Technology through Time

Having just discovered this, I am feeling a bit behind on the times. Introducing a wonderful tool for media review and collaboration: Voice Thread. Here is a sample of a voicethread discussing storyboarding. 

It caught my eye, yesterday when I was reading some articles on CNN. But when it was mentioned again to me by my husband, I had to ask, ok, what is up with this? He pointed out that we were not the only ones asking the questions, who would invest in a mortgage right now, after looking at a dancing girl banner ad. The undulating bodies always disappoints me as I think about another ad being sold with sex. Yet, it grabbed my attention, which is exactly what an ad wants to do. Further investigation turned up a  blog article by  Workbench, "Dancing Mortgage People Ate My Brain. " Apparently, this has been an ongoing trend and very affective.  New York times  tracked down the ad creator.  It seems that the company that uses these ads have made because " the credit agency Experian bought the eight-year-old company for $400 million in 2005."  Furthermore, Brad Stone from the  New York times article  stated, "Mr. Coffin said that the company clos...