“My old reference was a big Panasonic billboard,” Galvao told NPR. “But now my reference is an art deco building that was covered [by the massive sign]. So you start getting new references in the city. The city’s now got new language, a new identity.”

working at an ad agency proved alienating, she said, because of the way “the work mimics art.”

Yuck. Pay with a tweet is a shitty system. But used my private twitter acct to grab the pdf and then deleted the tweet.

^ why the advertising world is literally the root of all evil

"Elyssa Warkentin characterizes the culture and assumptions behind such advertisements as showing "contempt ... for women both as consumers and as females"."

Spot-on production values in this video by @Coudal for Field Notes: (filed under: good design can sell *anything*)

Online behavioral advertising (OBA) refers to the practice of tracking users across web sites in order to infer user interests and preferences. These interests and preferences are then used for selecting ads to present to the user. There is great concern that behavioral advertising in its present form infringes on user privacy. The resulting public debate -- which includes consumer advocacy organizations, professional associations, and government agencies -- is premised on the notion that OBA and privacy are inherently in conflict.

Adnostic is a practical architecture that enables targeting without compromising user privacy. Behavioral profiling and targeting in Adnostic takes place in the user's browser. The ad network remains agnostic to the user's interests.

From the wonderful FAQ on UbuWeb

Quaquaversal:

Q: When did UbuWeb Start?
A: UbuWeb was founded in November of 1996, initially as a repository for visual, concrete and, later, sound poetry. Over the years, UbuWeb has embraced all forms of the avant-garde and beyond. Its parameters continue to expand in all directions.

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There is no giftshop:

Q: How do I purchase something from your site?
A: You can't. Nothing is for sale on UbuWeb. It's all free. We know it's a hard idea to get used to, but there's no lush gift shop waiting for you at the end of this museum.

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Stance on copyright:

Q: What is your policy concerning posting copyrighted material?
A: If it's out of print, we feel it's fair game. Or if something is in print, yet absurdly priced or insanely hard to procure, we'll take a chance on it. But if it's in print and available to all, we won't touch it. The last thing we'd want to do is to take the meager amount of money out of the pockets of those releasing generally poorly-selling materials of the avant-garde. UbuWeb functions as a distribution center for hard-to-find, out-of-print and obscure materials, transferred digitally to the web. Our scanning, say, an historical concrete poem in no way detracts from the physical value of that object in the real world; in fact, it probably enhances it. Either way, we don't care: Ebay is full of wonderful physical artifacts, most of them worth a lot of money.

Should something return to print, we will remove it from our site immediately. Also, should an artist find their material posted on UbuWeb without permission and wants it removed, please let us know. However, most of the time, we find artists are thrilled to find their work cared for and displayed in a sympathetic context. As always, we welcome more work from existing artists on site.

Let's face it, if we had to get permission from everyone on UbuWeb, there would be no UbuWeb.

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We're not here for that:

Q: How do I download MP3s?
A: There are thousands of resources on the web to learn how to do this. That's not what we're here for.

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An archive not a blog:

Q: Why isn't new content posted every day?
A: UbuWeb is an archive, not a blog. It has accumulated slowly and steadily and shall continue to far into the future.

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As if to say, "you come to us:"

Q: I'd like to receive notices of UbuWeb updates. How do I do this?
A: UbuWeb refuses to advertise or promote itself. Most of all, we detest the idea of filling inboxes with more unwanted material. A few times a year, we post our updates to select mailing lists; that's what they're for, aren't they? For UbuWeb updates, best to just keep checking back on the homepage, where notices of all new content appears.

Who Google thinks you are based on your cookies (I'm a male who likes web design, architecture, and royalty) /via @jomc

Why working in advertising for more than 2 months would've killed me: #theydontunderstandANYTHINGabouttheweb