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Ever wonder about what things you should avoid when trying to market your product - look no further than Monopoly City Streets. MCS is quite possibly one of the most ingenious marketing strategies I've ever seen, and it has become the most epic failure I know of as well. The idea of playing Monopoly on real streets using Google Maps generated over 17 million hits in the first day. The interwebs were overrun with rabid Monopoly players ready to snatch up their favorite streets. I myself bought u… Continue

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I was on a similar project back in 2005 that never came into fruition. They've done a pretty good job with it - although I have no idea how many prospective students are actually looking at it. http://www.admissions.umich.edu/vmerse/ Continue

One of the projects I have been working on for the Office of Admissions and Records is representing our various groups (applicants, different admissions decisions, prospects) in Google Earth for a more visual interpretation of our data. Several groups have wanted a more technical demonstration of the process beginning with the raw data and moving forward to the actual seeing and saving in Google Earth. On that note, if you are interested in sitting in on this demonstration, please leave a com… Continue

Nice turn out for this event. A lot of basic information orbiting mostly around Facebook. Spending a lot of time on not posting embarassing things on the net. The projector needs some love Continue

http://www.sxsw.com/interactive/web_awards/finalists Of course you could use Stumbleupon.com and hope to randomly find some interesting sites to inspire, but who wants that kind of effort when SXSW has already done it for you. Continue