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Here is Microsoft’s second ad.

At 4 and a half minutes it runs a little long. Again it leaves me scratching my head and saying why. There was a brief reference to Bill Gates “connecting” a billion people, but otherwise it was just about connecting to normal people. This may be my last entry on the topic because I’m getting bored with it. I haven’t seen any of these advertisements on TV, although with my PVR I doubt I would, but 4.5 minutes is too long for a TV advertisement anyway. They must be mainly interested in the virual effect which I’m helping to promote.

I didn’t find it too humorous, although it does make a good point that there really is no normal family. We’re all weird and we all are eccentric in our own ways. If this is the purpose of the advertising then I’m impressed. I can’t help but wonder if Microsoft’s goal here is really to:

• Frog With an Email
• Amoeba with a Blog
• Goldfish with a Website

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