Love & Please Share

It is Valentines day and for the occasion, James, chief punk of Adhack, created a little assignment for his alphanauts (those are the people part of this secret society) to come up with an ad that reflects romance, sex or both.

The DIY (Do It Yourself) ads came in quite fast so here they are:

** Chocolate Love:
http://adhack2.com/public/detail/2444-1177
** M & Ms Valentine’s Ad --
http://adhack2.com/public/detail/2443-1177
** Potted Love --
http://adhack2.com/public/detail/1952-1177

Have a favourite? Share it! Email a link. Show it to friends. Blog it. Add it to your Facebook / MySpace page. StumbleUpon it. Digg it. Let the world know!

But now, Adhack is opening this up to even more lovers. Yes, that is right! Adhack is opening the gates to Adhack Alpha. Therefore, if you are in love, or think love is a good thing, here is what you can do:

1 - Invite friends to join Adhack. We’ve created a welcome page so they get the skinny: http://adhack2.com/public/welcome

2 - Make an ad. We’re getting more interest all the time. So we’re going public. Nuts to this ‘private alpha’ business. We’ll rock with what we got.

And public means we’ll be selling the ads. You may make some scratch. You may earn glory. You’ll only know if you make an ad.

3 - Official AdHack Materials, like a Press Release, below, if you need to describe AdHack to anyone.

Have any other suggestions? Contact James at

Here is some more about Valentines day, Chocolate, Sex and everything in between:
Chocolates and Sex in Valentine’s Day Advertising
(http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/2/prweb699003.htm)

Chocolates for your love on Valentine’s Day? Some people say chocolate is an aphrodisiac. But according to research, 6 out of 10 women prefer chocolates to sex. Can this be true? AdHack, a community of designers, photographers and creators, is spicing things up this Valentine’s Day with a racy advertising for chocolate lovers.

Vancouver, BC (PRWEB) February 14, 2008—Chocolates for your love on Valentine’s Day? Some people say chocolate is an aphrodisiac. But according to research, 6 out of 10 women prefer chocolates to sex. Can this be true?

Perhaps the Scots know best. According to the Scotsman, they prefer sex over chocolate.
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/features/Sex-and-the-Scottish.3766459.jp

Is it because European advertising is sexier than North American advertising?

If Valentine’s is about love, romance and feeling sexy, why are the advertisements so boring?

Love is never boring.

That’s why the AdHack community decided to spice things up this Valentine’s Day.
AdHack is a community of designers, photographers and creators who are pushing the advertising envelope.

Have a look at the “Chocolate Love” ad created by AdHack member Giant Ant Media.
http://adhack2.com/public/detail/2444-1177

The Assignment:
Create an ad for the best romance item ever received.

The Chocolate Love Ad Concept:
Giant Ant Media says “Pretty simple. We wanted to make a connection between chocolate and romance, and chocolate as an aphrodisiac but without using people. By using the chocolates, the video is still racy, which we wanted, but not crude and still retains a ‘cuteness’ about it. This video could work as an ad for a chocolate company (Purdy’s/Lindt), or even for a brand that sells ‘romantic’ goods (Oh My/Kama Sutra).”

“Chocolate Love” is a short, stop-motion animation, shot on a light box. 367 Frames.

See for yourself: “Chocolate Love” ad by Giant Ant Media
http://adhack.com/chocolate-love-on-valentines-day/

About AdHack
AdHack is a web-based marketplace for advertising creative. Anyone can create an ad. Anyone can buy an ad. AdHack acts like an eBay for ad creative, connecting ad buyers and ad creators. Learn more on the public site at http://www.adhack.com

AdHack is currently in a private alpha rollout. For more information contact James Sherrett: 604-788-1502 or

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I discovered the band Keepers a few months ago when my friend Dan Beauparlant told me he was working on a music video for the group. Today, Ric Antonishin and the rest of his Keepers are releasing the video and I am pleased to share it with you. I really like this local rock band and I am pleased to mention that they will be playing at the Coppertank in Kitsilano on December 31, 2007. Tickets are sold at the Coppertank, 3135 West Broadway, Vancouver. I will be there.

Here is the video:

For more information on the rock band Keepers, where they play, when, or if you want to hire them for an evening, please contact Ric Antonishin: ricantonishin{at}shaw.ca

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My friend Taron Hall has traveled extensively during the last few years and he sent me a video today of a crazy road trip he made in Africa to find the Himba Tribes. He made this video as a demo to get himself known as a good host for a travel show which is why I am sharing it around. Taron is a great guy with a big heart and I a confident he would be awesome in such a position. I think you’ll find the video quite entertaining. It’s just 6 minutes long, check it out and send him your comments at tarongoneaway {at} yahoo.ca

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And here again another cool introduction video from Lee Lefever from Common craft. This one is a Google Docs tutorial, what it is and why you should use it to manage your documents. Just like the other tutorial tech videos he made, this one is really well done and is worth sharing around. If you don’t know much about Google Docs, you should absolutely view this:

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