She’s had a dream house, lived in Malibu, had a Ferrari, been on DWTS, and even ran for President. When you stand 1000 miles away and squint your eyes, Barbie and her friends really are positive role models: being able to afford a multi-million dollar dream house during a recession in a southern California alone while also paying monthly payments on a foreign sports car, compete in a prime-time television dance competition AND run for office?!? Today’s women really can do anything…

That’s what I thought until Barbie’s friend rocked a bald head and still looked amazingly happy, strong, and flawless. Barbie can ALSO stand tall and defeat Cancer on top of it all. I’m so proud of Barbie['s friend].

Bluefin Labs, the social TV analytics company, has just made it easier for brands to measure the effectiveness of television advertising via social media. With the launch of Bluefin Lab’s new platform, Signals Brand Edition, brands will be able to measure and analyze the performance of campaigns with an automated system that tracks and monitors social media responses. Though desired and talked about, this has never before been created.

Brands are jumping at the chance to use this system. Join the ranks of PepsiCo, Kraft Foods, Mars, Humana and Quicken Loans, together with agency partners Starcom MediaVest Group, Hill Holliday, Horizon Media, Initiative, MediaCom, Optimedia and Zenith Media and track how people like your campaign.

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Apple is on the verge of doing what few others have: changing the English language.

When you have a boo-boo, you reach for a Band-Aid not a bandage. When you need to blow your nose, you ask for Kleenex not tissue. If you decide to look up something online, you Google instead of search for it. And if you want to buy a tablet computer, there’s a good chance there’s only one name you’ll remember. The Associated Press released this opinion on April 8th, 2012.

Wow. If I was given the opportunity to sit with fellow creatives, dissect the digital world, brainstorm the current state of that very same world, all while being challenged improve that state, oh yeah, did I mention that there are no constraints? I think I would start drooling.

statdash – metrics even your mother can love.

We all need analytics! Just like I let my grandmother take my measurements when I need to tailor some pants, I think I’ll let the sweet old lady on this page take the measurements on the site, too. It only seems right.