Doug Jones is the Democrat in the race for the vacant Senate seat in Alabama. His opponent is accused by five different women of sexual predation and isn't worth mentioning by name. Jones, on the other hand, is a civil servant who famously convicted the bombers of the 16th Street Baptist Church massacre. Four little girls were killed by the Ku Klux Klan and three of the four killers had escaped justice for …
Dale Jr., This Bud’s For You
Budweiser is raising a cold one to one the most popular drivers in NASCAR history, Dale Earnhardt Jr., with a new tribute video. The video showcases Dale Jr.’s famed Bud car for one last ride down memory lane, just in time for the legendary driver’s final race at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Sunday. https://youtu.be/tl_1Fgs2fy8 Budweiser was the first sponsor of Junior’s No. 8 Chevrolet when he made his …
#NSFW Self-Promo Video Morphs Into Hot Shit Agency Recruitment Vid
No one tells it like it is today. If someone dares to do so, they're at risk of being cast out by the meek and mild masses. Toronto-based independent Zulu Alpha Kilo could give a shit. The agency is looking to fill 14 new positions and they want all the prima fucking donnas ad school pissants to apply elsewhere. https://youtu.be/ucYbtG2xwNw Why make something this raw and this good? The video was …
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Off Madison: Blogging Is The New Busking
OFF MADISON—Blogging is the new busking. Talented writers are presently posted up outside the official news edifice where they're busy bringing their readers a sharper, more personal point of view on a particular topic of interest. In a recent survey, bloggers said it now takes three hours and twenty minutes, on average, to create a post. The length of a typical blog post is now 1,142 words. This is up from 1,054 …
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Smarten Up; Facebook and Your Mobile Phone Make You Dumb
Sean Parker, Facebook's first President, gave an interesting talk recently, where he reveals the thinking behind the machine. https://youtu.be/WIfrMwql6Fo The problem the Facebookers sought to solve: How do we consume as much of your time and conscious attention as possible? The "solution" they ended up inventing: "It's a social-validation feedback loop ... exactly the kind of thing that a hacker like myself …
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Is There A Little “Office Space” In Your Agency? (Rhetorical)
Over the last three decades in the workforce, I've had plenty of opportunities to pause and ask myself, "How did this guy get to the corner office?" Sometimes, I will answer my own question with inane chatter like, "He shows up every single day!" Thankfully, social scientists have looked into the matter, and now we can all see the source of this particular corporate ineptitude. According to Tomas …
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Brevity Is The Soul of Wit, But Not On Twitter, Not Anymore
Twitter doubled down on its character limit this week. Users of the social media platform are now able to update in 280 characters—twice the previously allotted character count. The news isn't going over particularly well in certain circles. At least two literary lions loathe the change. Twitter’s destroyed its USP. The whole point, for me, was how inventive people could be within that concise framework. …
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Wings for Heroes, But Not Wings To Fly
A soldier comes home from a deployment and his buddies are there to greet him and treat him to a plate full of wings and the magic of DVR. It's the kind of storybook narrative that "Madison Avenue" is famous for. https://youtu.be/rvsanj5QzCo Here's the reality. On Saturday, November 11, 2017 all Buffalo Wild Wings restaurants in the U.S. will offer a complimentary order of wings with a side of fries to active …
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