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Joke 'DireLogz' - Messenger Winks

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  • Created: Jul 12, 2006, 5:05 pm
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"You've been hit by a 'DireLog' - click here to get your own back!" Humourous Computer Dialog Joke 'winks' (light-herted animated pop-ups) that spread like wildfire on MSN Messenger. I have come up with a dozen or so humourous fake computer dialogs - or 'DireLogz' (yeah, they're really that bad!) which have made my colleagues laugh. This idea is easy to contribute to. Submit a geek joke to the project and have it published. Artsy-types can have fun drawing them up. What if you could make these DireLogz pop up on someone else's console as a practical joke? Well, the perfect mechanism is already there in MSN Messenger - a feature called 'Winks', which can be implemented by anyone. People that really like them can subscribe to have a new one pop up on their desktop each morning. Once the brand catches on, produce themed items featuring the most popular DireLogz on T-Shirts, mugs and other personalized items. (See www.ok-cancel.com for an example.)

I thought of this idea when I was...

...bored in a UCD (User-centred design) lecture on user-friendly application dialog messages in University... We all like a good laugh - especially about things that bug us from day to day - like our computers.


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Aidan
Aidan Posted: August 1, 2006, 3:43 am

People don't pay for little comedy pop-ups, and selling merchandise is going to take a loooong time before it makes any money. This sounds like something you could do yourself in a few days - just go do!

Red3
Red3 Posted: August 21, 2006, 5:36 pm

Thanks for your feedback.
I believe people do pay for Winks in MSN Messenger, and anyone can implement winks for sale.
The essence of this idea is to get lots of DireLogz going from all over the place. hence the CrowdSource call for contributions.

Another way to make money is to package them up and sell them like a calendar - so that one pops up each day of the year.
I'm sure there is a market for it - just like there is a market for Dilbert and Garfield.

digiterata
digiterata Posted: December 17, 2006, 12:20 am

I think there might be potential here, but I hate the name.

It needs work but I think it could spread as a nice free promotional tool - either to promote cambrian house or potential sponsers like Jolt.

Could even be a fantastic way to promote Gwabs or Prezzle.

Red3
Red3 Posted: March 15, 2007, 11:04 am

The name was a pun on the word Dialog (pop-up window).

What other names can anyone suggest?

 

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