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Microsoft Photoshopping Ordeal

Earlier this week, Microsoft got in big trouble.

They ran an ad for their services in English and Polish. Their English ad features three figures, one of which is a black man. In the Polish version, they photoshopped a white man's head onto the black man's body, but forgot to photoshop out the original's hand as well.

Since, a few parodies have surfaced, mostly thanks to CollegeHumor. These are "Other Poorly Photoshopped Foreign Microsoft Ads"

India:

Australia:More here.

CollegeHumor - The Little Site that Could

I normally opt for Metro over AMNY, but I walked up a different side of the subway stairs this morning, and happened to be closer to the AMNY.

One of the main articles was about the changing face of New York media, and people who have gotten it right:

"Officials pointed to CollegeHumor.com as a success sotry others could emulate.

"When we started... CollegeHumor was primarily a site featuring all fo the best user-generated content from around the Web," said Josh Abramson, company co-founder. "Since YouTube became popular, it is incredibly difficult to sustain a business around user-generated content."

Now, the site produces more original content."

Entrepreneurship

My big goal, as previously stated, is to reconcile the differences I have with big business and my morals by changing it from the inside. That being said, there are two major paths I see my advertising career taking.

1) Working endlessly in the big media firm world until I climb the corporate ladder and earn a position of importance and and impact.

2) Create my own advertising agency

I recently dabbled in trying number two. Long story short, it was a bit of a failed experiment. I've lost a bit of hope, but after speaking with Ricky Van Veen, and seeing this video, I know it's within my reach.

Business Call

Ricky Van Veen is somewhat of a personal role model. He started CollegeHumor as a college student, and in the past 10 years, has come to build it into a famous brand penetrating different media such as literature, theater, and tv. I met him about a month ago, and have unsuccessfully been trying to sit down and talk with him about entrepreneurship, New York, and life since. That is, until last Sunday.

Weiser and Van Veen at CollegeHumor Live on Thursday, July 30

Long story short, to help him clear his schedule and squeeze in a meeting, I had to go pick up his business cards in Brooklyn, and drop them off at his West Village apartment around 10pm. Even though he was frenzied from packing for his LA trip the next day, he was very personable, genuine and generally good humored. He gave me some great insight and advice, which I have taken to heart.

If everything works out, Texas Ventures will be bringing him to UT to speak in November. Stay tuned!

Traditional, But Not Dead

Ricky Van Veen, founder of CollegeHumor, on the future of TV:


It's funny. On the advertisers' and clients' side, we all want to go from old media to new... but on the production side, all the viral stars want to make it big in TV.

Jill and Kevin: Before and After

You know you've made the web celeb hall of fame when 1) your video has over 10 million hits in two weeks, and 2) parody videos start popping up.

I bring you Jill and Kevin's wedding AND divorce. Definitely worth a watch. Enjoy!

15 Minutes-Take 1

So, I went to CollegeHumor Live last month. Jake called me up on stage for Amir and Sam and to serenade me. Pinnacle of my summer? Probably.

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

What if it all came true?

As one unfortunate employee found out after updating her Facebook with a negative job-related comment, what happens in the social media realm affects us in real life.

This is a funny scenario of social media effecting our lives to the extreme:

It's happened to all of us.