OpenRoad + Mod7

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OpenRoad is pleased to announce the acquisition of creative agency Mod7.

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The Machine is Us/ing Us

Posted on February 12, 2007 in Media Culture by Mod7

Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University, describes the concept of Web 2.0 in under 5 minutes: Web…

Staying Ahead of the Pirating Telemarketers

Posted on February 01, 2007 in Media Culture by Mod7

This article demonstrates that telemarketers are more than just passive nuisances: a "...former employee, who was laid off by the company several…

News Go Wii!

Posted on January 25, 2007 in Media Culture by Mod7

Nintendo's Wii to provide AP news : The Wii News Channel, scheduled to debut Saturday, will primarily feature top news stories and photographs from…

Surely, this must be a joke...

Posted on January 06, 2007 in Media Culture by Mod7

 "Dubai-based real estate firm Omniyat Properties plans to construct a tall building in Dubai modeled after the Apple iPod. The name of the…

What's Your Gnibber?

Posted on December 10, 2006 in Media Culture by Mod7

Ha ha! Sounds like a Futurama character.Will keyword representation on blogs be yet another measurement of the technology divide? It certainly an…

Celebrate 7

Posted on December 08, 2006 in Media Culture by Mod7

Seven year itch , seven days in the week , seven deadly sins , Shabbat , lucky number seven ,  Kazakhstan , nitrogen , bell character , white…

The recent work/life balance event I put together has got me thinking (again) about the way I spend my work time and the nature of what is "work"…

Work/Life Balance Event Designed by Wil Arndt

Posted on November 23, 2006 in Media Culture by Mod7

The Wil Arndt-designed "work/life balance" event was held tonight at the Vancouver Film School. Can you rise to the top of your field, work less, and…

An Exercise in Crisis Spinning

Posted on November 23, 2006 in Media Culture by Mod7

In the wake of his racist barrage captured on stage, Michael Richards has hired a public relations expert , someone who's hopefully quite adept in the…

The World Justified

Posted on November 07, 2006 in Media Culture by Mod7

At the risk of sounding like some kind of pro-north dictator, after looking at this interpretation of the world's landmass, it kind makes…