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Graphing the Debates

Oct 4, 2008

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One thing that’s been fun about watching the Presidential and Vice Presidential debates on CNN is that you get to also watch a scrolling EKG-like graph of how viewers are actually responding to what is being shown. The methodology appears to involve a live audience, selected by CNN, to manipulate some sort of control that…

Exploring the Alternate Twitterverse

Sep 4, 2008

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Christopher Fahey

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Using some clever detective work (about which I will say little except that Google was really all I needed), I think I’ve uncovered the master plan behind the Mad Men Alternate Twitterverse that I’ve been enjoying lately. I could be wrong, but here’s my theory of how this all works: First, there are a large…

Mad Men’s “Alternate Twitterverse”

Sep 3, 2008

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Christopher Fahey

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I just found out that @benjamin_spock is following me on Twitter. I’m getting the feeling that I’m being sucked in to an Alternate Twitterverse generated by Mad Men. About two dozen new Twitterers have followed me over the last couple of weeks, and the majority of them have been characters from Mad Men. At first…

The Wisdom of Don Draper, Part 2: It’s Toasted!

Sep 1, 2008

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Christopher Fahey

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As promised, I’m going to begin featuring some of my favorite Mad Men scenes in which Don Draper practices exquisite creative communication. Today’s episode: Lucky Strike. One of the most thrilling parts of my job is pitching our creative ideas to clients, whether it’s when we’re trying to win new business or during the actual…

Obama Futurama

Aug 29, 2008

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Christopher Fahey

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Barack Obama’s speech was tremendous. He was strong, forceful, and honest while fighting tooth and nail for most of the fundamentally liberal ideals that I share — arguing them openly instead of filtering or even hiding them as most liberal Democratic candidates have in the past. And in the several places where he strayed from…

The Wisdom of Don Draper

Aug 25, 2008

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Christopher Fahey

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Upon a friend’s recommendation, a couple of weeks ago I started following don_draper on Twitter. More precisely, I’m following whoever is Twittering and playing the role of Don Draper, the main character and fictional creative director of a 1960’s Madison Avenue advertising agency on AMC’s critically-acclaimed series Mad Men, now in its second season. What’s…

R.I.P.: Owning Music (1880-2008)

Feb 6, 2008

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Christopher Fahey

in Art, Branding and Marketing, Business, Design, graphpaper.com, History, Information Design, Interface Design, Music, Reviews, Social Interaction, Technology, The Future, TV & Movies, User Experience Design, Web

Last.fm‘s announcement that they will be allowing their users to listen to full-length versions of millions of music tracks is one of the final nails in the coffin of the traditional recorded-music industry. Owning music is dead. The new business model for making money in the music industry is simple: Design a better music distribution…

she looks like a f$^#%ing smeagol

Jan 23, 2008

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Christopher Fahey

in Art, Images, Language, Social Interaction, TV & Movies, User Experience Design, Web

I just watched the latest episode of FRONTLINE, whose title, â€œGrowing Up Onlineâ€œ, pretty much accurately describes the content. The show is excellent, and while Iâ€™m not inclined to share my specific thoughts about the program, I am compelled to show you this screenshot illustrating â€œcyber bullyingâ€.

How Deep is your Internet News?

Jan 8, 2008

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Christopher Fahey

in Business, graphpaper.com, Information Design, Reviews, Technology, TV & Movies, User Experience Design, Web

In today’s Times, I read a story that included a fallacy that I’m pretty fed up of hearing: The accusation that web-based news and journalism is overly brief and shallow, that it caters too much to the short attention spans of ADD-addled youths, and that the web is ushering in a new era of crappy…

Lying with (Advertising) Statistics

Oct 30, 2007

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Christopher Fahey

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A running theme here at graphpaper.com is the debunking of shoddy research methodologies and junk science used to lend authority to and help guide decisions in the design professions. I want to encourage my readers, and the industry as a whole, to (a) stop being so gullible about the research they hear about in the…

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