By Brandon Dawson on Feb 26, 2007 in Culture, Technology | 0 Comments
Wii has (have?) taken the market by storm, but the feature about it that I value the most, the Virtual Console, hasn’t yet been widely discussed by the mass-media coverage surrounding Nintendo’s latest video game console.
Nintendo made a very smart move here, connecting the nostalgia of aging, new-or-recent parent Gen-Xers for Nintendo past with their [...]
By Brandon Dawson on Feb 8, 2007 in Culture | 1 Comment
I immediately swore I wouldn’t post about this, but just as quickly decided to go ahead and post.
I doubt, of course, that I’m the only person that assumes her lawyer/husband did this to her. I mean, the close proximity of the deaths of her son (an heir to her fortune) and herself, combined with the [...]
By Brandon Dawson on Jan 17, 2007 in Culture, Marketing | 1 Comment
Interesting observation on Godin’s blog today.
Godin’s post concerns the fact that adults are increasingly oriented towards buying things that please them, rather than things that are necessarily useful or functional.
To extend the thought, children, or at least childish impulses, govern a majority of purchasing decisions.
For younger, single people, it’s because they aren’t burdened by children, [...]