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Friday, April 24, 2020

How to be a good client. And why.

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About 20 years ago I was working on a campaign with a bunch of other people. Without going into too much detail, I had to write a website f...

Thursday, April 23, 2020

Looking at rainbows.

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Many years ago I was at work. I was in a big conference room inside a big company. There were a dozen people or so talking about some...

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Worry worry worry.

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About 27 or 28 years ago I learned something that I’ve carried with me all these years. In these dark days it seems like we are playing a...

Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Baseball. Renoir. Russell. And Renewal.

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Not too long ago I wrote a post where I said something very unscientific. That’s my prerogative—it’s my blog and I earn no money. I’m allow...

Monday, April 20, 2020

Time, truth and drivel.

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Most of what I’ve learned about writing I’ve learned from reading good writing. Good writing from both within our business and out in the w...

Friday, April 17, 2020

A Break-up Note to an Industry.

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I’m pissed. Not pissed like an Englishman. But a New Yorker. In the course of about three hours yesterday three things happened i...

Thursday, April 16, 2020

Hey, good lookin'.

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When I was a little kid, probably eight or nine years old, so this was 1966 or 1967, my old man took charge of me one Saturday morning. He ...

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