April 2007
One Problem with Template-Generated Content
April 24, 2007, 11:32 PM | 1 Comment
Content Management Systems (CMS’s) are great. The power and flexibility they offer website owners make them an invaluable piece to any “modern” site. Every now and then though, CMS’s can show their weaknesses. Whether it be limiting the front end of a site because of what the CMS can or cannot do (which should never happen, but it does) or it just makes it too darn easy to publish some content, CMS’s have some drawbacks.
Last night after the Toronto Blue Jays won their game against the Boston Red Sox, I decided to look up the game recap over at ESPN.com. First let me say that I’m a real fan of ESPN.com and all they’re doing in terms pushing the envelope when it comes to content-delivery on the web. The innovations they’ve put in place over the past 5 years have been incredible. Having said that, they really need to get better when it comes to the editing/content approval department.
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Networks Pull Frank Thomas Blue Jays Ad
April 5, 2007, 2:40 PM | 3 Comments
Can someone please tell me exactly what is wrong with this commercial?
This ad, featuring Frank Thomas (the new designated hitter for Major League Baseball’s Toronto Blue Jays), is one in a series of ads promoting the 2007 baseball season. This is the 2nd or 3rd year that ads like this have been produced to promote the Toronto Blue Jays. Some of them are funny, some of them are just plain dumb, but this one in particular is pretty good I think. Never though (at least to my knowledge) have the ads been a source of controversy… until now.