problems of anonymity online” this site presents a stream of YouTube comments, cursing redacted…

A lil’ bit of Youtube sunshine.

Jaiku is being upgraded

Folks, we’re offline for the weekend for server maintenance. Now’s a good time to talk to someone you love.

Jaiku is being upgraded.