If there is one thing I absolutely love about McDonalds (besides their superior Coke mixture) I love their Monopoly game. I even dreamt about the game a few nights ago that I pulled off Park Place and Boardwalk from the same Coke…and won $246. With that said - the excitement of pulling off the little game pieces from my medium Coke and putting them onto the board is usually enough to make me smile. I happened to have a pile of pieces at my house (maybe 6) and decided to go online and check out their “online Monopoly game“. When I first got to the page - I was instantly frustrated. My #21 pet peeve in life happens to be sites that resize my browser window. However, after I resize it back to how I wanted it - I was blown away with the coolness of the site. I entered in my name and information, and then started to play. It was cool, intense, and well done (and my #12 pet peeve in life is overdone flash). I look forward to playing soon! If you have not checked this out … [more]

Wow. While driving around today, I passed a McDonalds and saw on their sign that they now had "snack wraps". I went home and after dinner, while playing some literati, decided to go to Mcdonalds' web site and see if I could figure out what this new product was...and low and behold...I got a lot more than I bargained for. McDonalds - the corporation - is using podcasts to communicate with their shareholders and the general public. I am very impressed. As for the "snack wrap", I will let you know as soon as I try one.
[tags]McDonalds, podcasts, snack wraps[/tags]