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If you could talk to any brand in the world, what brand would it be and what would you say?
7:59 pm / 8 August 2007
If you were stuck on an island (by yourself, no way off) what three brands would you take and why?
7:55 am / 9 August 2007
Jessie, when you say “no way off” the island, can the 3 brands help you get off the island (say, a Garmin GPS device, Zodiac boat, and Slim Jims)? Or the brands that I’m taking are ones I’d have on the island, sans brands that allow me to leave? Can I ask any more questions?
12:46 pm / 9 August 2007
Not to be the fatalist; but I’d assume that the brands you’d have on the island would be the ones you’d have brought not thinking you’d have arrived to a situation so gloomy. In my case these brands would probably be: Del Rey, Apple, Canon (Novel, Music, Camera). I can see the situation rolling out very apocalypticly (?) - not unlike: finished the novel - so bored now; iPod battery died - listening to the sound of salt water crashing; CompactFlash card is now full of Myspace worthy images that will never see a broadband connection - but get to look at them over and over until the battery dies.
10:21 pm / 9 August 2007
Stephen, you can use your brands to get off the island. I, for one, wouldn’t mind a little peace and tranquility so I would probably bring Arcteryx, Ginsu and Random House or Phaidon. After 30 days of Slim Jims and salt water on your Zodiac you might want to bring some Pepto.
Oh no Lynn, you were fully aware of the conspiracy before you were dropped with your parachute from the plane (P.S. now you have a parachute.) And luckily you were able to put your brands into a Mary Poppins bag before you were dropped.
9:08 am / 10 August 2007
I’ll switch out the Garmin GPS for the Pepto.
What brand of parachute?
9:11 am / 10 August 2007
It’s more like a vinyl tarp and some bailing twine. They weren’t too concerned with the softness of your landing. But luckily a couple weeks before you had taken a ninja training class so you just landed like a cat on your feet.
9:19 am / 10 August 2007
If I didn’t know I was going to get stuck I’d take:
- apple (ipod, macbook)
- balance bar (I always have a few in my bag, which everything else would be in)
- Nikon (I’ve become a shutterbug of late and it sounds like a good photo op)
Fortunately I think these brands would serve me pretty well even if I didn’t know I’d be stranded…
The ipod and macbook would keep me entertained. To solve the issue of powering them I could rig a simple solar cell using the camera’s sensor and some of the internal wiring. Granted, it would likely take about a week of recharging to be able to fire the macbook up again, but I’d have lots of downtime. Since I had everything in my handy Timbuktu bag I’d use it to collect rainwater and alternatively for shelter and netting fish. But wait, that makes a 4th brand. Hmmmmph.
2:46 pm / 10 August 2007
Brand 1 : Survivorman
Step one - satisfy the lower tiers in Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. This one-man wonder can do anything, anywhere. He provides food, safety, planning skills, experience. Possibility of fulfilling sexual and social needs, as well. Good start. We’re off!
Brand 2 : Recchiuti Confections
Dizzying array of delicious flavors, sugar, fat. Seratonin, and dopamine fulfill esteem and belonging needs. Also good for bribing Survivorman into performing acts of labor in exchange for easy calories. (Chocolate wins over taro and manloc root most days.) Also, I confess to a fondness for the vision of me swinging in my hammock eating bon bons while Survivorman toils for our evening dinner of parrotfish with mango chutney over a hot campfire.
Brand 3 : REI
Wide range of sport equipment allows me to spend leisure time self-actualizing through ever escalating athletic feats. (Pragmatic side: can provide shelter and easy to escape with outrigger and paddle if needed.)
1:49 pm / 16 August 2007
If I didn’t know I was going to get dropped off I would probably end up getting stuck with an extra pair of shoes, a bottle of water and a sketch book. I go through those pretty quickly.
Is Surviverman a brand? If that counts I will trade in my Ginsu knives for Bear from Man vs. Wild. (Though I’ve heard rumors that one of these shows is fake. So I’ll take whichever one is the more real-er.)
4:09 pm / 17 August 2007
“Man vs. Wild” is totally better than “Survivorman.” Bear would kick Survivorman’s ass. In my opinion, of course… which segues into… talking about Something vs. Something Else, name a match-up, who would win, and why. Ready, fight!
8:18 pm / 17 August 2007
Mike Rowe from Dirty Jobs v. Adam and Jamie from Myth Busters.
Mike Rowe wins because while the guys from Myth Busters play Dungeons and Dragons…Mike Rowe cleans dungeons and wrestles dragons.
7:01 pm / 19 August 2007
If you could take a brand to space? only one.
3:09 pm / 30 October 2007
Ok, I’ll start. I’d take the brand Apple to space - specifically an iPhone and a MacBook.
They ought to have wireless internet in space nowadays anyway right?
1:03 pm / 7 November 2007
Easy: Tang.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=46aD9PQwvH8
11:02 pm / 10 January 2008
If a brand falls in the forest and no one hears it, does it make a sound?
10:02 am / 18 January 2008
Brands fall in the forest everyday. Unfortunately they don’t make a sound because they have no basis for a following. The brands that live strong and watch the others fall by the way side are the ones with the established community supporting them.
10:02 pm / 30 January 2008
For a brand to fall in the forest, someone needs to have planted it first. And helped it to grow. Otherwise, it’s just ground cover, decaying.
9:52 am / 31 January 2008
On a personal more note, which brand provides the most nostalgic feeling and why?
6:39 pm / 5 February 2008
For me…Nintendo!! Every time I pick up a controller its like riding a bike.
Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, select, start. BAM! 30 lives.
God, I loved Contra.
It still takes me back to Saturday mornings, waking up early (I was 6 at the time…waking up early was nothin then), sitting for hours playing with friends and family.
2:48 pm / 19 February 2008