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For me, there was an interesting develoment today. I noticed a new blog--Amy Gahran's Right Conversation--thanks to Steve Rubel's pointer. Amy is a conversational media consultant, content strategist, and freelance writer/editor based in Boulder, CO. It was the "conversational media" part that jumped out at me. For this is a term I've been using since 2003. I'm not claiming I invented it. That's not important. I'm …

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I've advised a handful of people on their paths to Adlandia. It's nice when things work out as well as they have for Matt Bergantino, AdPulp's new contributing writer. Today, Matt's a Senior Copywriter at WPP's Bridge Worldwide in Cincinnati, working on P&G's internet properties. He's contributed to Salon and is currently a contributing editor at Cincinnati Magazine. Matt has also taught English Lit and writing at …

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Wired has a revealing profile of Jason Calacanis, the first to make millions by selling his blog business. Here's some background information from the story: The story of Calacanis' rise in New York's new media world goes like this: A bartender and a nurse in the outer reaches of Brooklyn have three sons. The middle one, Jason, puts himself through college at Fordham University, moves into a Manhattan apartment, and …

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Alex Bogusky refuses to be cynical (see December's Creativity, or take my word for it). George Parker, on the other hand, does not entertain that particular daydream. Many years ago, when I used to work for a particularly crazy woman in California, she made a statement that has stuck with me ever since... "Our job is not to create ads, it's to manage the process." I thought she was nuts, but as the years have passed, …

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To be honest, I wasn't blown away by the work in the new CA. And I blame Huey Lewis and Bryan Adams. You see, I’m a huge fan of music—and I started buying records when I was 7 years old. To me, nothing will ever replace the music I heard in the few years when I was 13, 14 or 15—smack in the middle of the 80’s, which many older people considered to be a musical wasteland at the time. But damnit, I wanted my MTV, and I …

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Court Crandall has creativity oozing from his pores. He runs one of the best agencies on the left coast, writes (and sells) popular screenplays and now he's got a new children's book to his credit. According to the book's publisher, "Hugville is a town full of unusual hugs. If you come to visit, learn how to squeeze a friend with the Octopus Hug, twist him with the Tornado Hug, and tickle him with the Monkey Hug! …

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Bob Parsons, CEO of domain name registrar, Go Daddy, chimes in on the "art" of TV advertising. In my opinion, in order for a television commercial to be effective, it has to be polarizing. This week, "USA Today" published its annual list of top television advertisements for 2005. "USA Today" showed Go Daddy’s Super Bowl ad to be both the 4th most liked — and the 4th most disliked — ad. That’s about as polarizing as …

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