Where did they get those clothes?

At the risk of sounding horribly immature, this post is about Gossip Girl (my favorite guilty pleasure).

At the end of each Gossip Girl episode, a few seconds are spent telling viewers what songs were featured on the show, and how they can buy those songs. What I don't understand is, why don't they do the same for the fabulous clothes featured on the show???

For months I've been scouring Gossip Girl Fashion to discover the latest garb worn by my favorite characters, only to discover that the item is sold out as soon as I've found it. There is a huge demand for anything worn by the fashionable Upper East Side characters. Even Target has recognized it, and has launched their own Gossip Girl fashion line.

Identifying these clothes, and then finding where to buy them, is still a very manual process. With such high demand, why aren't the networks partnering with designers to streamline this? The opportunity doesn't only apply to Gossip Girl, from Mad Men to iCarly, design lovers and young girls alike would be clamoring for clothes worn by their idols. (Actually, Banana Republic did partner with Mad Men - good for them!)

Fashion seems like one product placement opportunity that I actually want as a viewer. I am sure others are thinking about this opportunity too. Meanwhile, a lot of wallets are waiting. :)

Note: Seen On is another site links viewers to clothing featured on popular shows. But they are only able to list a small subset of the fashions worn.

"We Feel Fine": The Book!

We Feel Fine is "an exploration of human emotion on a global scale". And now it's also a book.

Built by friend Sep Kamvar, and Jonathan Harris, We Feel Fine continuously crawls recent blog posts for expressions of human emotion, looking for phrases like "I feel" and "I am feeling". The project then groups and slices these emotions along different demographics, giving us a picture of what people are feeling around the country and the world.

These real time emotions are now captured in static copy.

Congrats to Sep and Jonathan, can't wait to see what you two do next.

Cole Valley Halloween

Halloween on Belvedere Street in Cole Valley - best Halloween ever.

Dogs on TV

Love this comercial

Happy Men

Thanks Mina for sharing this!

Traveling is Funny

• Last night I emailed Hotel X in Seoul, asking for 4 rooms, over email, providing no payment info.
• Today, Hotel X's website says they have no rooms, so we book rooms elsewhere
• This evening I got an email from Hotel X, saying "no! we already booked your rooms!"
• Immediately after get 4 confirmation emails
• I say "sorry but we thought you were booked and booked elsewhere"
• Get an email saying "We already have your rooms! and we will add 1 sock and 2 underwear and complimentary breakfast"
• I say "sorry, we will stay with you next time"
• I receive email saying "Did you see we are offering breakfast complimentary???" (yes, they made it red)
  
• I apologize again saying we've already paid for other rooms.

Mad Men Season 3 Teaser!

Can't wait to watch!