A Ditty 4 You

December 2, 2005 2:43 PM

Mark writes ditties for you. Including such songs as THINK! BEFORE MARKING YOUR EMAILS HIGH PRIORITY and others.
posted by xmutex (23 comments total)

I like that guy.
posted by billysumday at 2:49 PM on December 2, 2005

Mark looks alot like one of the guys who was rejected from the Bachelorette (not that I watched it, my wife had a serious addiction though).
posted by fenriq at 2:59 PM on December 2, 2005

[this is exactly what working in an office is like]
posted by BuddhaInABucket at 3:08 PM on December 2, 2005

See, it's like I said, this is EXACTLY why they shouldn't let just anyone buy one of those digital movie cameras!
posted by HuronBob at 3:09 PM on December 2, 2005

He is good.

BTW, I'm the one who requested the S.U.A. ditty, dedicated to all of MeFi. FIY. YMMV. J/K.
posted by funambulist at 3:14 PM on December 2, 2005

that guy is so getting laid
posted by ab'd al'Hazred at 3:15 PM on December 2, 2005

Paging Cranberry.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 3:30 PM on December 2, 2005

He's funny indeed. But is it another viral marketing campaign?

There's the link to his "sponsor," and the ditty he wrote for Dell. And check out the bottom of the pictures page:

"We, Dell Inc., think Mark’s Dittys are funny and have agreed to sponsor this site.
If you’d like to view our privacy policy or site terms of use, please use the links below:

Copyright 2005 Dell Inc. For customers of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia only.
Dell, the Dell Logo and Dell DJ Ditty are trademarks of Dell Inc. Privacy Policy | Terms of Use"

So is it that (a) Dell is good natured about it and sees a clever promotional opportunity, so they pay for the bandwidth in exchange for the plug, or (b) the whole thing is a pre-arranged set up? (Ditty4you.com is a handy URL for the Dell Ditty mp3 player).

I'm in the "either way who cares because the songs are fun to listen to" camp, but I think it's an interesting question.
posted by AgentRocket at 4:09 PM on December 2, 2005

Well, it's plainly marketing.

Cole & Weber, an ad agency out of Seattle, is the registrant.

Domain Name: ADITTY4YOU.COM

Administrative Contact , Technical Contact :
Cole & Weber
[e-mail]
308 OCCIDENTAL AVE S
SEATTLE, WA 98104-2840
US
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
posted by AgentRocket at 4:16 PM on December 2, 2005

BTW, I'm the one who requested the S.U.A. ditty

I can't believe he missed (or is it just that he tastefully overlooked?) the obvious Stop Using Acronyms/Shut Up Asshole joke.
posted by Ryvar at 4:16 PM on December 2, 2005

To bad it's viral marketing.

Reminded me of Tenacious D. (Although not as röckïng, and more The Office-esque.
posted by Colloquial Collision at 4:53 PM on December 2, 2005

Argh. I've been had. Can I flag my own post?
posted by xmutex at 5:11 PM on December 2, 2005

Boo!
posted by ab'd al'Hazred at 6:25 PM on December 2, 2005

He should sind a Ditty about Pepsi Blue!
posted by Megafly at 7:02 PM on December 2, 2005

See also: Request-A-Song.com [mefi] and Songs to Wear Pants to [mefi]. The last, IMHO, best.
posted by dhartung at 9:21 PM on December 2, 2005

I was really happy about this until I saw the ad for Dell's "dj ditty" player.
posted by nile_red at 9:44 PM on December 2, 2005

Wow, the MeFi detective team concludes another successful case. I am always amazed by how quickly posts like this get found out.

It was funny though. In my office the high priority button is a bit like the Turkish lira - an immensely debased currency. So much so that people resort to writing urgent or restricted in the subject line to try to increase the "precious metal content" of the e-mail... if it's that high a priority they could just come over and talk to me about it.
posted by greycap at 2:30 AM on December 3, 2005

Hey, that Cranberry ditty pays an homage to The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 5:09 AM on December 3, 2005

Even after reading this post and finding out that it's just marketing, I was expecting so much more from "Stop Using Acronyms" - like, oh, a few acronyms.

Cute dog though.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 7:43 AM on December 3, 2005

Now that I've had a chance to watch and listen to him. Boooooo! He's bad and not funny and was dreamed up in a corporate conference room. And ditty is a stupid word.
posted by fenriq at 8:43 AM on December 3, 2005

It's ok, I accept the fact I'm so easily gullible and so easily entertained, it's no big deal, I can cope with it. Damn.
posted by funambulist at 9:19 AM on December 3, 2005

In my office the high priority button is a bit like the Turkish lira - an immensely debased currency.

True story: my ex-boss set up a priority system for projects, ranking them from A to D. Within ONE MONTH the highest priority had grown to AAA and within two months the highest priority rank was AAAAA+++ and there was nothing ranked below AAA.

She would have rocked on ebay feedback.
posted by Opposite George at 9:46 AM on December 3, 2005

I just degrade the priority levels given, as no-one's own work is ever "standard" priority.

Now, you can only get my attention by marking your email "Prioritastic"... and I haven't told anyone that word.
posted by pompomtom at 3:57 PM on December 4, 2005