EYEWONDER ADS

The ads embedded in the Alan Schulman piece stood out. They're banners and embedded boxes that expand and play video, also offering links and deeper experiences (they behave kinda like the "tickers" VideoEgg uses). Served by EyeWonder, the way they work is pretty sweet...but a bit too invasive. The video plays (without volume) automatically. Kinda distracting if you're reading a story. Worse, they expand to twice their size when you roll over them. You end up having to play "dodge the ad" with your cursor. I wish the functionality came with a mouseclick instead. Still, a new way to serve video ads...