The effect of pop culture & advertising on our everyday lives.

That’s right ladies and gents.. your favorite girl “Jenny” who became an internet sensation yesterday was in fact trollin. For those of you unfamiliar with the term -

In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room, or blog, with the primary intent of provoking other users into a desired emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion. In addition to the offending poster, the noun troll can also refer to the provocative message itself, as in “that was an excellent troll you posted”.

A few major questions are raised about this whole thing…

1) WHY would someone who goes about quitting their job in such an awesome way post it to a site known for comedy vs their own blog?

2) WHY would she not provide any other information beyond “Jenny”?

3) 33 photos? 33 PHOTOS! Really peeps? Someone was trying a little hard for this one.

Yesterday was the day of awesome ways to quit your job, I reference Steve Slater, the Jet Blue Flight Attendant who had a truly awesome quit story.

If you haven’t seen her yet here are the pics… you tell me.

UPDATED – PROOF

And there you have it… Now I leave you with a little love.

also if you want to confirm my suspicions… see

HERE

UPDATE! – CONFIRMED! – http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/11/elyse-porterfield/

This. Is. AMAZING!
A stunning film from Will Hoffman and Daniel Mercadante to accompany Radiolab’s Words episode. For more info, check out www.radiolab.org.

The results are in for one of the most recognized campaigns in recent memory. The Old Spice campaign “The Man You Wish Your Man Could Smell Like” – Already had taken it’s place in Pop-Culture, but how effective was it really?

In a release from W+K it’s clear that this campaign will go down in advertising history as the ultimate sweep of every category, Viral, Social, Culture… It did what every aspiring agency wish they could do.

• Old Spice accounted for 75 percent of conversations in the category in the first three months of 2010.
• Half the conversations came from women.
• The YouTube/Twitter social media response campaign was “the fastest-growing and most popular interactive campaign in history.”
• More people watched its videos in 24 hours than those who watched Obama’s presidential victory speech. (Which most of us can agree is kinda sad.)
• Total video views reached 40 million in a week.
• Campaign impressions: 1.4 billion.
• Since the campaign launched, Old Spice Bodywash sales are up 27 percent; in the last three months up. 55 percent; and in the last month up 107 percent.

In a video case study release by W+K they talk about the overall success of the campaign..

I know I have posted a lot about this, and I know it might be getting a little annoying… but seriously when something comes along that is so well executed and accomplishes everything we as advertisers wish we could do – it needs to be studied, and talked about. If anything it will just motivate you to do something better…. or it could send you into a pit of depression because you realize you fail at what you do, and you’re seen as a mediocre excuse of an ad man or woman… just kidding, but seriously – GO DO SOMETHING!

( via – AdFreak )

#Failfriday has made its return! Now sit back and take a few minutes to laugh at the expense of other failing… and failing miserably.

Start this off right…

I swear this is worth the build up…

This is going to make a great christmas card...

wait... what?

Epic Thrust in 3…2…1…

mmmm...

Do you think this was part of his will?

creeper in the background...

#doingitwrong

again... wait.. what?

WIN.

I don't remember this game as a kid..

awesome. dick.

enough said.

I could see this leading to some awkward mix ups...

no shit!?

So there you go! Hope you had a few good laughs! So have a rad friday – try not to fail too hard today! If you happen to come across some awesome fails this week be sure to send them to drew@pop-ology.com and they will be included in next weeks #failfriday!

Until then, fail on my friends, fail on.

I started this blog 1 year ago today – and I can’t tell you how amazing the response has been. I started the site as a pet project – I really wasn’t sure what exactly it would turn into – but over the past year I have watched it change and develop into what it is today. When everything started it was slow going – but now thanks to all of you we’re over 200,000 views – with a growing twitter and facebook following!

This being a new year for POP I am going to try a few new things, in the coming weeks you will notice some new features – including more stories, a slight upgrade in the design, as well as a few new contributors!

I really can’t thank you all enough!

So here’s to the next year! Keep telling your friends and make sure to subscribe to our Feed for your daily dose of POP!

also if you’re in the Denver area feel free to join us for some drinks as we will be on Santa Fe for First Friday! leave a comment or just look for this kid walking around and buy him a drink!

This is sure to blow your mind.
This tiny 330 square foot apartment has 24 different “rooms” – Hong Kong based architect Gary Chang has done something with almost nothing and made one hell of a bachelor pad!

This awesome video made for the Mod Cloth video contest by Allie & Elizabeth Edwards ( Sistersalad ) – They spread a little happiness around Denver. Awesome.

[UPDATE] – You can VOTE for this video NOW at Modcloth just click here and place your vote for your favorite video… I won’t tell you how you should place that vote, but just take a hint

You know when something goes wrong, and you think to yourself – in a perfect world….

well artist Catrin Dulay illustrates just that. In A Perfect World..

( via – This Blog Rules )

ARTCRANK Denver will open on Saturday, September 4 at the Lisa Koslowski Gallery in Denver’s River North Arts District. The show will feature the work of 56 local artists and run through Saturday, September 11. It will also serve as a kick-off to the Denver edition of the Bicycle Film Festival, which is scheduled for September 9-11. We’re joining forces with the fine folks at B-cycle to declare this Unofficial Bike Week in Denver — stay tuned for more events and announcements on that.

Please check back for updates, and follow ARTCRANK on Twitter and Facebook for the latest news on this and other ARTCRANK events.

Artists Include -

Aaron Ray • Alan Peters • Allyson Byerly • Andrew Carr • Andrew Hoffman • Andrew Price • Anthony Cozzi • Aron Dubois • Austin Weyer • Blue Beanie • Brian Oliva • Broox Pulford • Bryan Cavanagh • ChangeTheThought • Chase Courington • Chris Huth • Chris Nguyen • Cole Sletten • Cristian Whitney • Cypher13 • David Schell • Drew Dahlman • Eddie Breidenbach • Firelily • gneural • Jake Theno • James Gardiner • Jared Berger • Jason Bowers • Jason Wedekind • Jeremy Graston • Jeremy Pruit • Jerimy Brown • John Fellows • Josh Shively • Joshua Wills • Kyle Warfield • Manu Budant • Markham Maes • Matt Scobey • Matter • Miles Fenn • Oscar Woodruff • Paula Cuevas • Rafa Jenn • Rob Mack • Sandra Fettingis • Scot Lefavor • Sean Herman • Sean Klassen • Shane Harris • Stephen Beneski • Stuart Alden • Tod Kapke • Tom Goodrich & Wife • Vanessa Wilde

The new Allstate campaign from Leo Burnett, featuring Dean Winters – Mayhem Is Coming is pure gold. For a company like Allstate to take this step in a new direction with their advertising is great. It’s fun to see when companies trust their agency to do their job, to produce work that is both recognized, and connects with people.

With these commercials, they are walking an interesting line, by personifying “Mayhem” with a man. The copy is great, and the overall cinematography is perfect. Dark, mischievous, comical, and over all well done.