Since this is basically a “Survivor” or “American Idol” style contest, I was thinking of some ways to “survive.”
1. Require all of the 1100 students in the art department where I teach to go to the site and register. Problem: I am assuming they like me enough to vote for me, probably not worth the risk.
2. Take a cue from Paula Abdul and offer sexual favors to the judges. I’m really kind of old for that, though, so I am thinking about offering party favors instead—hats and noisemakers. Probably not that effective.
3. Pretend to be friends with all the other contestants, but stab them in the back whenever possible. I’m not really sure how to stab them though. Post zillions of blog responses telling them they suck, and their application too? Release unflattering photos from their mySpace accounts? Get smokinggun.com to dig up sensationalized police reports about embarrassing legal difficulties? All of these might actually help them in the voting!
4. Be really cutesy, commercial and mainstream, and have a huge corporate media company hype me as the winner. Oh wait, this only works on the real “American Idol.”
5. Have the absolutely best idea, articulated brilliantly with magnificent prototypes to illustrate, and a positively sure-fire, can’t miss perception that this is what the consumer wants, along with marvelous, and thought-through development imperatives.
Yeah, right.
Actually - good luck to everyone!
Robert and theApplication
