Ruminations
Not So Random Thoughts
Nice Execution
Online ads aren't dead, and given the fact that large marketers continue to pour budgets into them, and executions continue to improve, and functionality to deepen, I'd say that there is still a future for this channel.
read moreCollage & Planning
We build a brand palette or story for a given season in quite the same way my design idols build a visual story for a room or newly renovated apartment.
read moreToo Much Content?
ESPN.com is skirting the boundaries of what's really possible for the human brain to process, or at least the human brain of a guy in his late-30s.
read moreIn Praise of Grinders
It's great to watch the stars do their thing, but never forget the grinders.
read moreIs The Customer Always Right?
The customer is always right" is a business saw that's as old as the hills, but is the customer always right? I think it's more true in certain businesses than in others.
read moreFacebook, Privacy & The Market
It seems far better to me to allow people and companies to figure out privacy concerns together (as is happening now with Facebook) than let the government begin dictating terms and conditions to us.
read moreAd Land Omphaloskepsis
Stop showing off, stop jockeying for your next gig in your next agency because if I'm not mistaken you're probably not at Wieden & Kennedy, Amsterdam working on that strategy, that media buy, or that spot. Most of us are not, and that's OK.
read moreMy Dessicated Blog
I can now speak from experience about how much work goes into a blog when I speak with my clients and recommend that they have one.
read moreLast I Checked…
Last I checked, the official language of Brazil is Portuguese, not Spanish.
read morePosterous Learning
Each post went out to the world and landed in my twitter stream, my FaceBook page and on another blog that I've connected to Posterous. Posterous didn't send the same link, or even overwrite the old post, but rather created a separate entry for each post, on the site, and the various other channels I've attached to the Posterous account. So, the lesson I've learned, if posting to Posterous, via the web interface is to turn off your announcements...
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