[via Cannes it be] …
Marin County Agency Makes A Funny
[Duncan/Channon spoof via The Bullshit Observer] …
Wieden + Kennedy Is Seeking 21st Century Artisans, Telepathic Communicators and Street Corner Poets Who Don’t Mind A Little Rain
If you know what this means, maybe you can get a job there. …
Bringing Interweb Buzz To Charity Auctions
Cause-related marketing is an area that's near and dear to me. I started my career in the conservation movement, creating direct mail appeals and cause-related tie-ins for American Rivers. There was no such thing as the interweb then. So it's interesting to see how online communities are approaching societal challenges today. One such entity, CharityBuzz, is dedicated to helping nonprofits prosper by using innovative …
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Making Commercials Can Be Dangerous Work
According to Ad Age, Ganna Makeeva is suing Leo Burnett, Detroit, for negligence over injuries she claims she suffered during the shooting of a Cadillac Super Bowl ad. Makeeva, a veteran of runway shows for Dolce & Gabana and Giorgio Armani who has been featured on the covers of international magazines such as Vogue and Marie Claire, said her career was likely ended by injuries she suffered after falling through a …
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However You Slice It
In this time of Facebook this, MySpace that, a nice print ad has the power to bring me back. One like this, from McCann Erickson, London. [via Shedwa] …
Hollywood Hijinx
According to the Los Angeles Times, some out of work creatives in Hollywood are managing to have some fun despite their situation. When the Hollywood studios say they don't know enough about the Internet to pay writers what they seek for the streaming and downloading of their shows, they might not be kidding. That was made embarrassingly clear Monday when a group of opportunistic writers unveiled a website lampooning …
LinkedIn Gets With The Program
According to The New York Times, business-minded soc net, LinkedIn, is unveiling several new improvements to its site. LinkedIn will encourage developers to use its APIs (application programming interfaces) to build widgets, or small applications. The widgets can, for example, be integrated with a job-hosting Web site to let users see how many connections they have within that company. LinkedIn will support the APIs …