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[11 Nov 2009 | One Comment | ]
Everything is awesome

Sometimes I’m on the pulse of the internet trends or MEMES (as I was recently corrected in a digital brainstorm) – other times I’m years off. I know I was sending out the 911 Cop Brownie freak out video the day it came out, but I also just watched the Star Wars kid for the first time. So even if you’re familiar with the Youtube channel “Everything Is Terrible,” MEME or not, cease all tweets and watch a few. Learn how to be “Bully Smart” at work or fend off aggressive …

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[22 Sep 2009 | One Comment | ]
Fake Empire

It’s no secret that the age of computer-generated graphics has ushered in a revolution for the entertainment and advertising industries. It’s now possible to show just about anything, and the hardware required to produce such visuals is becoming more and more accessible. From the otherworldly – like James Cameron throwing together blockbusters on a green screen – to the more mundane – glamour photos of cars in ads are increasingly rendered by computer now – CGI is an indelible part of the landscape.
Which is why it’s heartening to see videos …

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[14 Sep 2009 | One Comment | ]
Predictive Thought as Idea Killer

A lot of people that have been in the ad biz for a while seem to fall into one of two camps. One: the “WHY THE FUCK DOESN’T EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND MY GENIUS??” camp, and Two: the “FUCK IT, JUST GIVE ME MY CHECK” camp. There’s one guy I work with who immediately pops into my head as a camp one veteran. He’s constantly bitching about everything, from the account people, to the creative quality of our group’s work, to the legal department, to the leadership skills of our ECD. Even …