“I guess The City has once again made herself safe for bus shelters that smell like urine and vomit instead.”
Friday, December 8th, 2006Cookies are offensive? Really? Cookies?
(quote from Jeff Goodby, via AdAge)
Archive for the 'Hero Worship' Category
Comfy? Cozy?
Tuesday, November 28th, 2006FastCompany has a must-read article online, Do You Believe In Magic?. Here’s a taste:
We gain advantage only when we embrace risky breakout ideas. Our survival depends not on sticking to what works but on making leaps that let us predict new challenges and seize on new opportunities. In a connected world, he says, “magic is […]
Marketing Goodness
Monday, November 27th, 2006So over the long holiday weekend, I’m watching the Macy’s Parade with my four-year-old son in my lap, when a commercial for Heroes comes on. About halfway through the spot, Joseph looks up at me and asks:
“Am I the chosen one, Dad?” I tried hard not to bust out laughing (just in case he is […]
Gettin All Grady With It
Thursday, November 9th, 2006TBWA/CHiat/Day understands: you can do what you’re asked without doing what you’re asked…
(via AdRants)
“You will forever remember today…
Thursday, August 17th, 2006…as the day you almost caught Captain Jack Sparrow”
I believe this is one of the greatest characters ever created. And I think there might be some lessons about succes–in life, in business, in the fine art of copywriting–we might be able to glean from him.
First and foremost, Captain Jack Sparrow has the perfect mindset for […]
What a slacker
Thursday, July 6th, 2006What’s the matter, have I run out of things to say? Surely not. So…let’s pick a subject at random, just to get some fresh ink on the page, shall we?
This week saw the Fourth of July. What a grand bit of weirdness that is–have you ever contemplated the weirdness of what the founding fathers […]
Quote of the Day #2: Shakespeare
Friday, May 5th, 2006“I know not, sir, whether Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare, but if he did not it seems to me that he missed the opportunity of his life.” –James M. Barrie
My mother being an English teacher, this argument produces some rather heated debates when it pops up. She believes that Edward DeVere actually wrote the […]
