Blog Herald points to Nick Denton's latest offering, which surprise surprise is not another snarky blog, but snarky t-shirts that advertise his Gawker Media Empire blogs. Here's the one I want: …
Flickr’s Schwagstock
Flickr, the preeminent photo sharing site now owned by Yahoo, is offering free schwag. Simply send a self-addressed envelope to: Flickr P.O.Box 3816 Sunnyvale, CA 94088 Flickr is covering the return postage, gratis. …
What, No Bruce Springsteen?
City Rag is running a photographic expos …
More Porn Creep
Crispin Porter + Bogusky is so clever. And hip. And irreverent. Wow, I wish I was one tenth as clever, hip and irreverent as their most lowly intern. If I was, I would have racked up a tractor trailer full of industry awards by now. Oh, here's how the Coconut Grovies promote an award show: Hardly Legal contains material that may not be suitable for those under eighteen years of age. If you are under this age, it is …
Mr. Potato Head Lands New Role
Fresh Inc. points to the Organic Trade Association's inventive spin on Star Wars, called Grocery Store Wars. All characters in Store Wars are live-action food puppets …
Tin Million Uses
Altoids is conducting an interesting promotion. They want customers to display other uses for the Altoids tin. Although, they do not mention this, it's a neat way to sell-in the recycling ethos. Chances are Altoids was aware of this guy's iPod battery pack idea when they created the promo. I mean if Boing Boing knows about it, then everyone knows about it. …
Leo Burnett Is Great, Even If They Do Say So Themselves
Here's a choice nugget from Lewis Lazare's column today, talking about the national ADDY awards: Leo Burnett won the Best of Show in the print category at the 2005 ADDY Awards for a Cort Guitars campaign. With 18 gold and five silver ADDYs, Burnett also was the most awarded agency in the competition. Burnett's Deputy Worldwide Chief Creative Officer Mark Tutssel headed the judging at the show. Guess it pays to judge …
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Naomi Klein Is Going To Be Pissed
Adrants points to this Toronto Star article on McGraw-Hill's efforts to place ads inside college text books. Thankfully, the random ad man asked to comment blasted the idea. "Textbooks are one of the last bastions," said Randy Stein, a partner at Grip Media Ltd., a Toronto ad agency. "There are some things that should remain pure and sacred. What's next, university professors with logos on their blazers like …
