Stephen prosper in his time Well he may and he may decline -Robert Hunter I was talking with an old friend this morning about honoring our experience seeing live Grateful Dead shows. I suggested it might be beneficial to openly state that it was an important part of our development as people and as businessmen. The thought is like-minded souls might resonate with that. We joked how doing so would certainly fill some …
Corporate Messages Can Kiss Poster Boy’s Collective Ass
A totally made up phone conversation... Girlfriend #1: I met this fine guy at a party last night. He had his hoodie on most of the time, but I'm pretty sure he's smokin'. Girlfriend#2: Cool, what's he do? Girlfriend #1: He's a Culture Jammer! Girlfriend#2: Is that some kind of DJ? This is what it says on Poster Boy's Flickr page : "Poster Boy is many things, but is not one person. Poster Boy is not about subway …
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We Know What’s In His Head, But Not What’s On His Head
America is about to break with tradition by inaugurating a black President, but some traditions need to stay in place, like hat wearing. According to HatforObama, a promotional site from Stetson, Harry Truman, Lyndon Johnson, Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush are all Stetson men. The hope is Obama will be too. I'm not sure how it came to pass, but this young film maker has been …
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For Real Man Beer We Go To Israel
McCann Erickson/Tel Aviv for Goldstar Beer: The pay off line, in case you can't read it, says, "Thank God, you're a man." [via Ads of the World] …
Mastering Any Discipline Is A Great Beginning
Writing in Ad Age, Reuben Steiger is CEO of Millions of Us reflects on why the traditional agencies failed to swoop in on the digital planet, making it their own, ten years ago. 1. Traditional agencies were in the process of distancing themselves from production work. 2. The web looked crummy. Ad agencies are about beautiful work that wins awards. Bad fit. 3. It kind of was rocket science: At least from the agencies' …
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New PCs Lose Their Luster, Intel Says WTF
Earlier in the week, we mentioned that Intel ditched Mad Ave for a San Francisco boutique. According to The Wall Street Journal, Intel will need more than a new agency to turn things around. The technology provider is suffering from a rapid deceleration in computer demand and moves by PC makers to cut inventories in anticipation of a weak 2009. Demand for personal computers was healthy through the third quarter of …
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Free Style
Chicagoan Carol Felsenthal is a journalist who writes in-depth magazine articles about political and media figures. She has also written several biographies, including books on Katharine Graham and Alice Roosevelt Longworth. Her new book about Bill Clinton's post presidency, Clinton in Exile: A President Out of the White House, was published by William Morrow/HarperCollins in May. So, why does this successful writer …
Self-Promo Ad #2
After Bozell laid me off in 2001, I wandered around for bit looking for a foothold. It came when Dave Markes introduced me to Cathy Solarana. Cathy had a solid design business going in Omaha and her clients were increasingly asking for ads, not just design. That meant someone had to help concept the ads and write them, as well. Thankfully, that someone was me for a time (before I went back to Integer for round …
