Archive for the ‘freshish thinking’ Category
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
I gave a presentation on Twitter today at Barkley and I had several requests to share the information so I thought the easiest way would be to post it on my blog.
As you might have noticed, my blogging has trailed off recently as I've been spending more time with Twitter ...
Posted in Barkley, advertising, freshish thinking, research, social, technology, twitter | 1 Comment »
Monday, March 31st, 2008
You don't have to search very far to find all kinds of office pranks on the internet, from people filling whole rooms to the ceiling with styrofoam peanuts to all kinds of craziness, but I thought I would share a few of the standards.
One of the best was a joke ...
Posted in freshish thinking, life | 3 Comments »
Thursday, March 27th, 2008
One of the lists that I subscribed to recently is called the Very Short List.
Very Short List (VSL) is a free, daily e-mail that points to excellent new (and sometimes vintage) entertainment and media that haven’t been hyped to within an inch of their lives. Each weekday, we tell our ...
Posted in cycling, freshish thinking | 2 Comments »
Thursday, February 21st, 2008
Has creative dried up? I don't think so, but the idea of casting a social net to bring in some new creative is a novel idea.
Will it revolutionize the agency model? I don't think it will be that dramatic, but it will have an impact, especially for organizations ...
Posted in advertising, creative, freshish thinking, social | No Comments »
Monday, December 17th, 2007
Although I wasn't kind to their subscription process, Fast Company is a great magazine and one of the November articles titled Motorhead Messiah really got my attention.
If you have any interest in cars or going green, I highly recommend checking out the article.
In summary, Johnathan Goodwin, out of Wichita, Kansas, ...
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Monday, December 10th, 2007
This year "The Twelve Days of Christmas" will cost your True Love $19,507, an increase of 3.1% over last year, according to the 23rd Annual PNC Christmas Price Index. That rise is consistent with the 3.5% increase in the U.S. government's Consumer Price Index so far this year. [via]
Here's the ...
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Friday, November 30th, 2007
As National Blog Posting Month (NaBloPoMo) comes to a close, I thought it would be worthwhile to provide a brief recap.
I knew I would miss a few days here and there, but I was hoping to come in around 25. As it turns out, I recognized how hard it ...
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Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
Kyle forwarded me a link and it was also moving up the ranks quickly on Digg, but there is a great set of Apple ads on the Windows Vista page on CNET.
Brilliant, simply brilliant.
In summary, there are multiple Apple ads that interact together to mock Vista, on, funny enough, the ...
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Friday, October 26th, 2007
I'm a fan of beer. And going green. although not the two together unless its St. Patrick's day.
Now that I have an HDTV, I've been focusing my TV watching on all thats hi-def. Anything nature or travel related is great. As are sports.
I was happy to stumble ...
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Friday, August 24th, 2007
I read Jim Rapoza's review of the XO laptop computer in eWeek last night, and I must say that I am impressed with the package that MIT guru Nicholas Negroponte was able to put together as part of the One Laptop per Child project.
The mesh wireless networking capabilities, the energy ...
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