August 2011
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February 2011
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January 2011
3 posts
December 2010
2 posts
November 2010
7 posts
WatchIf Bipolar Disorder were a career, it would be advertising. Via @Adrants.
October 2010
2 posts
“There is a saying that we should leave a better country to our children. But...”
– Carlos Slim, World’s Richest Man.
Via Good (http://www.good.is/post/world-s-richest-man-says-charity-doesn-t-solve-anything/)
July 2010
1 post
This is why people hate ad agencies →
Ad agency bullshit and research manipulation at it’s worst: Interbrand claims that Lebron James would have a better chance of making a billion dollars with the Knicks.
June 2010
2 posts
May 2010
1 post
“I ain’t dumbin’ down, you’re gonna have to smarten up.”
– ~ Brother Ali
April 2010
7 posts
Making people do stuff →
Interesting post about changing behaviors. Doesn’t necessarily challenge traditional planning/ad thinking, but it frames it up in a slightly different way: attitudes, social pressure and perceived control.
“Do ideas spread through social media? I don’t think they are vehicles. People...”
– Malcolm Gladwell in The Globe and Mail
March 2010
3 posts
Rejection from society is what created the X-men.
Liz Lemon
February 2010
1 post
December 2009
4 posts
November 2009
1 post
“Pride is the drug. Glory is a side effect.”
October 2009
3 posts
September 2009
7 posts
“Tex Winter looks at me and says,
“You know, there’s no...”
– Michael Jordan’s Hall of Fame acceptance speech
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“It doesn’t matter how you play the game, it’s whether you win or...”
– Coach Finstock (Teen Wolf)
“Creativity is allowing oneself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to...”
– Dilbert
August 2009
9 posts
the disposable idea
Most ideas are transient. Their meaning disappears as soon as you remove the context. Advertising is the art of the disposable idea. Most ads are inherently small in terms of the amount of time a person might spend with it. They are brief and succinct by design, singular in their message (if good). They are designed to inject a desire, a preference, a name or a feeling … and then disappear.
