Friday, May 30, 2008

When buildings fall on people.

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When two people die from a crane disaster in New York it has a greater impact upon us than when 127,000 people die from a cyclone in Myanmar...
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The three types of loyalty.

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Loyalty is a word you hear with some frequency within the padded walls of most agencies. And since agencies, like virtually all businesses--...
Thursday, May 29, 2008

Some brief thoughts on briefs.

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Nearly every agency I've ever been sentenced to has had a tussle or two about how crappy their briefs are. They blame mediocre work on m...
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008

There's a Sprint ad in the WSJ today.

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On the front page of the Marketplace section. It's absolutely awful. Type, type and more type announcing their Simply Everything Plan. T...

Etched in the annals of dumbness.

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The daily onslaught of dumbness in modern Amerika knows no limits. From street signs in Manhattan that have elected to abbreviate “avenue” a...

A poem.

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nothing says spring. nothing says spring like puerto ricans fishing for carcinogenic fish in a river declared dead three decades ago. pullin...
Tuesday, May 27, 2008

How many people in your agency fit this description?

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"He's a 40-watt bulb in a halogen world." [ ] 1-5. [ ] 6-10. [ ] 11-19. [ ] 20 or more.

Mrcn rlns chrgng fr bggg.

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American Airlines is seeking to improve its bottom line by charging you $15 if you choose to stow a bag. Apparently all that baggage adds we...
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Monday, May 26, 2008

Fad vs. Fact.

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In the early days of the internet, companies sprouted like marijuana plants in California. They spent millions upon millions on TV commercia...
Sunday, May 25, 2008

A sunny day in New York.

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This is by Andre Kertesz 60 or so years ago.
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