Bob Hoffman

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Gravity and the Web

Brand Marketing

Driving through Berkeley, near where I live, it’s not unusual to see a beat-up, old VW bus with a bumper sticker that reads, “Think Globally, Act Locally.” Unfortunately, if there’s [...]

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Big Brother Has Arrived, and He’s Us

Brand Marketing

One of the frightening things about human behavior is that horrific social practices are often only recognized as such from a distance. Practices like slavery, binding of feet and infanticide—which [...]

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Digital Dream World

Brand Marketing

Welcome to a new world. It’s a world in which people are eager to interact with ads. It’s a world in which consumers want to have relationships with brands and [...]

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Ads in the Age of Hysteria

Brand Marketing

We’ve just lived through the most hysterical decade since the first doomsday lunatic discovered you could make a nice buck proclaiming the end of the world.  First, we had the [...]