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    Image of marcsiry marcsiry
    11/24/09

    In reply to Surf The Internet the Mostly Lower Case Way
    This marks the day that "branding" was officially rebranded as "wanking."
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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    11/23/09

    In reply to Surf The Internet the Mostly Lower Case Way
    Sucker. Bullshit. Down the toilet.
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    Image of MincnglyWhrdL'mer MincnglyWhrdL'mer
    11/23/09

    In reply to Surf The Internet the Mostly Lower Case Way
    lol.
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    Image of MessiahsHandle MessiahsHandle
    11/23/09

    In reply to Surf The Internet the Mostly Lower Case Way
    I suggest Doa. Can't we take Aol to Switzerland to put it out of its misery...legally?
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    Image of shostakobitch shostakobitch
    11/23/09

    In reply to Surf The Internet the Mostly Lower Case Way
    but what does denton think about this?
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    Image of Sir Thomas More Sir Thomas More
    11/23/09

    In reply to Surf The Internet the Mostly Lower Case Way
    They might as well have gone all the way and changed it into Lol.
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    Image of naugahydeinplainsight naugahydeinplainsight
    11/23/09

    In reply to Surf The Internet the Mostly Lower Case Way

    This is the one that scared me. Brought back memories of waiting so long for pages to load it felt like my head was about to explode. Thanks for bringing back such happy memories, folks.
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    Image of son of spam son of spam
    11/23/09

    In reply to Surf The Internet the Mostly Lower Case Way
    Aol. Rhymes with A-hole.
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    Image of AzureTexan AzureTexan
    11/23/09

    In reply to Surf The Internet the Mostly Lower Case Way
    I'm diggin' the ideogram.

    Reading right to left, it's "Eddy hook 'em fish."
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    Image of lobstr lobstr
    11/23/09

    In reply to Surf The Internet the Mostly Lower Case Way
    If the folks behind this are the same people who did that new Pepsi swirl campaign, I'd love to see the 40-page corporate-branded meta-existential shitshow explanation behind the creative process.
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    Image of meechybee meechybee
    11/23/09


    @lobstr: Actually, it was done by Wolff Olins -- the crap-mongers who bought us the 2012 London Olympics logo and the blurry-looking NYC logo (why the city decided to hire a British firm over any of the dozens of equally-qualified ones in NYC is still a mystery to me).

    The only upside is that Aol probably paid through the nose -- which will sink it faster.
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    Image of meechybee meechybee
    11/23/09

    @meechybee: BTW, I've been looking at (literally) hundreds of portfolios lately and if I saw this, I wouldn't give the designer a second look.
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    Image of sweetpickles sweetpickles
    11/23/09

    @meechybee: It's totally 3rd rate. It doesn't even explain what Aol. does.
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    Image of meechybee meechybee
    11/24/09

    @sweetpickles: Ah-ha, but therein lies the beauty (putting on my marketing voice) -- when you leave the door open, anyone can come in. By not defining who Aol is, you leave it open for the individual to make their own definition and see their reflection in Aol...
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    Image of sweetpickles sweetpickles
    11/24/09

    @meechybee: Yeah. Everyone seems to be trying that branding approach lately. The brand is YOU. I don't see the point in doing that here if you're not going to redirect them to your content or somehow try to get the message out as to what service you provide. This is very much the new Pepsi logo.
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    Image of Motoko Kusanagi Motoko Kusanagi
    11/23/09

    In reply to Surf The Internet the Mostly Lower Case Way
    Dead fish gets flushed down the toilet. Rock on!
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    Image of lobstr lobstr
    11/23/09

    @Motoko Kusanagi: 1. Who's down for sushi?
    2. Fuck yeah, wasabi..
    3. Washed down with a sake bomb..
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    11/19/09

    In reply to The Incredible Shrinking AOL
    Eeerily close to a decade since AOL swallowed Time-Warner
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    11/19/09

    @If_I_Had_a_Poodle: I was really hoping that this thread would turn into a funeral commemoration about the good-olde days when AOL gobbled up Time Warner. I was working for the Fortune Group (which is part of Time Inc.) in 2000, at the precise moment when the merger hit, and I have some incredible stories.

    We all had stock options as part of our employee package, and were gleefully monitoring the skyrocketing stock prices. Also, in the spring of 2000, the Fortune mag publisher whisked ALL the national staff--editorial, ad sales, the whole crew, including assistants and such--on a one-week, all-expenses-paid vacation to Hawaii. (That was because the Fortune Group overtook People in ad revenue at the height of the dotcom boom, and the publisher wanted to celebrate that.)

    We all stayed in $500 rooms at the Four Seasons Manele Bay Hotel on the island of Lana'i. Everyone had rooms with an ocean view and got comped spa treatments. It's only 9 years ago, but it feels like it happened in some kind of mythical, fairy tale realm.
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    Image of badasscat badasscat
    11/19/09

    In reply to The Incredible Shrinking AOL
    There's a "You've got Mail!" joke in here somewhere. There always is.
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    Image of miss_msry miss_msry
    11/09/09

    In reply to AOL Layoffs Tomorrow to Kick Off Depressing Holiday Season?
    At least when I got laid off, the Southern Baptist prick delayed from Good Friday (because the Judge hadn't signed off on the closure of a major metro newspaper actually making money and the firing of nearly 1,900 people) to the Monday after Easter. Did I mention he was and still is a rich prick? #aol
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    Image of Mediahohoho Mediahohoho
    10/22/09

    In reply to AOL and Time Inc CEOs Meet to Discuss Merger?
    Synergy! #timeinc
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