do 11 year olds really talk like sitcom writers now? i mean, it’s kinda funny… in a mildly disturbing sort of way. like one-liners are the next evolution of jr.’s “first words”…an eventually unmanageably annoying evolution, but, like the kids say… whatever. check out these little Red “characters” (such as chill, grumpy, whatever, flirty) that [...]
diet pepsi max yawn ad by bbdo: way to bring “engagement” back to the autonomic level.
you know, back in the day, people used to get dressed up to fly on an airplane? it wasn’t simply about getting from point a to point b, it was actually–before the concept even really existed in the kind of marketing sense it does today–an experience. same like when movie theaters were once movie “palaces” [...]
perhaps it’s just typical to find SOMETHING to dislike about the business 2.0 article about how “burningman grows up” but i can’t help it! i bet there’s probably even distinct camps of dislike about it, in fact. camp #1 are the people who dislike that their special countercultural identity-defining ritual is being profiled somewhere so [...]
this post is my contribution to the crowd-sourced response for everyone that demands answers to”useful stuff for freelancers?” from google. 1. billable: this had me at the built-in timer thingie, that tracks how long you’ve been working on a service for a particular client. i’m hoping it’s going to be the harness i need to [...]
One of the most annoying things about people in advertising is it’s like they stop being human when they come to work. As soon as they walk through the office door they forget about examining what drives their own purchasing decisions when planning the process for others and start talking about “consumers” and “demographics” like [...]
just an afternoon quickie about work…. we finally went live with the 2007 site for the street scene music festival (s.d.) on friday: now the fun part begins…. actually beefing up the “participate” section… but the lineup ain’t too shabby either…
as much as i love movies about teenagers i love movies about superheroes. i haven’t figured out exactly what the connection is between the two, but there’s definitely something similar about characters that experience everything in extreme. last night i watched blood and chocolate and realized something that i’d already noticed happening in casino royale: [...]
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