Category Archives: General

Canada Will Be Ready for The Zombie Apocalypse

Today’s update on zombie apocalypse preparation comes from the Canadian Parliament (which I visited last week, coincidentally). During the Members’ Statements portion of the day in the House of Commons, Pat Martin, Member of Parliament for Winnipeg, asked Minister of Foreign Affairs John Baird if a plan was in place to protect against a zombie invasion/apocalypse.

I love having a good bit of fun with zombies and the like but why is government time being wasted addressing this?

(You’ll probably have to turn up your volume. The video is very quiet.)

Who Won the Super Bowl on Twitter? (Infographic)

So you spend three to four million dollars to get all of 30 seconds of ad time during the Super Bowl. What exactly does that get you? Well, it used to be that you had to wait day or weeks to see any effect those ads might have. Now, all you have to do is check Twitter for a real-time evaluation of the effect that the ad had on your brand. For some brands, the social media results were great. For GoDaddy, it might be best to give up on Super Bowl ads.

To see how the various brands did on Super Bowl Sunday, we have a handy infographic. Read the rest of this entry