ok, full disclosure:
#1) I’ve been avoiding the ad trades recently. Just don’t seem to get much out of them, except the occasional read of my MediaPost subscriptions.
#2) I’m a little under the weather so might be a tad bit more sarcastic/cynical. ;)
but cmon. Cannes? is this crap really relevant anymore? shouldn’t [...]
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2008 Cannes News Recap. Self Absorbed at 11.
July 3rd, 2008 No Comments
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Fair & Balanced Facebook News Flash
June 20th, 2008 No Comments
Facebook is little more than “….a directory. They’ve not monetized as well as us…. they’ve done a great job of being the flavor of the month the last six months of last year.”
wow. thanks for the newsflash rupert. is that fair and balanced reporting? or just a little lesson learned from [...]
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Brilliant or Bogus? iGoogle Designs:
May 22nd, 2008 No Comments
…an interesting move by Google, but feels a tad bit Targete mmmkay?
Jeff Koons….
Michael Graves….
Anne Geddes?!
NIGO?!!!!! (wtf)
and from what facebook tells me, there’s a beastie boys theme in the works
..so the new “death star” of marketing get’s its brand on. but is this really a good move? not only does it feel a [...]
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Suburban Implosion, the Nodal Corporation and a Rising Remote Workforce?
April 30th, 2008 1 Comment
Todays Business Week reveals a gloomy outlook for folks living in the suburban world brought to you by James Kunstler. Within the interview, James shares his very pointed views (in fact given commentary about his blog and books, some would say self loathing pessamism) on where american society is going thanks to years of rabid [...]
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Brand Interactions vs. Agency Insularity: Armano Speaks.
April 23rd, 2008 No Comments
I usually don’t do the old cut and paste on trade articles, but this one is a keeper. From David Armano’s Brand Interactions are Our Future.. But Are Interaction Designers Part of Our Agency?, this piece is telling and also a great summary of why I left my day job to go it alone [...]
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Getting Over Ourselves.
October 30th, 2007 3 Comments
In times of great flux like we now see with media, entertainment, and the advertising business there’s nothing I like to see more than debate, questioning of the status quo and comrades along with competitors hashing out the details of our future. This is what attracted me not only to the marketing communication biz a [...]
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