Comments on: Brand timeline -- what brands do you interact with and when?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Cory, all you ever eat is porridge and fruit? I’ve heard of the starving artist, but wow.

By: broken_fingers

broken_fingers — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I only clicked randomly through about ten, but apparently no one poops or pees.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Hitachi Magic Wand. Durex. Co-op re-fills in old bottles. I also wish to be a superhero with ad-dissolving powers.

By: Takuan

Takuan — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

city tap water and pressure washer.

By: nosehat

nosehat — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

This is somewhat interesting, but I could see getting very carried away with this if I tried to do it in any kind of thorough way. At what level one stops is pretty arbitrary.

For example, morning shower: The people here list soap, shampoo, razor, and maybe washcloth brand. But the tiles in your shower were manufactured by a company, as was the grout, as was your shower curtain, as were the rings that hold your shower curtain up, as was the shower head, as were the pipes, as was the solder used to connect the pipes together, as were the brackets used to hold the pipes in place, as were the nails that hold the brackets to branded 2X4s in your wall. The water itself comes from a specific utility company. So does your electricity, coming through branded wiring, held together with branded connectors and fasteners (with a bit of branded electric tape here and there), into your branded light fixture held to the ceiling with branded screws… If you really think about it, you interact with probably thousands of “brands” every time you do anything at all indoors.

Don’t get me started with how many “brands” I am using just typing this message on my internet-connected-via-wi-fi computer!

By: arkizzle

arkizzle — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I have so, so fewer brand interactions than this. The only real variety in my day is probably food.

08:00-08:30 Colgate, Oral-B, BodyShop, Andrex, Airwalk, Adio, Generic TShirt

08:30-09:00 Apple, Apple, Sony Ericsson

09:00-10:00 DAF (bus), Apple

10:00-13:00 Alienware, Bic, PukkaPad

13:00-14:00 Food

14:00-17:00 Alienware, Bic, PukkaPad

17:00-18:00 DAF, Apple

18:00-19:00 MaryJane, Rizla, Food

19:00-23:30 Apple, Apple, MaryJane, Rizla,

23:30-00.00 Colgate, Oral-B, Andrex

..seems about right :)

By: arkizzle

arkizzle — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

+ a million websites.

By: sammich

sammich — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Golden Virginia? Old Holborn?

By: sammich

sammich — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Benson and Hedges?

By: sammich

sammich — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

(ooh! finally i can comment again!)

By: David Carroll

David Carroll — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Cory: What are you reading? Aren’t authors and publishers brands?

But less seriously, my list:

10:00 – American Standard, Bayer, Anheuser-Busch, Kelloggs

10:01 to 22:00 – John Player & Sons, Anheuser-Busch

10:15 – Simmons

13:00 – MacDonalds

13:15 – Simmons

17:00 – Dominos

18:00 – Jack Daniel’s

21:00 – Vivid entertainment

21:10 to 10:00 – Simmons

;)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

You can find an automated site to create your own brand timeline at:
http://www.brandmyday.com

By: Dewi Morgan

Dewi Morgan — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

@David Carroll: Yeah, I was gonna ask – an author, who doesn’t consider other authors (or even their publishers) as brands?

By: stratosfyr

stratosfyr — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I’ve been up for 30 minutes and I’m already thinking…

LG, GE, Jamieson, Burt’s Bees, Hakim, Bayer, Exact, NEC, MSI, BoingBoing, Google.

In the next few minutes…

Garnier, Colgate, Neilsen, Becel, President’s Choice, Minute Maid…

I’m going to have to give up there before you find out about my cheap-ass shoes.

By: arkizzle

arkizzle — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Sednaboo,

..and Naomi Klein is not impressed.

By: mannakiosk

mannakiosk — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I wish I was a superhero with vomit-powers that would dissolve ads and logos.

By: seyo

seyo — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I had no idea Compaq was still around and making computers. That kinda makes me happy! Blast from the past.

By: SednaBoo

SednaBoo — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Cayce Pollard does not appreciate this

By: nosehat

nosehat — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

@19:

Maybe he eats the diapers and the baby shampoo too?

By: Daemon

Daemon — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Brands should only count if you buy them intentionally, rather then just grabbing whatever’s cheap and plentiful/convenient/whatever.

By: J France

J France — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Cory: I read publisher as being MS Publisher.

Then I remembered you use Ubuntu, and the universe returned to it’s right way up.

My brand list is very short…

8-9 AM – Colgate, Palmolive, Apple, McGaw Medical, VitaSoy

9-12 AM – Lavazza (coffee), Dell, MicroSoft, Terumo

12-5 PM – Lavazza, Dell, MS, Apple

5-Sleep PM – Riviana (rice) or San Remo (pasta), fresh / bulk dried food makes up the rest.

It feels good not to be heavily branded. I suppose Toyota fits into everyday, too.

By: godfathersoul

godfathersoul — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

that person uses way too many crappy products…