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Marketing #FAIL

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Can you imagine the brainstorming session that ended in a decision to name this product "HOLD UR LOAD"? I guess it's better than "STRAP ON" or... Well, you get the idea.

The product is a diamond-plate steel thingy that helps secure whatever it is you're carrying in the back of your truck.

You can read all about it at holdurload.com. A word of warning, though--their video starts automatically, so turn your sound down. Otherwise, your co-workers will wonder why you're surfing the web for ways to hold your load.

If Logos Were Honest, They'd Be Exactly Like This [Art]

If Logos Were Honest, They'd Be Exactly Like This [Art]
Published on Gizmodo | shared via feedly mobile

In a clever art project, Viktor Hertz re-fashioned logos of popular companies and flipped into something a little more...honest. He says the honest logos reveal the content of each company instead of what's hidden behind the branding. I think it's hilariously brilliant. See more at Honest Logos. [Honest Logos via Laughing Squid] More »

Happy Owls

It's Fowl Play!

We've got a whole lot of happy owls waiting to take off -- don't leave them hanging! The parliament of HootSuite owls needs you to choose their flight plan and help them soar to new heights. Each level features a different Owly with a new way to play. Get hours of fun with challenging flight options, tricky targets and crazy new levels.

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Available for iPhone, iPad, BlackBerry, Kindle, Android, Zune and most flip phones. Plus, it's playable within your HootSuite dashboard so you can fly from 9 to 5.

Features:

Oh, this game has features:

  • Addictive owl-launching action
  • Share scores with friends and team members
  • Over 48 levels of fowl play
  • Boss mode button to pretend you're actually working
  • Analytics tools in-dash to track total hours of play, average flight time and aggregated Owl scores

Screenshots:

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