Lost Skills
Everyday we lose skills that have taken years to develop and hone. We read about how hunters and gatherers …Read the Rest
Voyeurs and Poseurs in Advertising
One of the funny things about working in advertising as long as I have is that you constantly run into …Read the Rest
Smoking on Madison Avenue
I am not old enough to have experienced the environment shown on Mad Men, but I worked on Madison Avenue …Read the Rest
Hope versus Experience in Advertising
Advertising always seems to bring the hope out in marketers and clients. They set goals for their advertising to achieve …Read the Rest
Expectations and Disappointments
Many of the great disappointments in life are when our fantasy or imagined expectation does not match with reality.
More often …Read the Rest
Messaging vs. Communication
Our business is communications. But that doesn’t mean we want to communicate. Really, we want to send messages.
Maybe we should …Read the Rest
Who Said Advertising Was a Contract
One of the key problems in the advertising industry is the concept that an ad is a form of expressing …Read the Rest
Browser Review: Opera 10
Opera has always been one of my favourite browsers for its innovations but gets little recognition from web users. Opera …Read the Rest
The Argument Against Cleverness
The advertising industry glories in cleverness. Clever ideas are what wins at all the award shows but it can also …Read the Rest