the stuff in my head

There’s a new word of mouth marketing comapny in town, and they have a very, very disagreeable name: FanPimp. FanPimp sets up sites that allow fans to ‘win’ things by marketing products for companies. The idea is to harness and amplify the existing WOM buzz about a product or service.

But back to the name: Yup, you read that right. Fan. Pimp.

Fan- An ardent devotee; an enthusiast.

Pimp- One who finds customers for a prostitute; a procurer.

So… if the fan becomes a pimp (finding customers for a company) that makes the company a… prostitute. But the companies are paying the fans… so are they the prostitute?

No matter how you slice it, the name is terrible and the idea only slightly less so.

Perplex City

Yes, chocolate-lovers, the spectacular Chocolate Fountain really does flow with lashings of liquid choccy. All you have to do is fill it up, turn it on and watch in wonder.

Chocolate Fountain!

Too bad it’s $160 plus international shipping!

The Space Elevator Primer

Malevole.com has a snazzy little Flash game (very well done I might add) that asks you to determine whether the pictured person is a programmer or serial killer. I got 8/10 – Not bad. Don’t think it’s easy though- they look eerily similar! In the end, I wonder if the thing that drives men to kill (the ultimate form of control) isn’t all the different than what drives men to write a program that controls a computer…?

Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer?