dan-o's blog

Wed Dec 2
I’ve seen ads like these all over the subways and elsewhere in Boston.  It seems they’re intended to be funny; each has a pithy punchline similar to this one (“I feel drunk with power.”) It just struck me: does this mean Microsoft thinks the idea of actually listening to their users is funny? It’s as though they’re saying, “HA HA OMG these people think we did this because they wanted it ISN’T THAT HILARIOUS”. Anyway, it’s not an advertising campaign I would have chosen.

I’ve seen ads like these all over the subways and elsewhere in Boston.  It seems they’re intended to be funny; each has a pithy punchline similar to this one (“I feel drunk with power.”)

It just struck me: does this mean Microsoft thinks the idea of actually listening to their users is funny? It’s as though they’re saying, “HA HA OMG these people think we did this because they wanted it ISN’T THAT HILARIOUS”.

Anyway, it’s not an advertising campaign I would have chosen.