Real world banner ad? Or am I just losing it!

Something Ive been meaning to do for a while now is reflect on a billboard space right outside my lounge room window. The billboard takes up just about as much space visually as a banner ad at the top of my browser window, with a similar aspect ratio as well… the only difference is that its a long way away. And the thing im interested in is how my perception of this billboard has changed in recent months. It’s like im looking at a huge static GIF… or that my window IS actually a “window”, and not the real kind… has the world become a giant simulacra and I didnt notice?

Real World Banner Ad

Anyway, in this day and age of ugly, unthoughtful banner ads, its quite refreshing to see one that doesn’t animate!! (Ed – some banners aren’t all that bad… at least not the ones I make!! Hehehe).

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  • http://rant.blackapache.net OJ

    Just wait until the day where you’re looking out your window and you end up with popups in your face. :)

  • dan

    It certainly IS a real possibility. Let’s just hope that it never gets to that.

  • dan

    Speak of banner ads, here’s a useful link for those that make them for a living : Best Practices (from Adobe)

  • Susa

    At latest while pressing mentally the shortcut “apple” “z” when something has happend and you want to undo it and it doesn’t work you’ll realize that the good old world is still real. And one day we are all nuts just because of these little technical bastards around us. :)

  • dan

    heheh, ive done that in the supermarket before… that IS very scary :) It’s at those times you realise maybe it’s time to unplug for a while !!