Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Oy vey.

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Draftfcb, an agency hardly noted for its stellar creative has just formed a new unit. It's called (and I'm not making this up) the I...
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An anniversary.

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One year ago today I was fired. Today I celebrate. Jobs are like relationships. If they don't want you, you should leave. Yes, I had my ...
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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Toyota.

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Often in this space I critique ads and other marketing exploits that miss their mark or are flat out dumb. That's not really a tough job...

Advertising vs. Anarchy.

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Of all the things that good advertising can do, perhaps first and foremost advertising can combat anarchy. Anarchy, or brand entropy, is a b...
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Monday, June 28, 2010

I don't want to hear about it.

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Since I grew up in the crazy hippie days of the 1960s and 1970s, I often heard that it makes no sense to read or view something that isn...
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Friday, June 25, 2010

25 words I never want to hear again.

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1. Paradigm. 2. Agency model. 3. Robust. 4. e-mail thread. 5. Methodology. 6. Skill set. 7. Vision. 8. Operationalize. 9. Rounded corners. 1...
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Graphic representation of the day.

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This is from Errol Morris by way of "The New York Times." http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/24/the-anosognosics-dilemma...

The longest distance between two points.

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If you've ever driven past a giant oil refinery or an electrical power generating plant, you've seen the way most companies and cert...
Thursday, June 24, 2010

Notes from Cannes.

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I've been busy of late, running hither and yon and was delayed getting to this year's Cannes. I flew out around 4 yesterday afternoo...
Wednesday, June 23, 2010

I removed an earlier post.

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Because I was indiscreet. I'm not censoring. Just not exposing my not inconsiderable keister.