Intel hires Black eyed peas' singer as director of creative innovation

[Frananta]

LOL!!! what next? AMD is hiring Rick Astley???

[M.Beier]

I like the idea of having a "director" that has several other jobs, and does not know shift about the company he works at....
Part time is for board members, not for directors, perhaps Paul S. Otellini should read basics of business if he considers this a good idea.

[Mats]

that tunes not bad!

Exactly, and the same goes for everything I've heard by them before Fergie joined.

[M.Beier]

Carmen Electra for sales director at Intel....?

[RaZz!]

Carmen Electra for sales director at Intel....?

I'd definitely buy a core i7 Jessica alba edition

[Krazeyivan]

Your forgetting he's so 3008 your (AMD) so 2000 and late :P

[Chaserjzx100]

speaking of intel endorsements.. in the continent of asia...



website:http://smart.intelpc.kr/

[defect9]

"Following the bandwagon of digital tech companies hiring celebrities as 'directors' of product lines, nVidia announced tuesday they would pursue comedian Steven Wright to be their newest director of advertising, stating simply: "Products are marketed with one liners. This man is the king of them".

Steven Wright made the following statement: "I was a peripheral visionary. I could see the future, but only way off to the side."

nVidia stock rose 314% the following day.

[trans am]

while watching the video all i could think about was this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIiN2eICefk

[Frodin]

Don't hate on them for trying to capitolize on their porularity.

I'd love to see them do that!

[Hornet331]

speaking of intel endorsements.. in the continent of asia...



website:http://smart.intelpc.kr/

koreans... only bested by japanes in terms of comercials...

[_d_]

I just suppose if AMD competed that with Dev Hynes.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPvCuBHurng&NR=1

[Sn0wm@n]

Jean Luc was the obvious choice hell AMD should pick up Jean-Luc :P

good choice way better then that dude from black eye pea

It's the same what happens in the headphone community, Beats by Dr. Dre is seen everywhere and cost like $300 and are horrible overpriced crap that can be beat by even $50 headphone such as Sony XB500 in both bass quantity and overall sound quality. I hate it.

but at least its a product aimed at people who listen to music by a musician ... totally the oposite of what we are discusing here

[kuroikenshi]

I surely think they hired the wrog black eyed pea..... (will i am should have been replaced by will i prefer some dumb female rack instead)

edit:

[D4rkn3ss]

oh no.. f*ck this sh*t! where's my AMD 32nm mini-ITX ahhhahaaaa.. <goes into corner and cry>

[FischOderAal]

I lol'ed hard I didn't think Intel has employees high enough in the rank that are stupid enough to hire such a guy. It just doesn't make any sense at all. Sounds more like a lost bet or an April's fool prank...

Intel has a very strong image for the mature and educated customer; this move affects their image there, just to win some teenagers with no idea on technology and no buying or decision power. Come on, giving the title of Director of Creative Innovation to a guy that wears huge sunglasses and crystal-covered shoes and says at the Intel booth he liked most the videocard is not proffesional on any planet.

This

[DMH]

This is just for publicity,they pay him and he acts all yo wassup? and the media is all there and they get the publicity so it's a good move in terms of marketing

[kuroikenshi]

that's right, its a marketing stunt, hence why I said, famous tits bring in the crows even more

[lkiller123]

Nike chose Kobe, and they just used his name.

Now with Intel hiring Will.I.Am - not even a high school graduate - as the DIRECTOR of creative innovation. What's he gonna do, make a rap out of Intel?

[Mungri]

What's he gonna do, make a rap out of Intel?

Thats exactly what I dont get or like about this. If it is a genuine job offer, as I said on the first page just about anyone that uses a tech forum is more qualified for this job than he is.

But it does look purely like a publicity stunt. Musicians usually dont care about doing stupid things for publicity, and Intel seem to be taking advantage of that.

[Oztopher]

What's he gonna do, make a rap out of Intel?

Didn't u watch the conference? he's gona make a mix with this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRLyMjvug1M



No but seriously, unless i heard it wrong he really did say that...

[resident1509]

Toshiba getting T-Pain was a much better move.

[highoctane]

Another new Intel promotion:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSQwCK_8VSM

[Mungri]

Another new Intel promotion:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSQwCK_8VSM

This one I like

[570091D]

trans am.... dude, WTF?!?

of all the people blasting the black eyed peas, how many of you actually make music? how many of you know that will.i.am is actually a producer/dj... not really a singer. at all. just watch him struggle at the live shows.... TBH, having someone with a lot of music production experiance might be a good thing for certian products, he will certianly bring a creative flair that most people wearing white lab coats don't have. though... now that i think about it... it would probably have been better if apple had hired will.i.am to replace steve jobs...