I think I'm starting to get it, use it and live it: Facebook, texting, mobile email, mobile photos, mobile video, and even Twitter. You can see my Twitter feed on http://www.hawthorneblog.com/content/about-stephen-kelley. Do you want to play? Come on in, the water's fine! Twitter sskelley.

I've been having some interesting conversations with Jolie O'Dell and Mary Fahncke about the role of new media, in particular in traditional DRTV companies. We've been sharing some link love and you can see links to their sites at the blog/vlog rolls at the bottom of the Hawthorne Videoactive Report.

Sherwin Williams is spitting out gems with their color picking site.  If you're in the market for buying paint this is a great visualization resource.  You can choose from different rooms and different styles of rooms- apply your paint schemes, and build a shopping list.  You can even get daring and paint the ceiling and trim.
http://sherlink.sherwin.com/swapp/color_visualizer/index.jsp

Check out the sample page peel ad in the upper-right corner. This is the default out-of-the-box sample of a new drupal module: http://drupal.org/project/pageear. I've seen page peels with videos under the peel which I think we could do by cleverly replacing the art assets.

Are you a design snob? You COULD scour the interweb looking for great ideas to steal or just visit:http://www.thefwa.com/ or one of the many best of the best award sites which has done all the digging for you. 
 
A good designer of course shouldn't need to steal anything, but it doesn't hurt to get inspired by what others are doing.

This article, and the term "think-to-buy" are just too cool not to repost. Scot, did you come up with think-to-buy?
 
Will Neuro Headsets Launch Think-To-Buy Ad Apps? -
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Check out this site, which appears to be from the U.K. version of the Pork Producers board.
    
 http://www.pigsareworthit.com/lyrics.html
 
I confess that I find the "Stand By Your Man" spoof somewhat amusing, but what I really like is the "iPig player." Everybody knows how to work one of those, right? Even better, it works.
 

Hello World!
 
I read in the NY Times the other day that Google will start to accept video's in their paid search AdWords tool.  They have already been featuring video to those users that are a part of their Google Content Network - but this is video in place of text - right on the SERP's.
 
This will be huge as the world appetite for video continues to grow.
 
We will keep you posted on this exciting trend in paid search marketing here at the Digital & Interactive department of Hawthorne Direct.