Author Archives: Campaign Outsider

Google Thinks You’re a Foogle

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

At Google’s inception, founders Sergei Brin and Larry Page eschewed advertising, concerned that people would think financial interests might skew the search engine’s results. Now? Fuhggedaboudit. Via the Wall Street Journal (print edition headline): Deceptive Web Ads Draw Flak, Little … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Google, Jakob Nielsen, Larry Page, Microsoft, Nielsen Norman Group, Public Citizen, Robert Weissman, Rolfe Winkler, Sergei Brin, Sneak ADtack, Wall Street Journal, Yahoo | 1 Comment

Correction o’ the Day (Shaquille O’Neal Edition)

Posted on October 14, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

From Monday’s New York Times Correction Central: SPORTS A picture caption on Thursday with an article about the Shaq Summit, a daylong seminar about Shaquille O’Neal’s business ventures, misidentified the woman shown watching a presentation with O’Neal. She is Laticia … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Arizona Beverages, corrections, Laticia Rolle, medicated power, New York Times, Nicole Alexander, Shaq Summit, Shaquille O'Neal, Turner Studios, Zales | 1 Comment

Let Timmy Smoke ‘Em! (2014 NLCS Edition)

Posted on October 11, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

The hardworking staff has long been a fan of San Francisco Giants twirler Tim Lincecum (see here). And although we’re just now starting to pay serious attention to baseball’s postseason, we’ve had half an eye out for Lincecum up to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alex Smith, Barry Zito, Let Timmy Smoke, NLCS, San Francisco Giants, SFGate, St. Louis Cardinals, Tim Lincecum | 2 Comments

Hot New Website Says to Ello with Us

Posted on October 2, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

As many of you splendid readers undoubtedly know, the social media flavor of the week is Ello, the vaunted anti-Facebook. From Yahoo! Tech: ‘Anti-Facebook’ Social Network Ello Gets Viral Surge In a matter of days, the new social network Ello, described … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged anti-Facebook, eBay, Ello, Ello Manifesto, Yahoo! Tech | 2 Comments

A Jason Gay Ol’ Time (Patriots Crystal Ball Edition)

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

The always readable Wall Street Journal sports columnist (and Massachusetts native) Jason Gay had this piece in yesterday’s edition. What Does New England Have Left? Over the weekend, the Boston Red Sox and their fans bid adieu to non-football-playing sports … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Arrowhead Stadium, Bill Belichick, Derek Jeter, Dunkin' Donuts, Eli Manning, football Bucky Dent, Jason Gay, Kansas City Chiefs, New England Patriots, Tom Brady, Wall Street Journal | 3 Comments

John Haywood NYT Ad Trashed by a Different NYT Ad

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

Last week the hardworking staff noted this two-page ad in the New York Times paid for by political wannabe John Haywood, a South Carolina rich guy who mounted a Quixotic presidential run in the 2012 New Hampshire primary. We’re … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Haywood for President, John Haywood, New Hampshire Sunday News, New York Times, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, ShmuleyWorld, This World | 8 Comments

Star(chitect) Power in Future Boston, DC Landmarks

Posted on September 26, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

This has been a good week for starchitects Renzo Piano and Frank Gehry, both of whom were resurrected in seemingly moribund development projects. Start with Piano, who designed the ill-fated Tommy’s Tower in 2007, the 1,000-foot-high skyscraper mayor Tom Menino wanted … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged A Five-Star Folly, Andrew Ferguson, Buz Eisenberg, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Frank Gehry, Gehry's Folly, MIT, Renzo Piano, Stata Center, Steve Belkin, The Weekly Standard, Tom Menino, Tommy's Tower, Winthrop Square | 2 Comments

GOP = Got Our Pitch? (II)

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

As the hardworking staff recently noted, for reasons unknown we’ve been plunged lately into a Republican fundraising emailstrom. Representative samples include this missive from Karl Rove (subject line: TIGHT AS A TICK): Friend, President Obama’s approval ratings keep dropping, no reliable poll shows … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, emailstrom, GOPanhandling, Harry Reid, ISIS, Karl Rove, Marco Rubio, Mitt Romney, Nancy Pelosi, National Republican Congressional Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, NRCC, portrait in the attic, The Weekly Standard | 4 Comments

Civilians Who Run Full-Page Ads in the New York Times (FatherEdeh/Peter O Amah Edition)

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

There was an Embarrassment of International Advocacy Ads (tip o’ the pixel to James Lipton) in yesterday’s New York Times, starting with one about Argentina . . . . . . followed by one about South Korea . . … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged An Exaltation of Larks, Argentina default, Father Edeh, James Lipton, Madonna University, New York Times, Peter O Amah, South Korean ferry | 2 Comments