“As Seen on TV” is now following me on twitter… ironic, isn’t it?

Their twitter page has all sorts of offers giving away, in this instance, “$200 of free pizza!” That and a cute girl between the pizzas and you have any geek’s dream come true -

The new short-con (give-away ____ for your private info) now lives on twitter

These ads are primarily aimed at students and the  ”low-income demographic” (an insulting term used by marketers to describe “blue collar” consumers AKA “the Nascar family”). They sucker folks in with a “free” prize, and then make them continuously opt-in for multiple offers from multiple vendors to claim said prize.

How much is your personal information worth?

Brilliant example of the entertainment & marketing potential of twitter – Ferris Bueller’s Day Off on Twitter.

Ferris Bueller tweets about his day.. off

From informationisbeautiful.com - thx for the link Farid!

Interesting study during election time. Check out the article and see the actual Goog spreadsheet of stats (2005 is the fullest).

Now the cheapest parking in downtown is $13 a day. Still a bargain compared to North Beach.

The last vestiges of cheap parking now officially gone.