Let Me Give You A ‘hint’

Several months ago I saw this cool bottle design at the grocery store.  I liked the simplistic nature of the lable and how it worked well with the clear bottle.  I snapped a few pictures of it on my cell phone and went on my way.

Yesterday I was going through my cell phone pictures while at the grocery store and I came across the picture of the bottle.  I remembered that it was in the organic food isle and I saw from the picture that the drink was called ‘hint.’  So I moseyed over to the isle and quickly came across the drink again.

I saw that it was flavored water and I decided to get a bottle to try.  I picked up a ‘mango-grapefruit hint’ and took it home a put it in the fridge.  Now I have gotten around to drinking it.

Let me say that upon opening the bottle, the drink smells great.  A first sip and I was dissappointed.  It had just a hint of flavor–hence the marketing–and a really bad after taste.  After a few more sips it got a little bit better.  But after I went to collect the pictures of the bottle and design, I took another drink and it was really bad again.

I would say stay away from ‘hint.’  Or at least try some of the other flavors.  Viatamin Water of Gatorade would be a good alternative and in the same 1.49 price range.

Blogging or Tweeting?

What’s more important in the internet social world?  Blogging or tweeting?  I am struggling with this concept when it comes to sharing.  Obviously if you blog about something and people like it, they will continue to read, respond and visit.  But if you tweet about something, it can also be followed, linked, and create a massive chain reaction that can lead to just as much publicity.

The reason that I am struggling over this is because I have stumbled across Feedly and it is blowing my mind.  Do I share it through twitter–I am sure it is being shared already–yes, I just checked with summize.  But, it doesn’t look to be that big yet, so I will share it on both.

Feedly, much like Netvibes, pulls information and presents it to you in a beautiful manner, almost like a magazine.  It also allows your friends to comment and reccomend articles for you.  The soft, easy to use layout is simplistic yet enjoyable, allowing for content presentation customization.  Feedly truly is amazing, but only works with Firefox 3.  Definately try it.